. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. NIKOTEEN For Spraying. APHIS FUNK For Fumigating. .^sk Your Dealer for it. NICOTINE MFG. CO ST. LOUIS Mevtioti the Atnericdt) Florist irhr)i iryiliiut Cone Trap For Flies. Exhaustive tests on the part of the United States department of agricul- ture specialists have shown the cyl- indrical cone type of trap will catch more flies than any other yet det- vised. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 734, de- scribes how to make a trap of the cone type with only four second-hand bar- rel hoops, a barrel head, a few strips of lumber,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. NIKOTEEN For Spraying. APHIS FUNK For Fumigating. .^sk Your Dealer for it. NICOTINE MFG. CO ST. LOUIS Mevtioti the Atnericdt) Florist irhr)i iryiliiut Cone Trap For Flies. Exhaustive tests on the part of the United States department of agricul- ture specialists have shown the cyl- indrical cone type of trap will catch more flies than any other yet det- vised. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 734, de- scribes how to make a trap of the cone type with only four second-hand bar- rel hoops, a barrel head, a few strips of lumber, and cents worth of screening; and tacks. The two barrel hoops are bent into a circle and nailed together, the ends being trimmed to give a close fit. These form the bottom of the frame and the other two hoops, nailed to- gether in a similar way, the top. The top of the trap is fitted with an ordi- nary barrel head with the beveled edge sawed off, causing the head to fit close- ly in the hoops to which it is secure- ly nailed. A square is cut out of the center of the top to form a door, and the portions of the top are held to- gether by inch strips. The door con- sists of a narrow frame covered with screening, well .fitted into the trap and held in place by buttons. When nailed together the trap is cylindrical in shape and the frame is covered with closely tacked screen wire on the out- side of the hoops.! Four laths (or light strips I are nailed to the hoops on the outside of the trap to act as supports between the hoops, and the ends are allowed to pro,iect one inch at the bottom to form legs. A cone is cut from the .screen and sewed with fine wire or soldered where the edges meet. The top of the cone is then cut off to give an opening an inch in diameter. This is then inserted in the bottom of the trap and closely tacked to the hoop around the base. Traps may be baited with stale beer, milk or molasses and water contained in a shallow bucket cover placed be- neath the tr
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