A FLY'S FEARFUL FOOT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 304, 19 October 1910, Page 2

A FLY'S FEARFUL FOOT.

The person who omits to kill a fly on sight may be an accomplice in the illness or even death of some loved one. The hairs and sticky disc of a fly's foot pick up all kinds of deadly germs and filth and then deposit them upon food and household articles. Eating or even touching such things as the fly has contaminated may result, in the direst consequences. So it is the duty of all to prevent flies breeding; and to exterminate them when, in spite of precautions, they do exist. We give some of the newest modes for fly catching. To clear rooms of flies, carbolic acid may be used as follows: Heat a shovel or any similar article and drop thereon 20 drops of carbolic acid. The vapour kills the flies. A cheap and perfectly reliable fly poison, one which is not dangerous to human life, is bichromate of potash in solution. Dissolve one dram in two ounces of water, and add a little sugar. Put some of this~solution in shallow dishes and distribute them . about the house. Sticky fly papers, traps, and liquid poisons are among the things to use in killing flies, buc the latest, cheapest, and best is a solution of formalin or formaldehyde in water. A spoonful of this liquid put into a quarter of a pint of water and exposed in the room will be enough to kill all the flies. To quickly clear the room where there are many flies, burn pyrethrum powder in the room. This stupefies the flies and they may then be swept up and burned. A small piece of blotting paper soaked in a mixture of water, arsenic and sugar, and pressed over the bottom of a saucer so as to line the receptacle neatly, will attract flies and will kill everyone that sucks at it. But it is deadly to other creatures, and must not be placed where children can reach it. Remember that flies love the light, and that keeping food out of the sunlight is to some extent a protection against them. Flies love filth and hate pleasant things. Hence flowers, especially strong smelling ones, such as mignonette and aromatic plants, will drive them away. Keep stable manure —breeding place for flies—in a vault or pit or screened enclosure, and sprinkle its surface with chloride of lime. Quickly cover up food after a meal, and bury or burn table refuse. Keep damp cloths over meat dishes, milk jugs, and other food receptacles.