The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-05
Fly Fight
Made
Simple Cone Trap Best, Says
Uncle Sam in Bulletin
for Farmers
WHAT BATS TO USE

A 1ytrap that is most effective in
trapping dies may be made of a cylin-
der of screen wire inclosing a cont of
screen wire, says the United States de-
partment of agriculture in Farmers
Bulletin 734, "Flytraps and Their Or
Grafton" The trap may be made at
home easily and consists of a 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 CONF Is 10 inches in
diameter at the base and one inch in
diameter at the apex, or top. It is
% 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 a 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
mashed overripe bananas, or one part
of black-strap molasses and three parts
water, or one part brown sugar, make
good bats. The strip mixtures should
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
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 paperNt that may be used
in the house is composed of two pounds
of rosin and one pint of castor oil,
heated together until 1t looks like mo-
lasses and spread with a paint brush
on any kind of paper while the mix
ture is hot.
This bulletin on flies is free upon
application to the department of ag-
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
Mosquitoes. Farmers Bulletin 444.)
Some facts About Malaria. (Farm-
ers' Bulletin 450.)
Sanitary Privy. Farmers Bulletin
463.)
Yellow Fever Mosquito. Farmers
Bulletin $40
Carpet Beetle, or Buffalo Moth"
Farmers Bulletin 626.)
House Centipede. (Farmers Bulletin
627.)
Cockroaches. Farmers Bulletin
659.)
House Flies. (Farmers' Bulletin
679.)
Silverfsh: an Injurious Household
Insect. Farmers Bulletin 6S1.)
Fleas as Pests to Man and Animals,
With Suggestions for Their Control.
Farmers Bulletin $685.
Hydrochloric-acid Gas Against
Household Insects. Farmers Bulle-
tin 699.)
House Ants: Kinds and Methods of
Control. Farmers Bulletin 740.)
Migratory Habit of House Fly Lar
vac as Indicating a Favorable Rene
dial Measure. An Account of Progress.
department Bulletin 14.)
A Maggot Trap in Practical Use: An
Experiment in House Fly Control. Ode
partment Bulletin 20.)
Fleas. Department Bulletin 248.)
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