Oil-Camp Sanitation (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Oil-Camp Sanitation (Classic Reprint) written by C. P. Bowie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oil-Camp Sanitation The eggs hatch in 12 to 24 hours; the larvae begin feeding at once and grow rapidly. The larva, or maggot, stage lasts four to six days; then the maggots leave the material upon which they feed and burrow into the ground beneath it. Here they pupate, and the transforma tion into the adult y takes place, this change requiring six to eight days. The time from the laying of the egg to the formation of the adult y is, therefore, usually 10 to 14 days. During the summer weather, under ordinary conditions, ies live 30 to 60 days. Some hibernate. And if they find proper protection, live through the winter. Throwing fresh earth on ground infested with maggots seldom destroys them, as the adult y can emerge through 6 feet of earth. Burning over the surface is ineffective because the maggots burrow too deep to be destroyed by the heat. According to Vedder 2 they can be killed by sprinkling the surface of the ground with solutions of borax or powdered hellebore. Two-thirds of a pound of borax should be used to 10 gallons of water, or one-half pound of powdered helle bore to 10 gallons of water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."