A FLY'S FEARFUL FOOT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 428, 6 January 1912, Page 7

A FLY'S FEARFUL FOOT.

WORSE THAN COBRA OR TIGER. The person who omits to kill a fly on sight may be an accomplice in the illness or even death of some loved one. 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 tbem when, in spite of all precautions, they do exist. We give some of the newest mpdes for fly fighting. To clear rooms oi flies, carbolic acid may be used as follows Heat a shovel or any similar article and drop thereon twenty 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 paper, traps, and liquid poisons are among the things to use in killing flies, but 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 pyrethnim 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 every one 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, #nd sprinkle its surface with, chloride of lime. Quickly cover up .ood after a meal, and bury ©» burp table refuse. Keep damp cloths ove'r meat dishes, milk jugs, and otjfier food receptacles. ! {