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Show Respects to the Fly It Is said that the fly serves no (rood purpose. It is a mistake. He performs two very (rood services. He teaches the teachable to clean up and keep clean, and he kills off the others. That Is, he assiduously works to cause a Hurvival of the fittest. J-et us give the dnvil his due. While we give him credit for that much pood, let us be among the teachable. If we have a private stable, let us see that the refuse is hauled each week, and daily If a large one or a public one. Let u see that tho ground around and under the refuse box lu saturated with crude oil or strong disinfectants, as tho fly mag-gots. mag-gots. It is found, crawl through ihe refuse into the ground if there Is any possible way to get there. Hero they stay until they come out full-fledged flies. They will not go Into earth saturated sat-urated with oil, however, and it would be necessary to use the oil but once a year. While you honor the fly for killing off the unfit, see thnt he. does not get you Into the wrong class. Saturday will be the last fly day before June 15. It should be a greflt day. Aftor this the prlz-s will bo nr-r:mr nr-r:mr and distributed and the Htv boa rd of he;itth will continue to pay 15 '-r-ntf a pint for flies the ' balance of the summer. |