The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15
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Made Easy
Simple Cone Trap Best, Says
Uncle Sam in Bulletin
for Farmers
WHAT BATS TO USE

A flytrap that is most effective in
trapping flies may be made of u cylin-
der of screen wire inclosing a cone of
screen wire, says the United States de-
partment Of agriculture in Farmers
Bulletin 734, "Flytraps and Their OPP
eratlon.' The trap may be made at
home easily and consists of a screen
cylinder "A inches high and 10 inches
in diameter. The screen is nailed to
Barrel hoops al 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 ana one inch in
diameter ut the apex or top 1t is
- inches nigh. The edges Of the cone
are soldered or seWed together with
wire. The top of the trap is made of
barrel head. in which hole 10 inches
square is cut and a screen door put in.
Stale beer is the best fly bait, says
the bulletin. Milk. or milk mixed with
m"&hed overripe bananas, or one part
OF b!ack-strap molasses and three parts
water or one part brown suSar, make
good bats. The strip mixtures should
be set in the sun day or so to fer
ment before being used. They should
be put in large, shallow pans and
placed under the traps. Where one
bair attracts many honey bees another
bait should be used
Put traps in places where the flies
naturally cOngregate. the sunny side of
a building out of the wind. Keep bait
containers well filled. 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 used
in the house is composed of two pounds
Of rosin and one pint of castor oil. |.
heated together until it looks like mo-
IasSes and spread with a paint brush
Ga any kind of paper while the mix
ture is hot. I
This bulletin on flies is free upon (
lnn';cation to the department of az /
riculture Washington. d. c., and con-
tains other forms of traps for various
purposes. The department also has a
list of bulletins available for distri
button on insects that are household
pests. The list contains:
Remedies and Prevention Against
Farmers Bulletin 444.)
Some facts About Malaria. (Farm-
ars' Bulletin 1907
Sanitary Privy. Farmers Bulletin
1857
Yellow Fever Mosquito. Farmers
Bulletin $40
Carpet Beetle, or Buffalo Moth"
Farmers Bulletin 626.)
House Centipede. Farmers Bulletin
527)
Cockroachcs. Carriers Bulletin
;59.)
House Flies. Farmers Bulletin
579.)
NIINcEuSu I'LL 1uJuIlOuS I1OuScAoiu
insect. Farmers Bulletin 6S1.)
Fleas as Pests to Man and Animals,
With Suggestions for Their Control
Farmers Bulletin 6S3)
Hydrocllloric-acid Gas Against
Household Insects. (Farmers' Bulle.
in 699.)
House Ants: Kinds and Methods OF
Control. Farmers Bulletin 74O.)
Migratory Habit of House Fly Lar 4
.ae as Indicating Favorable Rene
lial Measure. An Account of Progress
Department Bulletin H.:
A Maggot Trap in Practical Use: AID
Experiment in House Fly Control. Ode
)artment Bulletin 2O.)
Fleas. Department Bulletin 24S.l
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