Show Fly control ideas Advanced by Board of Health by Ariel Sanitarian Utah State Health Department It has been known for many years that flics are some of the filthiest of all Prevention of fly breeding is a basic principle of It requires community cooperation in each town to control the fly This means that there should be voluntary individual and group attention given to proper garbage If we would proper garbage one phase of fly control would be readily The in general has come to depend on newer insecticides for fly They are giving too little thought to maintaining high standards of Let us review briefly a few that can be done through sanitation to reduce the number of filth-loving Control methods Store garbage in fly-proof liquid-tight garbage These should be about 20 to 30 gallon with tight- fitting made of metal so as to be easily cleaned and Where livestock is allowed within the proper disposal of manure should be All floors of buildings where animals are kept should be hard-surfaced and have good No water should be allowed to pond in All feed bins should be tight and easily Prevent fly breeding in manure piles and in feed This can be done by keeping manure cleaned up and Old straw and other material should be cleaned up and removed as this is a source of fly More and more attention should be focused on fly control Without Increased attention in the matter of proper disposal of all waste materials by improved sanitation a community that is fly-free may be a long time in Insecticides are an aid in fly they are not the primary method of Proper and proper use of insecticides can effectively reduce the fly Talk not of wasted affection never was I Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |