FLIES, MOTHS, AND BEETLES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2950, 9 December 1916, Page 10

FLIES, MOTHS, AND BEETLES

THE FARMERS' PESTS. In all large towns the fly pest. is ,aa ever-present evil, and strenuous efforts are made every summer to combat it. Flies are great disease carriers, being particularly dangerous to babies ana young children, and account for a good deal of our infantile death rate. They also cause great damage by soiling wallpapers, paintwork and furniture, but in country districts, moths, beetles and all sorts of flying insects are added to the fly pest, and the householder has the choice of either keeping them out by closing the doors and windows in the hottest weather, when ventilation is most required, or being worried by them both day and ni^ht. In farm houses where kerosene lamps are used for lighting, moths and flies cause great trouble by breaking globes, and in country towns where gas is available they are equally destructive to gas mantles, thus greatly increasing the lighting bill. In the latest model lamps now being fitted to the famous "Wizard Lighting System" for country homes and stores, this difficulty has been entirely overcome. The new "Wizard" Lamps are entirely fly and moth proof, and are covered by .a special patent, eo no matter how numerous the flies and moths are they cannot get into the globe, and destroy the mantles. Many "Wizard" Light users are still using the original mantles supplied with the lamps after twelve to. eighteen months' use, and are naturally pleased to make this important saving in the cost of upkeep, which is very Jew The mantles supplied with Wizard. Lamps are manufactured br a patent process,.and will stand a lot of rough usage. Before being burnt off they can be posted in an ordinarv business envelope and are unbreakable, farmers and country storekeepers should write to Messrs. Early Bros., 59 Cuba btreet, Wellington, for further-informa-tion about the "Wizard", Light. Nearly two thousand complete plants have already been sold in New Zealand, includinp a large number to the Government for use in Post Offices, Wireless Sta- > tions, etc., and the fact that these lamps are used m many of the finest country homes and farm houses in the Dominion bears testimony to their merits. (Published Arrangement.)