. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 24, 1910. THE DISEASE BREEDING HOUSE FLY. The house fly can well be called the most dangerous animal in the world. At least it kills more people every year than all other animals taken together. It is small and looks innocent. That, however, does not stamp it as harmless. The small things are often the most dangerous. Most people die from diseases caused by bacteria, things so small that it takes the best of microscopes to see them and it is these that the flies carry and that makes them so dangerous. When wolve
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 24, 1910. THE DISEASE BREEDING HOUSE FLY. The house fly can well be called the most dangerous animal in the world. At least it kills more people every year than all other animals taken together. It is small and looks innocent. That, however, does not stamp it as harmless. The small things are often the most dangerous. Most people die from diseases caused by bacteria, things so small that it takes the best of microscopes to see them and it is these that the flies carry and that makes them so dangerous. When wolves take a few sheep a hue and a cry is raised and they are hunted to death, and yet we let the fly, which is a hundred times more dangerous, live, let it walk over our food, over baby's face and bands, and it kills a hundred babies and human beings for every sheep that a wolf or coyote kills, and we don't do a thing but take it as a matter of fate. Why not take action? The American Civic Association of Washington has a Fly Fighting Commit- tee which has sent out the suggestions given below as how to lessen the number of flies: The house fly breeds in horse manure, kitchen offal, and the like. Dispose of these in such a way that the fly can not propagate. Screen all windows and doors and in- sist that your grocer, butcher, baker, and everyone from whom you buy food stuffs does the same. There is more health in a well-screened house than in many a doctor's visit. After you have cleaned up your own premises inspect the neighborhood for fly-breeding places. Call the attention of the owner to them and if he does not remove them, complain to the board of health. Xot less than 95 per cent of the pests are bred in the stable. All stables should have a manure-bin with a door at the side and a wire screen on the top, that the larvae deposited in the manure before it was placed in the bin will be screened when hatched, and as flies seek light and come to the top of the bin, they can be eas
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