FARM DAIRYING 



bacteriologists inform us that the average fly car- 

 ries around on its body i J4 million germs, surely 

 we should feel a just cause for grave alarm. 



THE COMMON HOUSE FLY, THE MOST 

 DANGEROUS ANIMAL ON EARTH 



Flies breed profusely in filth. They reproduce 

 themselves in countless thousands in the open 

 manure pile, in the dirty pig pen or yard, in places 

 where the household slops are regularly deposited, 

 in the vault of the outhouse, in vegetable garbage, 

 any place where there is decomposing material. 



, By storing the manure in a dark shed, or by 

 spreading it on the fields, keeping calf pens and 

 pig yards, etc., as clean as possible, and by pro- 

 viding better sanitary conditions, the troublesome 

 fly can be greatly reduced. 



To sprinkle all possible breeding places with 

 kerosene or cover with lime, every few days, is 

 strongly recommended. 



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