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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]

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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 eliminating breeding
places and preventing the breeding of flies.

This bulletin supersedes Farmers' Bulletin 851.

Washington, D. C. Issued April, 1925; revised November, 1926

THE HOUSE FLY[1] AND HOW TO SUPPRESS IT.

By L. O. HOWARD, _Chief of the Bureau of Entomology_, and F. C. BISHOPP,
_Entomologist_.

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CONTENTS.
Page.
Kinds of flies found in houses 1
Where the true house fly lays its eggs 2
How the house fly passes the winter 6
Carriage of disease by the house fly 6
Excluding and capturing flies 7
The use of screens