Flies
Sir,—“Helen’s” sentiments do her much credit, but her conclusions are a shade impacticable. Of course there are other means than flypapers of getting rid of flies. One could stand, like Horatius defending his bridge, at the end of the kitchen table prepared to repel the hordes of invaders with a fly-swat, but it is rather a time-wast-ing operation. There are numerous lethal sprays which may or may not cause suffering to the victim, but what they may do to human food which may be inadvertently exposed at the time of their use may not be too good either. Some 30 years ago in a Canadian farmhouse elose to the bush my kitchen fly-papers collected a bag of about 2000 a week, and, without a refrigerator, and with no other form of fly destruction at hand, I found them invaluable. Moreover, so lost J® .to all sense of decency, that if they go off the market in New Zealand I shall send to England for them.—Yours etc., ’ _ u BOADICEA. February 28, 1965..
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30688, 2 March 1965, Page 12
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