Antifly crusades have been very numerous in recent years, and some have
been noteworthy both in methods and in results. However, it will not be
amiss here to emphasize the importance of concerted, organized effort on
the part of whole communities, not only cities, but suburban and rural
neighborhoods as well. By the most painstaking care one may prevent all
fly breeding on his premises, but it will avail him little if his
neighbors are not equally careful. Some sort of cooperation is
necessary. One of the first and most important elements in any antifly
crusade is a vigorous and continued educational campaign. It has been
the experience of those who have undertaken such crusades that people
generally regard the fly as a somewhat harmless nuisance and that the
first work of the campaign was to bring the people to a realization of
the dangers from flies and the possibility of getting rid of them. In
the educational campaign every possible means of publicity can be
employed, including newspapers, lectures, moving pictures, posters,
handbills, cartoons, instruction in schools, etc.
The antifly crusade is a matter of public interest and should be
supported by the community as a whole and engineered by the health
officers. But health officers can do little toward the necessary work of
inspection and elimination without funds, and therefore the support of
the campaign must manifest itself in increased appropriations for
public-health work. Very often it is lack of funds which prevents the
health officers from taking the initiative in the antifly crusades, and
there must necessarily be much agitation and education before they can
profitably take up the work. Right here lies a field for civic
associations, women's clubs, boards of trade, etc., to exercise their
best energy, initiative, and leadership.
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHEN THIS
PUBLICATION WAS LAST PRINTED
_Secretary of Agriculture_ ARTHUR M. HYDE.
_Assistant Secretary_ R. W. DUNLAP.
_Director of Scientific Work_ A. F. WOODS.
_Director of Regulatory Work_ WALTER G. CAMPBELL.
_Director of Extension Work_ C. W. WARBURTON.
_Director of Personnel and Business
Administration_ W. W. STOCKBERGER.
_Director of Information_ M. S. EISENHOWER.
_Solicitor_ E. L. MARSHALL.
_Bureau of Agricultural Economics_ NILS A. OLSEN, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Agricultural Engineering_ S. H. MCCRORY, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Animal Industry_ JOHN R. MOHLER, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Biological Survey_ PAUL G. REDINGTON, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Chemistry and Soils_ H. G. KNIGHT, _Chief_.
_Office of Cooperative Extension Work_ C. B. SMITH, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Dairy Industry_ O. E. REED, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Entomology_ C. L. MARLATT, _Chief_.
_Office of Experiment Stations_ JAMES T. JARDINE, _Chief_.
_Food and Drug Administration_ WALTER G. CAMPBELL, _Director_
_of Regulatory Work, in Charge._
_Forest Service_ R. Y. STUART, _Chief_.
_Grain Futures Administration_ J. W. T. DUVEL, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Home Economics_ LOUISE STANLEY, _Chief_.
_Library_ CLARIBEL R. BARNETT, _Librarian_.
_Bureau of Plant Industry_ WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Plant Quarantine_ LEE A. STRONG, _Chief_.
_Bureau of Public Roads_ THOMAS H. MACDONALD, _Chief_.
_Weather Bureau_ CHARLES F. MARVIN, _Chief_.