The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1913. "SWAT THAT FLY."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1913. "SWAT THAT FLY."

Some little while back The Horowhoaua Chronicle published an article written for it by a medical man who dwelt upon tho importance of a crusade against the filthy housefly. "Swat I bat Fly" was the burden of his remarks; and bound advice it was. For the household fly is the greatest disseminator of disease germs extant, and any great diminution of its numbers could not fail to he helpful to humanity's health. We note that an article on this (subject appears in this rnonth'd issue of "Evorlauly's Journal" (an Australian ■publication) from the pen of Dr. Burnet Hani. Chairman of the Victorian Board of Health. Jn it he says: "Kill all flies. Take thought and pains to exterminate thotu. Deceptive beyond belief is tho innocent mppearance of these posts. Wc imprison the man u'ho commits petty larceny, and allow the murderer, with bin scarct hidden weapons, ttie run of homes. Science, piercing to facts discerns the fly as the menaco in our midst. Attention to its peculiarities give starring results. The fly is veritably weighted with death-dealing forces, not less mil because invisible to the naked eye. It onions your house from its birthplace laden with germs. It i inovoß easily, with horrible- intimacy, over foods Crockery aild table linen. Nothing is exempt from its attention. Its touch corrupts. It taints and •renders the daintiest morsel unlit for human consumption. On tho most savoury dish, prepared, per- j haps for some invalid, it may leavo bacilli of dread disease. To 'ho j fly may be traced fevers, cholera, tuberculosis and illness innumerable. THE JERSEY (JOW. At a. meeting of tho Stratford branch of tho Now Zealand Jersey Breeders' Association tho other day, several resolutions wero passed having for their objective the advancement of tho Jersey brood.. Two of these read as follows"That tho Council of tho Association urge tho Government to* carry out an economic cow breed test at one of tlieir"sarms of Instruction, six representative cows of each breed to be selectod, a reoord kept of feed, the area. oP pasture occupied, and a daily record of milk ltd butter-fat; the test to bo for a period of twelve months." "That iti future the secretary of the Association send out to oveiy member of the Association on 31st March, in each yoar an invitation to enter for (registration all his animals then under twelve months of age! alJ d that a further notice be sent a month after to all who have not responded ; and that it ho a recommendation to the council that the names of tho sires and dams in register of merit bo recorded in all futuro volumes." Various suggestions woro made for the encouragement of the breeding of purebred Jerseys and discouraging the uso of grade bulls. Mr D. Watkin, of HuTroa, considered that a tax of £1 should bo levied upon tho rendor of every grade "bull sold, and each time tho animal is sold'; the funds so rawed to be paid b<ver to the agricultural association in whoso district tho vendor resides, for tho encouragement of breeding pedigree animals.