The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-13
WYOUCAN
DESTROY
FLIES
Government Experts Give Some
Directions for Fighting Pest
and Preventing the Spread OF
Typhoid and Other Diseases

Typhoid and Other Diseases.
insects Lay Eggs In Manure, 80 u
Should % Treated 70 XIII orubs-
Powdered HeiIebors 10 Best When
Properly Used In Spraying Liquid
A safe and effective weapon againse
the typhoid or house hy has been
found in powdered hellebore by scien'
lists of the department Of agriculture.
Flies lay their eggs chiefly In stable
manure. Powdered hellebore mixed
with water and sprinkled over the
manure will destroy the larvae which
are Matched from the eggs. Since pow
dered hellebore is readily obtainable.
this puts in the hands Of everyone
remedy for one Of the pests that has
been found dangerous as well as trou-
blesome. Powdered hellebore, how
ever, will not kill adult flies which
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It has long been known that lies
breed in manure but previous methods
Of destroying the larvae there by the
use of strong chemicals have been
open to the objection that the treat
ment under some conditions lessened
the fertilizing value Of the manure or
actually injured vegetation. This 10
not true Of powdered hellebore. Gov
eminent experiments have shown that
the hellebore is entirely decomposeo
in the course Of the fermentation OF
the manure and that even In excessive
quantities it does no harm except to
the larvae it is intended to destroy:
Chickens picking in manure treated
with It suffer no Ill effects.
One-half pound Of powdered belle
bore mixed with ten gallons OF water
Is sufficient to kill the larvae in eight
bushels, or ten cubic feet of manure.
The mixture should be sprinkled care
fully over the pile, especial attention
being paid to the outer edges. In most
places hellebore is obtainable In 1OO-
pound lots at a cost Of II cents .
pound. This makes the cost OF the
treatment q little less than seven
tenths Of cent per bushel Of manure.
A liberal estimate Of the output Of
manure is two bushels q day per
horse. The money involved is, there
fore, trifling in comparison with the
henefits to the individual and the coE-
munity from the practical eliminador
Of the disease-spreading fly.
Although fresh manure Is the "a.
vorite breeding spot, flies lay their
eggs in other places as well. such "a
outhouses, refuse piles, etc. In these
places, from which no manure Is taken
to spread on the fields. considerable
saving may be effected through the
substitution Of borax for powdered
hellebore. Applied at the rate Of O.62
pounds per eight bushels Of manure
borax Is as effective as powdered belle
bore in killing the larvae but costs
less than half q cent for each bushel
OF manure treated. In larger guam
titles. however, or when the manure
itself il spread at q greater rate than
lis tons to the acre, some damage to
crops may result. Large quantities
LOT manure are often used by market
isardeners and others, and there is al
ways danger Of carelessness in apply
ling the borax. The use Of the more
expensive but safer hellebore is there
, fore recommended for the treatment
Of manure. BOrax Is recommended
Tor all other refuse In which diea
may lay eggs.
Scientists who have been working
for years to eliminate the fly are con
WINGED that the use Of one or the ofhel
Of these simple measures IL public
duty wherever manure and refuse ex
list. Sanitarians, however, strongly ad
Wise the removal Of refuse heaps o.
other unnecessary rubbish or breeding
places for flies. In breeding places
4 which cannot be thus disposed Of
, such % manure or stables-the dahl,
Iuse Of powdered hellebore will keel
1.-The flies from breeding In these IA
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suits are obtainable in . communtt'
where everyone cleans up his prem
ises, traps or kills the flies, and sya
tenatically treats the manure and 9th
er breeding places with powders
hollebore.
4 The fly is not only q nuisance t
human beings and live stock;
spreads disease and. filth and is
menace to public health which canno
lbe tolerated in the face Of demon
strated remedy. Details Of the exper
|ments with other Information on tn
subject are contained in q profession
al paper, Bulletin. PAS Of the Unite
States department Of agriculture.
Swat the Fly Harder.
ri Whether the house fly or the stabl
dy or any other fly is the carrier 9
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