the stable cleanings have been added to the pile. It
should be borne in mind that in order to make this trap a success the
platform beneath the pile must be kept comparatively free of
accumulations of manure, and moisture applied regularly to drive the
maggots out.

COMPACT HEAPING OF MANURE.

Another method of disposing of manure has been recommended by English
writers. The manure is built up in a compact rectangular heap, the sides
of which are beaten hard with shovels. The ground around the edges of
the heap is made smooth and hard and loose straw is placed in small
windrows around the manure pile about 1 foot from the edge. The
exclusion of the air, together with the high temperature and gases
formed by fermentation, tends to make the heap unfavorable for the
development of fly larvae. Those which do happen to develop in the
surface layers will migrate and pupate in the ring of straw around the
heap, where they are destroyed by burning.

GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND TREATMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS BREEDING PLACES.

It is just as true under farm conditions as in cities that breeding
places other than horse manure must be attended to. Garbage must be
disposed of, hog and poultry manure must be cared for, and especially on
dairy farms it is extremely important that every precaution be taken to
prevent the contamination of milk by flies.

It is very desirable that all refuse possible, accumulated from cities
and towns, be burned. Incineration has been practiced successfully by a
number of towns and cities with populations of from 10,000 to 15,000 and
over. In larger cities provision should be made for burning carcasses as
well as garbage and other refuse. If city and town garbage is sold to
hog feeders the municipal authorities should have control of the
sanitary conditions about the feeding yards, as there is great danger
from fly breeding in such places if not kept clean.

SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN RELATION TO THE PREVENTION OF FLY-BORNE DISEASES.

In the consideration of these measures we have not touched upon the
remedies for house flies breeding in human excrement. On account of the
danger of the carriage of typhoid fever, the dropping of human excrement
in the open in cities or towns, either in vacant lots or in dark
alleyways, should be made a misdemeanor, and the same care should be
taken by the sanitary authorities to remove or cover up such depositions
as is taken in the removal of the bodies of dead animals. For mo