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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 734 FLYTRAPS AND THEIR OPERATION
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BOTH THE HOUSE FLY AND BLOWFLIES may be captured in traps. The character of the bait used and the location of the traps greatly influence the kind of flies caught. This bulletin tells how to make the flytraps that have been found most effective, where to put them, and how to bait and care for them.
Flytrapping, of course, affords only partial relief. The logical method of fly control is to prevent the multiplication of these pests by proper disposal of or treatment of their breeding places. The reader is therefore referred to Farmers' Bulletin 1408 for further information on house-fly control, to Farmers' Bulletin 1097 for various methods of combating the stable fly, and to Farmers' Bulletin 857 for additional measures to be used against the screw-worm fly and certain other blowflies injurious to livestock.
Washington, D. C. Issued June 10, 1916 Revised March, 1930
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FLYTRAPS AND THEIR OPERATION
By F. C. Bishopp, Principal Entomologist in Charge, Division of Insects Affecting Man and Animals, Bureau of Entomology