. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN XO. 200, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. what isolated by its positioni on a hill and separated a considerable distance from any near-by stables. On the accompanying map (fig, 1), which has been adapted from a map of the Geological Survey, is shown the topograph}^ of the surrounding section. The location of only two of the college buildings is given, viz, the college kitchen (K) and the stable (S). The college kitchen, by reason of odors from cooking and the presence of large quantities of garbage kept in i
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN XO. 200, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. what isolated by its positioni on a hill and separated a considerable distance from any near-by stables. On the accompanying map (fig, 1), which has been adapted from a map of the Geological Survey, is shown the topograph}^ of the surrounding section. The location of only two of the college buildings is given, viz, the college kitchen (K) and the stable (S). The college kitchen, by reason of odors from cooking and the presence of large quantities of garbage kept in iron pails just outside the door, attracted extremely large numbers of flies. One could not approach these garbage pails without stirring up a noisy swarm which had congregated there. However, no flies were breeding out from this garbage, for the reason that it was. Fig. 1.âMap of vicinity of the Maryland Agricultural College showing the location of the college kitchen (£â ), the stable (5), and the proximity of other breeding places of flies (,A,B, C, D, etc.) (Original.) entirely removed every two or three days and taken to a near-by farm, where it was fed to hogs. The breeding ground nearest to the kitchen was the pile of manure heaped just outside the college stable. This is nearly 200 yards northwest of the kitchen. It is probable that a large majority of the flies at the kitchen came from this source. Upon exammation at various times during June and July the fresher portions of this heap were always found heavily infested with larvae. Puparia were also found in great abundance in the loose soil and in the manure at the periphery of the pile. Three horses were kept m this stable, and two of them were standing in the stalls during the greater part of each day. FUes were also very numerous in and about the stable, and during the day the horses were continuously tormented by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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