The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-03

should be buried or covered with
kerosene and burned, and in COM
munities where domestic animals are
raised, care should be taken to
have them and the premises in a
sanitary condition. Much of this
work can be done by families in
and about their homes and much
remains to be done by public au-
thorities. Indeed, it may be said
that only as community feeling is
aroused can really effective work be
done, for what good does it do a
family to rid its own home Of flies
as long as the meat it gets from the
market and the butter and milk 1t
gets from the diaries are defiled by
heir presence?
If the work Of prevention by
means of killing winter flies and de-
stroying breeding places is begun
,arly enough, it is all-sufficient, but
,ven if a few flies have been al
owed to live and produce their
descendants and these are allowed
to live, the fight is not yet HOPELESS,
,hough it is rendered more difficult.
1t remains but to catch the flies
rs soon as possible after they have
hatched, before they have reached
he egg-laying stage, for it is well
TO remember at every stage of the
.ampaign, that the fly must feed for
wo weeks before it can lay its first
eggs, These young flies should be
caught out-of-doors, before they
have had time to carry filth and
germ into the house. Somewhere
near every house, whether it be in
the country or in the city, there is
garbage pail-the flies favorite
breeding ground. II they can be
coaxed, as they swarm about it, to
some attractive bait in trap which
stands above the garbage pail, in a
large measure the work is done.
Then if another trap is placed in
the stable window or barnyard and
another outside the screen door, 1t
is not likely that many flies will
feed through the whole two weeks
and not get caught. The "catch"
may be quickly killed by fumigation
with sulphur or by immersion in
boiling water. Humane methods
should be employed, even with flies.
Traps may be bought at a reason
able price, or they may be built at
home still more cheaply. Any box
or other receptacle Of Transparent
material (such as screen or glass;
provided with a crack at the bottom
and baited with banana peel, meat,
sugar and vinegar, molasses or other
food Attractive to flies, will serve
the purpose. One thing must be
always remembered-the crack at
the bottom must not be too wide or
the flies will crawl out after they
have fed and then lay their eggs
The crack at the bottom should
never be more than a quarter of an
inch wide and should open up to,
ward the bait and not down, as flies
show strong tendency to crawl
upwards toward the light.
1t may sound, at first, somewhat
imaginary--this campaign which has
as its aim to "get the last one"--
but it has been proved to be sane
and practical. Small towns have rid
themselves almost completely OF
these pests, big cities have done
such effective work that no more
than six flies may be found around a
huge public market at one time
and neighborhoods have won relief
for themselves from the nuisance
when other parts of the cities have
swarmed with flies.
Flies do not travel great dist.
ances and a neighborhood campaign
will be effective even though the
whole town does not take part. II
can be done, but it will be done only
when the people are convinced OF
the absolute necessity. When q
housewife begins to feel that it is a
disgrace, a sure sign of untidiness
and careless housekeeping to have
even one fly around; when the
storekeeper or dairyman is made &c
realize that he is looked upon as q
spreader of disease il he does no,
Lprotect his products; when a com.
munity really appreciates the fact
that not only unpleasantness but
sickness and death result from the
presenca of fiac-thac orJ -