The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-05-09

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and burn his body.
The killing OF Just one fly NOW
means there win be billions and tril
lions less next summer.
The conditions produced by tbs
long and severe winter have made
difficult the removal and proper dis
posal Of refuse and filth accumuIa
lions that will facilitate the breeding
Of disease-germ-carrying flies.
Clean up your premises; see and
insist that your neighbors do like
wise.
Especially clean "out-of-the-way
places" and every nook and Granny.
Flies win not go where there is
nothing to eat. and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
The fly Is the tie that binds the
unhealthy to the healthy
The fly has no equal as germ
carrier" as many as five hundred
million germs have been found in
and on the body Of single fly.
II is definitely known that the fly
is the carrier" of the germs of ty-
phoid fever; it is widely believed
that 1t is also the carrier" of other
diseases, including possibly infantile
paralysis.
The very presence of fly is sig
nal and notification that housekeep-
er is uncleanly and inefficient.
Do not wait until the insetcs be-
gin to poster; anticipate the annoy
ance.
April, May and June are the best
to conduct an anti-fiy cam
paign.
The farming and suburban dis
tricts provide ideal breeding places,
and the new born fies do not remain,
At their place Of birth, but migrate.
using railroads and other means Of
to towns and cities.
Kill flies and save lives.
Recipes For Killing Flies
The United States Government
makes the following suggestions for
he destruction of house flies: For
and sodium salicylate are
he two best fly poisons. Both are
superior to arsenic. They have their
advantages for household USE They
re not a poison to children; they are
to handle, their dilutions
re simple and they attract the flies.
A formaldehye solution of approx
mately the correct strength may be
made by adding three teaspoonfuls
+ the concentrated formaldehye solu-
ion, commercially known as forma-
inc, to a pint of water. Similarly,
he proper concentration of sodium
alicylate may be obtained by dis
diving three teaspoonfuls of the {
ure chemical "a powder) to a pint
water.
A containerl has been found con-
enient for automatically keeping the
olution always available for flies to
rink. An ordinary, thin-walled
rinking glass is filed or partially
lied with the solution. A saucer or
mall platter in which is placed a
iece of white blotting paper cut the
lie Of the dish, is put bottom up
yer the glass. The whole is then
uickly inverted, a match placed I'M
er the edge of the glass, and the con-
liner is ready for use. AS the so
ltion dries out of the saucer the
quid seal at the edge of the glass
broken and more liquid flows into
lie lower receptacle. Thus the pa
er is always kept moist
An odor pleasing to a man is often
We to the fly and vice versa, and
Ill drive them away.
Take five cents worth of oil of
yender, mix it with the same guam
ty Of water, put it in common
ass atomizer and spray 1t around
le rooms where flies are. In the
ming room spray 1t lavishly even
the table linen. The odor is
cry disagreeable to flies but refresh
g to most people.
Geranium, mignonette, heliotrope
I'd white clover are offensive to I
es. They especially dislike the |
Tor of honeysuckle and hop bios {
ms. I
According to French scientists, flies 9
ave intense hatred for the color q
ne. Rooms decorated in blue will a
Zip TO keep out the flies. {
Mix together one tablespoonful of
cam, one Of ground black pepper
I'd one of brown sugar. This mix
re is poisonous to flies. Put in a {
Iucer, darken the room except one
indow and in that set the saucer.