Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-18
KILL FLIES AND SAVE LIVES,
One Dead One Now Means Millions Less
a Few Months Later.

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and burn his body.
observers say that there are many
reasons to believe there will be Jr.
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.ot-the- way
places. and every nook and Granny.
Files will not go where there Is moth
ing to eat, and their principal oet is
too filthy to mention.
The fly is the tie that binds the un.
healthy to the healthy!
The fly has no equal as germ "car-
rler" as many as five hundred million
germs have been found in and on the
body of single fly
1t is definitely known that the fly is
the carrier" of the germs of typhoid
fever; 1t is widely believed that it is
also the carrier" of other diseases,
including possibly infantile paralysis.
The very presence of fly is signal
and notification that housekeeper is
uncleanly and inefficient.
Do not wait until the insects begin
to pester anticipate the annoyance.
April, May and June are the best
months to conduct an anti-fy cam
palgn.
The farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places, and the
new born flies 90 not remain at their
birth place but migrate, using railroads
and other means of transportation, to
towns 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: Formalde-
hyde and sodium salicylate are the two
best fly polsons. Both are superior to
arsenic. They have their advantages
for household use. They are not poi
son to childrent; they are convenient
to handle, their dIlutions are simple |
and they attract flies.
PREPARATION OF SOLUTIONS.
A tormaldehyde solution of approx
mately the correct strength may be |
made by adding teaspoontuls of the
concentrated formaldehyde solution,
commercially known as formalln. to a
pint of water. Similarly, the proper
concentration of sodium salicylate may
be obtained by dissolvlng teaspoon
fuls of the pure chemical "a powder)
to a pint of water.
CONTAINERS FOR SOLUTIONS.
A container described as follows, has
been found convenient for automatic
ally keeping the solution always avail
able for flies to drink: An ordinary,
thln-walled drinking glass is filled or
partially filled with the solution. A
saucer, or small plate, in which IS
placed a piece of WHITE plotting pa
per cut the size of the dish, is put bot
tom up over the glass. The whole is
then quickly inverted, a match placed
under the edge of the glass, and the
container is ready for use. AZ the So
luton dries out of the saucer the liquid
seal at the edge OF the glass is broken
and more liquid flows into the lower
receptacle. Thus the paper is always
kept moist.
OTHER SIMPLE PREVENTIVES.
any odor pleasing to man Is offensive
to the fly and vice versa. and Will drive
then: away.
Take five cents worth OF oil of law
ender, mix it with the same quantity
of water, put it IN common glass at
omizer and spray 1t around the room
where flies are. In the dining room
spray it lavishly even on the table lin
en-. The odor is very disagreeable to
flies but refreshing to most people.
Geranlum, mignonette, heliotrope
and white clover are offensive to flies.
They especially dislike the odor OF hon
eysuckle and hop blossoms.
According to French scientist flies
have intense hatred for the color blue.
Rooms decorated in blue will help to
keep out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonful of
cream, one of ground black pepper and
one of brown sugar. This mixture is
POISONOUS to flies. Put in saucer, .