Show hitchhiking HITCH HIKING FLY SPREADS DISEASE the common house fly Is a hitch hiker however tile fly bogli bother to jerk a thumb thum and ask a ride it lies flies into moving autos or even trains or airplanes without permission and often travels hundreds of miles before leaving its chosen ve re hicle this habit of flies files traveling great distances on other power than etian their own has made local ly fly eradication campaigns less effective than the me campaigners hoped cases have been found where a fly carried disease germs genus on its legs and body for miles and infected people in the community where it settled no previous cases of the disease were in existence to in the new community and health authorities ties les could find no other source of infection than flies repeated warnings of and health officials have apparently failed to instill a proper fear of the house ly fly in the avera average gemind mind however a more thorough knowledge of tho habits of a fly would increase the respect for this tiny insect recording according to authorities on oil the subject decent cleanliness in any home requires protection against the menace of flies whether a fly Is or a hatch bilking visitor he Is a R danger fortunately an effective fly killing program can be conducted la any home by the use of a reliable ly fly spray containing an ample quantity city of a product derived from pyrethrum flowers which la Is death to flies when sprayed in a fine mist |