Open '49 W§ 

 On Flies 



Now is the time to 

 Rid the State 

 Not a Big Job 

 ff in Comfort 

 The First Step 

 feaning Up of All 

 Places. 



HOW would you like to have a 

 summer without flies around the 

 place? It would be wonderful, 

 wouldn't it? Well, it's not an 

 impossible thing to achieve with 

 modern fly killers like DDT. Illinois 

 farmers who joined in the 1948 fly-free 

 campaign reported real success in rid- 

 ding their farms, barns and homes of 

 flies. 



It's not too big a job or one that 

 takes much time, but there are certain 

 "musts" to perform if you want relief 

 from flies. 



First, you've got to rid of all fly- 

 breeding places such as strawpile butts, 

 garbage, and manure piles, where flies 

 are likely to lay their eggs. This clean- 

 up job should be done in April and 

 May, depending in what part of the 

 state you live. The job should be com- 

 pleted before the middle of May in 

 Southern Illinois and before Memorial 

 Day in the Northern area of the state. 

 If you can get the job done a little 

 ahead of these deadlines, so much the 

 better. 



This cleanup job is important and 

 must be done before flies start to hatch. 

 The spring cleanup task around the 

 farm can serve a two fold purpose — 

 start the fly-free campaign and also 

 eliminate accident hazards. The Illi- 

 nois Farm and Rural Home Safety 

 Committee has designated April as 

 cleanup month around the farm and 

 home. 



Second step in the fly-free campaign 

 is to spray DDT on all surfaces where 

 flies roost. Spraying will be done in 

 the first week in June and repeated dur- 

 ing the month to make sure the pesky 

 fly is wiped out. 



lAA Field Secretary George E. Metz- 

 ger who originated the fly-free pro- 

 gram in Illinois in 1948, points out that 

 you can rid your farm of flies for as 

 little as |10 worth of spray materials. 



Any small portable pressure spray such 

 as one used for spraying noxious weeds 

 can be used. 



Because of the success of the 1948 

 campaign, the four sponsoring agencies 

 are pushing a repeat drive in 1949. 

 These include the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, Illinois Natural History 

 Survey, University of Illinois Extension 

 Service, and the Illinois Department of 

 Public Health. 



The 1948 campaign proved more suc- 

 cessful in the rural areas than in the 

 towns and cities, so this year added 

 emphasis is being placed on getting the 

 job done in the cities. Local health of- 

 ficers, service clubs. Chambers of Com- 

 merce, newspapers, radio stations,wom- 

 en's clubs, etc., will be enlisted in the 

 drive. 



County Farm and Home Bureaus 

 will lead the drive in the rural areas 

 and it is expected they will repeat the 

 successful performance of 1948. 



District meetings have been sched- 

 uled over the state this month by Dr. 

 H. B. Petty of the State Natural His- 

 tory Survey. Some of these meetings 

 will have been held by the time the 

 Record reaches its readers, but the 

 schedule for the meetings, all of which 

 will open at 1 p.m. and close not later 

 than 4. p.m., is as follows: 



April 4, Champaign, Farm Bureau 

 hall; April 5, Jacksonville, Farm Bu- 

 reau hall; April 6, Greenville, Court 

 House; April 7, Marion, Library; April 

 8, Olney, Farm Bureau hall; April 11, 

 Pontiac, Farm Bureau hall; April 12, 

 St. Charles, Auditorium-Community 

 Center; April 13, Polo, Town Hall; 

 April 14, Galesburg, Farm Bureau hall. 



Representatives of the lAA attend- 

 ing these meetings will be I. E. Parett, 

 secretary of general services, Roger 

 Gish, director of soil conservation ac- 

 tivities, and Cullen B. Sweet, director 

 of rural roads. 



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