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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 2

ISSUED BY ThE NLW ZLALAND DEPARTMENT oF HLALTH FLIES breed trouble don't give them a chance to breed at all Plan an all-out campaign this summer against this airborne menace. Houseflies lay their eggs in manure and in fermenting vegetable matter. GRASS CUTTINGS are a favourite breeding spot: Care should be taken therefore to see that grass cuttings are : (1) Placed in a properly constructed compost heap at once: (2) Covered with earth in a prepared trench: (This is good gardening practice). (3) Spread out to dry: (4) Put in a preparea pit and covered: (Sacking soaked in waste engine oil makes a good cover for this and also for the compost heap: Keep refuse of all kinds protected against flies. Half-hearted and incomplete measures are useless. DESTROY ADULT FLIES WHEREVER YOU CAN Use traps, fly poisons, sprays also residual sprays on surfaces where flies rest or crawl- window frames and sills, hanging light fixtures and drop cords; edges and arches of doors, and on the rubbish tin, tOO: If you want to dodge dysentery and summer Sickness this summer keep all food stuffs and eating utensils adequately covered: 10.2