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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Preventives 
  and 
  Remedies. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  easier 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  desirable 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  infestation 
  of 
  

   cheese 
  or 
  cured 
  meats 
  than 
  to 
  remedy 
  it 
  after 
  the 
  trouble 
  has 
  begun. 
  

   The 
  primary 
  cause 
  of 
  " 
  skippery 
  " 
  cheese 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  proper 
  

   care, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  equally 
  true 
  of 
  " 
  skippery 
  " 
  meat. 
  

  

  The 
  flies 
  can 
  be 
  excluded 
  from 
  rooms 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  fine 
  screens 
  — 
  

   a 
  24-to-the-inch 
  wire 
  mesh 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  fine. 
  In 
  house- 
  

   holds, 
  cheese 
  and 
  cured 
  meats 
  can 
  usually 
  be 
  stored 
  in 
  fly-proof 
  re- 
  

   ceptacles, 
  or 
  else 
  kept 
  in 
  absolute 
  darkness, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  the 
  flies 
  

   can 
  not 
  complete 
  their 
  life-cycle. 
  Darkness 
  would 
  therefore 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  

   in 
  large 
  store-rooms 
  for 
  these 
  articles. 
  

  

  Scrupulous 
  cleanliness 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  all 
  places 
  where 
  these 
  products 
  are 
  

   handled 
  or 
  stored, 
  will 
  do 
  much 
  to 
  lessen 
  the 
  attraction 
  for 
  the 
  flies. 
  In 
  

   cheese 
  factories, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  recommended 
  to 
  wash 
  the 
  ranges 
  and 
  tables 
  

   upon 
  which 
  the 
  cheese 
  is 
  placed 
  with 
  hot 
  whey, 
  thus 
  removing 
  grease 
  

   and 
  giving 
  a 
  clean 
  surface, 
  not 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  insect. 
  In 
  hot 
  weather, 
  

   the 
  bandages 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  cheese 
  should 
  be 
  rubbed 
  over 
  at 
  the 
  daily 
  

   turning, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  destroying 
  or 
  brushing 
  ofl" 
  eggs 
  which 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  deposited 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  cheese 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  Avashed 
  

   with 
  hot 
  whey 
  or 
  with 
  lye, 
  — 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  a 
  repellant 
  as 
  the 
  fly 
  avoids 
  

   alkalies. 
  

  

  Smoked 
  meats 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  guarded 
  from 
  infestation 
  during 
  the 
  

   process 
  of 
  curing, 
  and 
  in 
  hams 
  and 
  other 
  meats 
  that 
  are 
  encased, 
  the 
  

   covering 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  thick 
  and 
  so 
  closely 
  applied, 
  as 
  to 
  eftectually 
  

   exclude 
  the 
  fly 
  or 
  its 
  larvae. 
  

  

  Infested 
  rooms 
  and 
  factories 
  should 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  cleaned, 
  fumigated 
  

   with 
  burning 
  sulphur, 
  and, 
  where 
  possible, 
  washed 
  with 
  kerosene 
  emulsion. 
  

  

  Skippery 
  cheese 
  and 
  meat 
  is 
  not 
  necessarily 
  a 
  total 
  loss, 
  although 
  their 
  

   presence 
  seriously 
  impairs 
  the 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  and 
  may 
  

   render 
  it 
  unsalable. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  large 
  portions 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  

   the 
  skippers 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  as 
  their 
  work 
  does 
  not 
  induce 
  putres- 
  

   ence 
  with 
  its 
  attendant 
  odor; 
  if 
  the 
  affected 
  parts 
  are 
  removed, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  may 
  safely 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  food. 
  In 
  cheese 
  the 
  surface 
  colonies 
  of 
  

   skippers 
  can 
  readily 
  be 
  cut 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  more 
  deeply 
  located, 
  can 
  

   be 
  drawn 
  to 
  the 
  surface, 
  by 
  pasting 
  thick 
  oiled 
  paper 
  over 
  the 
  place 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  exclude 
  the 
  air, 
  and, 
  by 
  removing 
  it 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  de- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  the 
  skippers 
  collected 
  beneath, 
  and 
  replacing 
  it, 
  the 
  cheese 
  

   may 
  be 
  freed 
  from 
  the 
  infestation. 
  

  

  