The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-04-19
KILL FLIES; SAVE LIVES.
Suggestions for Prevention and for
killing House Flies.

The Herald by the association. There
are so many practical suggestions in
the bulletin that We herewith repro
duce it in full:
Kill Flies and Save Lives.
Kill at once every fly you can find
and burn his body.
Observers say that there are many
reason to believe there will be more
flies this season than for number of
years.
The killing of just one fly NOW
means there will be billions and tril-
lions less next summer.
Clean up your own premises; see
and insist that your neighbors do
likewise.
Especially clean "out-of-the-way-
places, and every nook and Granny.
Flies will not go where there is
nothing to eat, and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
Tie That Binds Unhealthy to Healthy.
The fly has no equal as a germ
"carrier;' as many as five hundred
million germs have been found in
and on the body of a single fly.
1t is definitely known that the fly
is the carrier" of the germs of ty-
phoid fever: it is widely believed that
it is also the "carrier" of other dis
eases, including possibly infantile
paralysis.
The very presence of a fly is sig
nal and notification that housekeep-
er is uncleanly and inefficient.
DO not wait until the insects begin
to poster; anticipate the annoyance.
April, May and June are the best
months to conduct an anti-fy CAM
paign.
The farming and suburban dis
tricts provide ideal breeding places,
and the new born flies do not remain
at their birth place but migrate,
using railroads and other means of
transportation, to town and cities.
Kill flies and save lives!
Recipes for killing Flies.
The United States government
makes the following suggestion for
the destruction of house flies: For
maldehyde and sodium salicylate are
the two best fly poisons. Both are
superior to arsenic. They have their
advantages for household use. They
are not poison to children; they are
convenient to handle, their dilutlons
are simple and they attract the flies.
Preparation of Solutions.
A formaldehyde solution of approx
imately the correct strength may be
made by adding teaspoonfuls of the
concentrated formaldehyde solution,
commercially known as formalin, to
a pint of water. Similarly, the
proper concentration of sodium sail
cylate may be obtained by dissolvlng
s teaspoonfuls of the pure chemical
"a powder) to pint of water
Containers for Solutions.
An ordinary, thin-walled drinking
glass is filled or partially filled with
the solution. A saucer, or small
plate, in which is placed a piece of
WHITE blotting paper cut the size of
the dish, is put bottom up over the
glass. The whole is then quickly in
verted. a match placed under the
edge of the glass, and the contalner
is ready for use. AS the solution
dries out of the saucer the liquid seal
at the edge of the glass is broken and
more liquid flows into the lower re-
ceptacle. Thus the paper is always
kept moist.
Other Simple Preventives.
Any odor pleasing to man is OF
fensive to the fly and vice versa, and
will drive them away.
Take five cents worth of Oil OF
lavender, mix it with the same guam
tity of water, put it in a common
glass atomizer and spray it around
the rooms where flies are. In the
dining room spray it lavishly even on
the table linen. The odor is very
disagreeable to flies but refreshing to
most people.
Geranium, mignonette, hellotrope
and white clover are offensive to flies.
They especially dislike the odor OF
honey-suckle and hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist
flies have intense hatred for the color
blue. Rooms decorated in blue Will
help to keep out the flies.
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