Gunnison Valley News | 1922-04-07 | Page 5 | Fleas have Thier Uses

Flerts Have Their Uses. The next time you are worried by a flea, do not he impatient with It. It has Its uses, remarks London Answers. Glasgow, which justly prides itself on Its municipal efficiency, has lately discovered that even small Insects may be utilized in the interests of empire. The filters at its sewage purlflcnllnn works become periodically choked with a gelatinous matter, the clearing away of which was very costly. The local authorities have now enlisted large numbers of insects of the flea tribe, and the results are remarkable. Each of thesp insects absorbs four pounds per week of this disturbing , gelatin, and allows the sewage to be converted Into water thai possesses crystal clearness. Achaiutes, as they are called, have hitherto been regarded merely as" pests. It is fortunate that we have found some usrrui employment for them at hist !