| Show TRAPS HELP REDUCE pestiferous FLIES best plan Is to io completely destroy breeding places bulletin issued by department of agriculture ri gives full directions for making and operation of various devices As a supplement supplementary iry means of controlling illes flies traps are of much value to obtain freedom from the pests the best method Is either to dispose completely of their breeding places or to treat these places with chemicals traps will help capture the flies that have escaped from destruction st in other ways fly trapping should begin early in the spring to be most effective although comparatively few will be caught then their destruction means the prevention of 0 the development ot of millions of lies files by midsummer the same general principle Is involved in nearly all lly fly traps although they may appear quite different diC erent the flies alies are arc attracted into a cage through a passage the entrance of which Is large and the exit small so there la Is little chance of the flies files once in finding their way out again one kind is al a window trap catches the flies as they aliey endeavor to leave or enter a building the garbage can trap catches those that have entered garbage cans the manure box trap retains the flies which are bred from infested manure put into a bos A bulletin issued by the united states d department part ment of agriculture for free di distribution strib ution gives full directions for making anil and operating a number of kinds of fly traps the question of selecting the best bait aalt for flies Is an important one if should be remembered that it Is visually ally the he fermentation which the material attractive to these sects and that baits are most attractive during their most active period of fermentation for the house lly fly experiments indicate flint a mixture of cheap cone cane molasses it if mixed with three parts of water the attractiveness tr activeness becomes marked the second or third day sticky ly fly papers ore are of some value in destroy irig ft flies les which have it av 0 gained access to houses but they have marked limitations anil tin numer numerous oui objectionable for use out of doors are much more effective unit ond economical probably Iro bably y tile the best poison P oison halt bait for house fah nis s Is f forin la in milk used at tho the rate of about two lea teaspoonfuls of forin formaldehyde to a pint lint of 0 a mixture of equal parts of rid milk k and water this Is placed in blacas frequented by liea files A piece of bread or a sponge adds to the effect it einess As formaldehyde la Is poison this ills bait must be kept kent away from your young children |
