TO FIGHT THE HOUSE FLY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 September 1913, Page 2

TO FIGHT THE HOUSE FLY.

Pryetbrum powder burned, in a house stupefies a fly until you can sweep him up and put him where he belongs. A little of this burned in the rooms in the morning—after which the room should be aired—will make the house exempt from flies all day. . Twenty drops of carbolic acid dropped on a hot shovel or on any piece of warm iron creates a. vapour that lays flies law. The common

mignonette plant grown in jai\s and placed in a room makes things unpleasant for flies. A handy thing is the white clover. It is strange, but ■ flies hate the odour of white clover. Have <a little of this around in a vase, and you will notice that the flies have busbies') elsewhere. This clover should be day otr so, for when it becomes dry it irritates tho nostrils. A cheap and effective poison, not dangerous to human life, is bichromate of potash in solution. One dram dissolved in two dunces of sweetened water and placed in shallow dishes will call the long roll for any number of the pests. Another remedy that, for all purposes, has few equals, is a solution of formalin, or formaldehyde, in water. A spoonful of this liquid in a quarter of a pint of water left unexposed in a j lom will make the flies scarce.in a very •short time. Fliesi are sensitive to light; keep the window curtains drawn, all except one little slit, and they will gravitate towards it. Then you can easily drive them outside. — Leslie's.