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SIABL[ FLY PLAYS PART' OF ELUSIVE ASSASSIN It is curious to observe how often man's inptinct misleads him; how fre quently the things we fear most prove quite - harmless, or even beneficial, when we know them better, while the commonplace and apparently inno cent facts and conditions of our lives are charged with a' deadly menace that we never guess until science un covers the true- qualities. The house fly furnishes an instance of this. Scientists have taught us how we may protect ourselves against the fly and'the mosquito, and they are novy prepared to help us protect our. dumb animals from insect ene mies.. One insect, in particular, has the same innocent appearance as the house fly, but he conceals the impulses of an assassin under a cheerful and treacherous exterior. This savage in sect is known as the "stable fly" or "stock fly," and to scientists as Stomox'ys calcitrans L. The Bureau of Entomology, United States De partment of Agriculture, has prepar ed a pamphlet, "Farmers' Bulletin 1097" devoted to an intimate descrip tion of this gauzy-winged 'Apache, and to methods for limiting his san guinary assaults upon domestic ani mals. 'lhe ravages of this fly extend throughout the entire country and the problem of checking the insect is uni versal. Stomoxys will attack map upon oc casion, but he prefers a more help less' victim, and arranges his "hosts" in about this order of preference: Mules, horses, hogs, dogs, cats, sheep and goats. He carries germs many1 times from a diseased animal to I healthy beast.. There seems to be no 5loubt that swamp fever is, to' some extent carrie(d in this manner among horses, anthrax among eattle, and spinal meningitis among humans. Means of Protection. Oils and ointments are o iminor - value in protecting animals from the stable fly, though it mixture of 1 gal lon. of fish oil, 2 ounces of oil of pine tar, two ounces of oil of penn'y royal. and one-half pint of kerosene will be fairly effective if applied lightly. Stable flies (o not like darkness or NOTICE The qualified voters residing in 1lome Branch school district No. 32 will take notice that an election will Ie held at the Hdme -Branch school house on Friday, June 11, 1920 to vote on the question of whether said dis trict shall levy and collect annually a further special tax of four (4) mills for general school purposes. Regis tration certificates and tax receipts required as in other general elections. Polls open from 8 a. i. to 4 p. i. By order of Board of Trustees. B. I. HODGE, 0. E. IIODGE, N. Z. ANDREWS, 2t-e. Trustees in and for said district S"Felt Like Man and Wie, AlIl Run W~'er2' Greatly J V WIFE and I, after a hard spriug on the farm, were tired andi~ run-down," says Mvr. E. B. Mulkey, of Route 1, Acworth, Oa. "We neither felt well. I knew my blood was bad, as I had little boils on the back of my neck. "We felt we needed a builder. We hand heard of Zdron and thought it must be what we needed. It certainly wvas. We took it faithfully, and after a week or such a matter we began to feel better. My wife felt like cooking, What Did For Your 1i What percentage of yo WORMS, GRASSHIOPII Beetle M And ISA HIARMLSSS TO inlsCts common on TORB and can be used on the n DE A New Zi cold air, sof andkenei itable will aV. ford sanctuary for their victhis, pro viled the door-ways lre hung, with stips of burla'p dr other material to brush off the clinging yjests when the animal Onters. A trap known as the Hodge flytrap and described in the bulletin is. easily constructed, and when set in a'stablje window, with all other entrances and exits darkened, it is very efficient. -Trenches dug in the soil apd smear ed with crude petroleum upop the sides will afford some protection for hogs and sheep. In the case of the latter animal the petroleum need not be used. Burlap blankets, with provision for the protection of the legs, are suitable (or an animal that can not be given the shelt'er of a darkenel, fly trapped stable. Ordinary nests of cord or leather are not sufficient protection against this determ ined insect. But the most efficient protection is in methods of prevention rather than in means to cure the evil. The proper time to eliminate the assassin is while he is weak and weaponless-the period before he emerges from the shell, armed and equipped. During the early stages of its cycle it is very easy to kill the embryo torment, and at that point where he is most numerous-the breeding place. FliVs Emerge in Warm Weather. Through the winter months the larvae or maggots, sheltered in the decaying straw and manure piles, de velop slowly, change to pupae and are ready to emerge as flies when warm weather comes. So it is easy to ex pose them to their worst enemies, light and lack of moisture, by thoroughly scattering the manure or straw. Straw stacks should be burn ed or distributed so that the light may reach the- larvae and 'pupae of the fly. There is the additional merit that a certai nmaount of humus is re stored] to the soil where this waste ma terinal is plowed under. When header machines are used instead of binders, this plowing is easily accomplished. In the warm nkIIIlhs all stables re fuse should be drawn out every three (lays and scattered, or else it should be made fly proof by means de scribed in the pamphlet which may be obtained free from the Department of Agriculture.. HOW FOOD INSPECTION HELPS BUSINESS If a New York apple, grower ships his finest fruit to Pennsylvania and later receives a report that it has ar rived in pool' condition he either ac cUses the receiver of dishonesty, or lays the blame to the railroad. An argument ensues; time and money are lost. But if the shipper had (lemanded a Government inspection of the ship ment as a matter of course, he would know beyond the shadow of a doubt the precise condition in which his ap pies were received. Eating" -Down from Farm Work,. relped by Ziron. and I sure felt like eating. "Ziron sure did us good. It made us both feel stronger andi better for the fall work, which eve ryone knows is 'some work' on a farm. 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The Food Products Insp~ection Ser- i v.ice rendered by the Bureau of Mar kets, United States Department of Agricultur'e, is of inestimable value Si in facilitating the distribution of the prodlucts colveredl, in hastening the re- This lease of cars, in for'estalling dieteriora. Unlde tion andl waste on account of delays threi resulting from disputes as to the con-; Expe rlition of fruits and vegetables, andin I are ai preventing qtuestionable trade prae- and I tices. Silent Full infornma tion can be had regard. Ther ing the service by writing the Bureau 'of e14 of Markets, United States Depart; plant mnent of A griculture, Washington, elect: D. C. Wil will i . -- 0.' -- -. Servi -i And NOTICE - Iust not Tlhe quahitiedi voters residling in emo4 Concord Sch ool District No. 7, of wonl Clarendon County, South Carolina, will and hereby take notice that an election wvill be c be held at Oak Grove school house on fw Saturday, ,June 19th, 1920 for the purpose of voting on the question of 'vhether said school district shall levy and collect annually a further special tax of five (5) mills for school pur poses. Registration certificates and tax receiptsa required as in ot her Venf eral election. Polls open from 8 a. mn. to 4 p. im. By order of G. A. RIDGiLL, R. B. MELLETT, JIr.' her Tfrustees in and for Concord School r otati District. 22-2t-c plant - ~ --hous NOTl ICE DO *J I will ap~ply to the Probate CourtRe for Clarendon county, S. C., on Mon-. .pn dlay, .June 21, 1920 at twelve o'clock good niooni for a finl discharge as surviving shor executor of the last will and testa-- -eain ment of JT. II. Johnson, deceased. J. Columbus ,Johnson. 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