The House Fly and How to Suppress It by F.C. Bishop
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Title: The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408
Author: L. O. Howard and F. C. Bishopp
Release Date: March 26, 2006 [EBook #18050]
Language: English
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 1408
The HOUSE FLY AND HOW TO SUPPRESS IT
[Illustration: fly]
[Illustration: USDA seal]
The presence of flies is an indication of uncleanliness, insanitary conditions, and improper disposal of substances in which they breed. They are not only annoying; they are actually dangerous to health, because they may carry disease germs to exposed foods.
It is therefore important to know where and how they breed, and to apply such knowledge in combating them. This bulletin gives information on this subject. Besides giving directions for ridding the house of flies by the use of screens, fly papers, poisons, and flytraps, it lays especial emphasis on the explanation of methods of elimi