The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
Fly Fight
Made Easy
Simple Gone Trap Best, Says
Uncle Sam in Bulletin
for Farmers
WHAT BATS TO USE

A fiytrap that is most effective in
trapping flies may be made Of eylin-
der Of screen wire incIosing a cone Of
screen wire, says the United States de-
partment Of agriculture in Farmers
Bulletin 734. "Flytraps and Their OPP
Grafton" The trap may be made at
home easily and consists Of screen
cylinder "a inches high and IS inches
In diameter. The screen is nailed to
barrel hoops at the top and bottom.
-Four laths are nailed to the hoops as
vertical pieces to make the trap rigid.
/ AT the bottom the legs project an inch
below the hoop.
| The cone Is inserted In the bottom of
the cylinder, being tackled to the bot
tom hoop. The cone is IS inches in
diameter at the base and one inch in
diameter at the apex, or top. 1t is
p inches high. The edges of the cone
are soldered or sewed together with
wire. The top OF the trap is made OF
a barrel head, in which hole 10 inches
| square is cut and screen door put In.
Stale beer Is the best fly bait, says
the bulletin. Milk, or milk mixed with
mashed overripe bananas, or one part
of blaek-strap molasses and three parts
water, or one part brown sugar, make
good bats. The strip mixtures should
be set In the sun day or so 20 fer
ment before being used. They should
be put in large, shallow pans and
placed under the traps. Where one
bait attracts many honey bees another
bais should be used.
Put traps In places where the flies
naturally congregate, the sunny side of
building out of the wind. Keep bait
containers well filed. This gives
larger catches and avoids the danger
Of flies breeding in the bait. Empty
traps regularly. Kill the flies with
; hot water.
A sticky fly paper that may be uset
J In the house is composed of two pounds
: OF rosin and one pint Of castor oil
heated together until it looks like mo
: lasses and spread with paint brusl
! on any kind of paper while the mix
!. ture is hot
r This bulletin on flies is free upo
) application to the department OF al
o ricuIture. Washington. d. c.. and col
n tains other forms OF traps for varioJ
n purposes. The department also has
/, list Of bulletins available for distr
! button on insects that are househol
: pests. The list contains:
II Remedies and Prevention Again:
r Mosquitoes. Farmers Bulletin IA
: Some facts About Malaria. (Farn
1 a,.eys A$nN
II Sanitary Privy. Farmers Bullet
e 463.)
Yellow Fever Mosquito. GARNER
!. Bulletin 547.)
! Carpet Beetle. or Buffalo Moth.
r. Farmers Bulletin 626.)
/ House Centipede. Farmers Bullet
i 627.)
5 Cockroaches. Farmers Bullet
g 659.)
S House Flies. Farmers Bullet
S 67e.)
e SiIverfsh: an Injurious Househol
IS Insect. Farmers Bulletin 6S1.)
e Fleas as Pests to Man and Animals
IS With Suggestions for Their Contro
e Farmers Bulletin esq.,
h Hydrochloric-acid Gas Again:
E. Household Insects. Farmers Bull
IT tin 699.)
A. House Ants: Kinds and Methods {
d. Control. Farmers Bulletin 740.)
ID Migratory Habit of House Fly La
IT vac as Indicating a Favorable Rem
ar dial Measure. An Account of Progress
a Department Bulletin 14)
er A Maggot Trap in Practical Use: 4
it Experiment in House Fly Control. ID
Or partment Bulletin 20.)
Fleas. Department Bulletin 24S.l