their eggs. The operating cost is about the same as a CO watt light bulb The trap can oc placed on a pole at the desired height and No. 14 wire can be used Vo carry electricity for over 1000 feet to rtn* desired location Two years ot intensive research on trap design have been con ducted at various . xperimental stations including the North Car olina Tobacco Experiment Station at Oxford. N C , with federal and .late specialists collaborating in this work. The Appalachian Elec tric Power Company, Carolina Power and Light Company, Duke Power Company, and Georgia Power and Light Company have aided in proving the practical ap plication of these traps, which are in operation from Macon. Ga.. |south to tile Florida line: diagon ally through South Carolina and North Carolina, and in Franklin • County. Va. Farmers in Franklin county who use these traps say they do not use poison spray or dust, they oo not pick worms, and they be lieve that "if everybody would use traps we would do away with the flies in a few years. If farmers desire any further information they should contact their county agent or rural repre sentative ^with their power sup plier.
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