BLOWFLY CONTROL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 18

BLOWFLY CONTROL.

A little over a yenr slict-pl.rrodrrs in Iho Albert district, Si,nth Africa, dotided to organise against the irnT»-;»>.inji rnenaeo of (ho 1,1,,wi1y pel, f,, r winch

purpose .*i strong committee, represent, > five of every ward in the district, was

appointed. After preliminary meetings an organisation of local landholders "was formed which adopted a few simple mles. Tlieso provide, inter alia, that every farmer shall erect sufficient llv traps anil Keep them in working outer during the blowfly season. Also that every owner must destroy all dead animals on his property with the object of preventing flies from hatching.

At tho commencement of operations ! j{r<;at difficulty was experienced i;i obtain- 1 ing making fly traps. The local) Farmers' Association, however, provided j .£2O for the purpose, and a few he tidied empty petrol tins were purchased from i ■which traps were made and sold to 1 graziers at cost price. Iho annual report of the organisation 1 utates that tho majority of farmers in the I district erected fly traps, and have not allowed dead animals to lie at, nut Sonic used from 20 to 30 traps '(lining the season, and the flies caught ran into manv millions, with the result tlmt in December last there wis practically „o infection among sheep. The hlowllv had disappeared, hut the report goes on to sav. uie> returned again from parts wheal Jiest""'* ' eP " f ' onc 10 ir ' ntn ' l tbtJ