Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

A mixture or uSh Oil Zone gaH0n)
oil of pine tar, 1.-TWO ounces), oil of
pennyr0yal 1.-TWO Ounces), and kero-
sene (one-half pint) was found to be
very effective in keeping the flies off
live stock when applied lightly, but
thoroughly, to the portions of animals
not covered with blankets or nets.
Since strawstacks have been found
TO be the principal breeding places of
this insect in the grain belt, the proper
care of the straw is by far the most
| important step in control. The straw
should be stacked more carefully than
is ordinarily done, by making the sides
of the stack nearly vertical and round
ing it ND well on top in order the bet
ter to shed the rain.
All straw not required for winter
| feed should be disposed of immediate
| ly by burning or by scattering it over
the land soon after threshing and sub
sequently blowing it under, or by burn
| ing the stacks. The blowing under of
the straw is the most advisable
method of procedure, as by this prac-
tice large amounts of humus are added
| to the soil.
| All stacks not consumed by stock
during the winter should be promptly
| disposed of in the early spring. This
may be accomplished in the same way
as has been suggested for the fall.
Heavy rainfall on freshly threshed
straw, produces an unusual outbreak
of flies by rendering the straw largely
unfit for food for live stock and thus
offering breeding places. In such il.
stances their immediate destruction By
burning or scattering is necessary to
relieve the condition. The work
should be done thoroughly and when
the stacks are scattered all the straw
should be completely exposed to the in
fluence of the elements.
1t is best to pillow under the scat
tered straw soon after it has become
we'll dried out. In sections of the coun
try where headers instead of binders
are used, the straw is much more cas-
lily disposed of. The general adoption
of the field threshers would completely
solve the question of the strawstack
1t is reported that this machine re
duces the expense of harvesting from
IA to 2 cents per acre and the straw is
left standing in the field. The chaff is
scattered over the ground and the en-
tire refuse turned under at blowing
time.
The use of poisons to destroy imma
ture flies is neither practical nor ad
vfsable.
Typhoid Fly Facts.
1. Where do young flies live? In
filth and manure.
. Where do flies first dirty their
mouths and feet2 In every kind OF
filth imaginable.
| g. Is anything too dirty or bad smell
ing for flies to eat? No.
4. Where does the fly go when II
flies from the vault, the manure pile OF
the spittoon? (a) 1t may wipe its feet
upon the clean lips Of your sleeping
baby; (b) 1t may carry germs into the
opep wound of your hand: (c) 1t may
track over the butter, the meat. OF
take bath in the milk.
s. Is the fly merely nuisance? No
1t is very dangerous.
6 WHY is the fly considered dan
gerous? It is mans worst pest. 1t Is
more dangerous than the rattlesnak'
mr. tarantula. 1t carries deadly infec
tious diseases.
Z. What diseases does the fly carry
II carries typhoid fever, tuberculosis
and various intestinal diseases.
s. How does the fly carry disease
germs? The germs stick to its legs
mouth parts, hair, wings and feelers
o What is the correct name OF
This human pest? The typhoid fever
fly.
10. Has It ever caused anyone's
| death? It killed more American SOL
diers in the Spanish-American war
than all the weapons of the Spaniards,
II has killed thousands of soldiers dur
ing the present European war.
II. Why is typhoid fever so preva-
lent dfring the summer and fall? Be-