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Show ppir Iff IKlO FILTH' AND NO DISEASE. j MftrnTaekle These Pests In Their Breeding B '' Places, Says Government Expert, and 1 H ''V' the Result 1WlUr.r, Apparent; H ! Seme Precautions. ' fl Something lllte, . l.OWttWO.000 . dies FB -were killed tuMiec'ciunpa f 1011. B ' 7,000,000 In Washington alea Thki 1 B feertalnly Is prodigious ataagater, and V ihe Ugurea ure impressive uatli we B consider the number tUat escaped the i B 'executioners. Dr. Howard of tkw bail ba-il 'IB B ''jreau of entomology hua taken his pen- S cll In band. In the luxuriant climate B jlfcf the nntlonul capital twelve genera B ,.tJous of llfes uro hatched 'la a single B .Rummer. A Mingle overyiflnterlag aietb B ?r will start say about "April 15-wltb B 'an a v eae brood 'of 120: -If all these B eggs. aU'ofild hatch. andL inUkelr, tura- re- B protfuW In the'liko hiUo'the MHlof the B ''fly season would see the progeay of B vtbat one mother fly making up a tidy1 B genealogicaV trco of sttlaeOfcljlBi', B : 24911, 720.000.0(H) .000.000 branches. ' twigs and budlets, and. aaeaca female 1 M u UBually-lays four.- batches effge, ibelr I unchecked, development tareegfc twelve ' "generations would make mass. of files Vr " measuring 268,778,105.801 cable miles,, B or considerably -pbre .tajaataertetai', " B laa of the eartb. Fortanately there : B ' are, many things destructive te$ eggs. :" B ' Iarvae'ahd adult tiles, se the aamber B of the latter la kept dowa te a posei-- flj ble figure. H Various coBamnaltles areMylac fer K 4ead flies bo much for a quart meas- B- are of them, so much for a till (1,000 ' B to the gill). If one could ceacelve all -B jof tbe file in existence being caught B tmnd paid fer, and Jne ttoaten given a. B living wage, every txeaaary' ot) earth. ' B vwould go "Insolvent s. Oae aanat con- B pelade, then.' that' the oaly-ray te get B rtdoof, files, lei to getvrMof taefllta. I B sn,J th refuse" wbiclr,are tbeiroatnral - B environment ami pabahm. Emf Tb fly naturar scavenger, and I scavengers have a reason for exist- I B fence. Let her be kllkH by aUjafceBa,k W but before relylag'on thv'aioaawa 2ffcC'vhonrt folloralWlSrVedinaf 19' place, which is seMoat heyoad 900 t I I M) feet'way . and' ;thea;' naM iaf .place decent aad saattary. . Oae shoal 1 aotrest coateat with. kflUac tae-ly, i: jHit should get rid of the ptaees where M ne lays her eggs the tasafiftary cks- W .ts, tbe manure heap, "the oacovereel 1 garbage can. tbe putrescent dead dag. I aad horse oa the pablic highway. I All refuse and decayiag saaterial I land all- 'vegetable, aad table rasta, 1 .should be removed, and beburAed or , I Wered Iwbhliak er kummufamjW AU, sjarbage caas must be eavered or ecraNorvklr-xatefli:e?rinkled 1 yithpteroeeaeoi'JIme,, ..theaajrajft l ayfitem must be la good order, np to ' date; not ilea Wag, not exiMied. Kero- S aene "should be poured4 into 'drains. Manure should be pat late tight pita B ar vaulta,witb an outer 'door, from B which It can ''he sboveW .ay, A, Jrrel of chloride of lime is to be coa- atantly at hand, from which each de- foslt of manure should be sprinkled. B 'Shallow dishes should be placed about the bouse, one la each room, cpa- fainlng encb two teaa'neeafais of for-aaaldeayde for-aaaldeayde te a pint (two tttaablefuls) of .water or a teaspodufnl of bichromate ef potassiata In a quarter .tumblerful it water and sweetened with pleaty sugar. Pyretlirum powder burned im a room stupefies the tie tie thatthey fall to the floor, whence 'they caa "be gathered up- and burned or sold if tbe Market rates make It wertm' the while. !-AU .food and drink must be screened er covered la some way. All windows In dining room and kitcaea doors must v& screened. Groceries, frait stores, seat and Qsn stores aaat have' their wares screened, and, above ail things else, tiles must not get aaar the milk. Tbe American people are iaacb impressed im-pressed by .slogans. "Swat the fy" U disgusting and suggestive ef cruelty la the mind of the boy Already a disposed. dis-posed. A better one Is "Ko titb. a aUes" and no diseane.-Medtca! Record. 4 |
