AUTUMN NUMBER 33 
REPORTS OF MEETINGS 
Aug. 4 (Adjourned meeting). Meeting was called to order by 
Vice President Merrill at 5 p. m. with the following members 
present: Geo. B. Merrill, P. W. Fattig, J. R. Watson, Dr. J. H. 
Montgomery, J. C. Goodwin, C. M. Hunt, Frank Stirling, O. T. 
Stone, P. H. Rolfs, and E. W. Berger. Visitors present were 
Prof. W. L. Floyd, Dr. C. L. Crow, W. L. Goette, Dr. C. F. Hodge 
and several students of the summer school. The following new 
members were elected: Miss M. F. Hill, teacher, Trenton; W. J. 
Schubert, of Armour and Co., Jacksonville; E. F. DeBusk, 
County Agent, Orlando; Dr. C. F. Hodge, instructor in summer 
school; and W. L. Goette, teacher, Eustis. 
The address of the evening by Dr. Hodge on “Housefly Con- 
trol’ was listened to attentively. Dr. Hodge exhibited and 
explained his fly trap and gave much valuable data on the habits 
of flies. Flies will usually not travel much over 500 yards if 
food is available within that area. They may travel even a 
mile in search of food, and even further over water. The 
waterworks of Cleveland, Ohio, situated 114, 5, and 6 miles from 
shore were one summer overrun with flies. On the furthest 
crib the biting stable fly was most abundant and troublesome. 
On the nearer cribs some blue-bottles were present. 
One trap is sufficient for a radius of 100 yards provided all 
other food is kept out of reach of the flies. One afternoon is 
sufficient to capture all the flies in such an area. 
Dr. Hodge also explained how he got the idea that it was 
possible to “trap a vacuum” of flies. He had been paying boys 
to collect flies for feeding young quail. One day while dining 
with a friend on an open porch of his residence the absence 
of flies was commented upon and it occurred to him that the 
boys had caught all the flies. The trap was the outcome of this 
observation and finally led to his successful attempts at cleaning 
up the flies in whole cities. 
E. W. BERGER, Acting Sec’y. 
Sept. 29. Meeting called to order by Pres. O’Byrne at 5 p. m., 
with the following members present: E. W. Berger, K. E. Brag- 
don, H. S. Davis, G. M. Hunt, G. B. Merrill, Wilmon Newell, F. 
M. O’Byrne, Frank Stirling, and J. R. Watson. Visitors present 
were C. A. Weigel, and C. A. Bennett. 
The paper of the evening was by J. R. Watson on the Origin 
