Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-21
SOME WINTER JOBS.

There Is very little. fly borne typhoid
IN January. In fact. there is little in
any month between now and July. but
that should not stop us from swatting
mes. The adults that are to carry over
tue breed into next summer are living
INDOORS now. None is Matching and
there are but few. Those that are with
us are not troublesome. They are not
crawlin on bald heads. disturbing
afternoon maps, tracking the butter and
sugar. or falling i'm the milk. They are
not a source of present harm or annoy
ance. In consequence no one kills flies
now because of irritation. Good judg-
ftient tells us that a little effort now
VIII bring a thousand old return.
me most effective method is swat
t,ng, Fly paper and fly poison do but
llttle good now. OF course. anti-hy
breeding measures are without value
fiy screening is ineffective. since all
nose that did not get under cover some
weeks ago are now dead. The good
hunting ground of the swatter during
the warm season is not the best field
,iow.
I have seen n good many flies I'M
greenhouses during the last week. The
coinblnation of warmth, moisture, sun
light. and soil seems to sui them
Among the greenhouse flies are many
small elbows. These are different var.
ieties or near kinsmen of the ordinary
house fly and are OF some CONSEQUENCE
from the typhoid standpoint. though far
less important than their better known
relatives.
While swatting flies i'm the green,
house kill h little fellows as we'll aa
the larger fly.
n case against the ty becomes
more serious as we gain information.
lt Is fairly certain that they spread in
lanttle diarrhoea as we'll as typhoid.
The typhoid rate, baby diarrhoea rate.
adult diarrhoea OF different cities
and rural sections is, almost exactly
parallel with the fly rates.
And this is a good season; to kill mos
auitoes.t These insects only convey ma.
.lafta during about four months of tha
year. They do not feed in cold weather
The malarial parasites in infected mos.
quitOes cannot mature during cold
weather.
For all OF these reasons mosquitoes
are not spreading any, malaria now.
~urtnefsnore they are not q source of
now because we know that the brood
females few in number. are at u
mercy il we car. find them. A. few can
be awaited, a few, can be captured. a
few can be killed by burning sulphur
or insect powder. a few can he frozen
U 'Oy allowing. the temperature Of the
house to run down to freezing for a
night or two. but the small bag need
not discourage US, for. there are but
few. to- kill.
! The winter eason is the proper time
to repairi the screens. Where wire lie
o available ordinary mosquito net
ting will answer. It will last q season.
More important than killing mosqui-
toes 10 completely curing those who
nave had malaria during last fall.
Thirty full doses Of quinine taken, one
dose 3 day for 30 days, will do away
with the likelihood that the chills will
come back next spring. Furthermore, il
viii prevent the infection from,the mos
qultoes that winter Owe and come
dying out In the spring very hungry
and vefy. aggressive.
Thia i3ithe slack season for the farm.
80 re Il the time. for him to change his
snanure pile, cover his well. drain his
0oW lof. snd several other things which,
Ioet undpne, constantly threaten the
6eSith Of hi family, put which cannot
IS done after the beginning Of plant.
linz time.