. Complete farmer's guide. Agriculture; Farm life. [from old catalog]. THE FARM HOME 453. If draining is not practicable the surface of the water should be covered with a thin film of oil or minnows or sun-perch put into the water. These eat the wrigglers in the water, which are the larvae of mosquitoes. The oil on the surface shuts out the air from their spiracles, so that the larvae soon die. Not all varieties of mosquitoes carry malaria, but all should be warred against, as they are an unpleasant pest. In addi- tion to destroy- ing the larvae and breeding ground, the house and sleep- ing-po
. Complete farmer's guide. Agriculture; Farm life. [from old catalog]. THE FARM HOME 453. If draining is not practicable the surface of the water should be covered with a thin film of oil or minnows or sun-perch put into the water. These eat the wrigglers in the water, which are the larvae of mosquitoes. The oil on the surface shuts out the air from their spiracles, so that the larvae soon die. Not all varieties of mosquitoes carry malaria, but all should be warred against, as they are an unpleasant pest. In addi- tion to destroy- ing the larvae and breeding ground, the house and sleep- ing-porch should be carefully screened in all malarial dis- tricts, and peo- ple should stay inside the screens at night. These are the only means, and are a sure means, of preventing malaria. Screens soon pay for themselves in increased comfort and health. 358. The House Fly, or the Typhoid Fly.—The fly is a most loathsome and dangerous scavenger. It is usually hatched in manure, excrement, or decaying vegetable matter, lives in privies, slop-buckets, and stables, and takes greedily to run- ning sores, sputum, and putrid matter. The legs and feet of flies are well adapted to carrying filth to whatever they light upon, and with their own excreta, which is passed about every four and a half minutes, they defile whatever they are al- lowed to touch. A chicken or a pig is a comparatively clean and harmless animal, but when one is in the house a great Fig. 246. The house fly, or typhoid fly. On the left, the pupa; on the right, larva and enlarged parts. Courtesy of the U. S. Department of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kyle, Edwin Jackson. [from old catalog]; Ellis, Alexander Caswell, 1871- [from old catalog] joint author. New York, Chicago [etc. ] C. Scribner's sons
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