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1 nOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Professor Lovett tells Housewives How to Control Insects Assistant Professor of 0. A. C. Gives Advice on Handling of Vital Problem in the Home.. LNCE earliest history certain in- about the yard in which water might sects have oeen recognized as pests of the household, either be cause of what they actually destroyed or due to the irritation and annoyance caused by their presence. Vntil comparatively recent years, the house fly was considered a necessary nuisance because of its activities as a scavenger. It is now known to carry typhoid fever, tuberculosis, cholera, dysentery and probably several other diseases as serious. The careful screening of doors and windows and the use of fly traps and sticky fly paper wfll remain important means of control A 2 per cent formal dehyde solution is useful in destroying flies. A 40 per cent solution of formal dehyde may be obtained at any drug store, riaee the dilute solution in flat dishes about the rooms where flies oc cur. Cover all food in the evening, leaving the formaldehyde exposed. If milk or a little honey and vinegar are used instead of water to dilute the for maldehyde the solution is even more effective. Kidding House of Plies. To rid the house of flies, darken the rooms, leaving a single window or door open. Then burn cones of pyrethrum in the rooms. The powdcTed pyrethrum may be moistened, moulded into cones about the size of a chocolato drop and dried in the oven with a slow heat. To use the cone, place it in a plate or on a bit of crockery and light the apex A single coue to the room is usually sufficient. About 20 or 30 drops of carbolic acid placed on a heated shovel or similar im plement will volotalize and kill all the flies in an ordinary room. The contents of open outhouses and similar breeding places, where not con veniently screened, should be treated weekly with chloride of lime. To rid a community of flies, which is, after all, the more practical method, Tequires community action for the aboli tion of breeding places. This is a measure well worthy of tho attention of civic leagues and municipal authori ties. The house fly is truly a menace to health. It may be controlled with but little labor or expense where every citizen in a community co-operates to this end. Fleas. Upon returning to s house which has been vacated for ths summer, one some times finds it overrun with fleas. (Tig. 1.) Outbuildings and yards under cer tain conditions may have a t'.nrilar infestation. collect should be removed. The clogged roof gutter, the old disused well or the sewer catch on the corner should re recive attention. All stagnant pools or low moist places should be drained or filled in. Fish may sometimes be introduced into fishless pools or open cisterns. Top minnows, sunfish or sticklo backs are very good. Goldfish feed voraciously on mosquito larvae. The Use of OIL Where the abolition of the breeding place is not possible and the introduc tion of fish is not feasible, very often In particularly obstinate cases hydro cyanic acid gas fumigation, (See Fleas) should bo given. Bedbugs. Bedbugs, like cockroaches, may occa sionally gain entrance to our linuseli ..Id. In these times of mucn travel and fre quent transient visitors, cue need feel it no disgrace to find bedbugs in the house; but, as some one has remarked, "we should feel disgraced to retail them long in our midst." A thorough overhauling of the furni ture aud rooms should bo made. The woodwork must havo special attention. Every crack and crevice should bo treat- . Banana . ffeel Bait. "Outer Paper Cone , 4 m k A The Graham Trap for Cockroaches. ami A Fleas are different to control and one must make their eradicatioa a busintea for a time, in order to successful y lid the premises of this irritiiing pest. House pets should be examined and if infested, wash thoroughly with carbolic soap, repeating the bath at least ivory week for a time. Wash the floors and walls with a strong soap suds, then spray or wash with gasoline. Substitute rugs for carpets; take these up frequently, ehake and air well. Where the pest does not yield to the above treatments, the hydrocyanic ncul gas fumigation should ge given Be cause of the deadly nature of these fumes, the work should be under the di rection of an erpeit in the nno of tha as. Mosquitoes. Oregon is remarkably free from mos quito plagues. In limited areas at cer tain periods of the year, however, this obnoxious little offender with its plain tive song and irritating bite may be come a nuisance. Mosquitoes breed in bodies of stagnant water and the little active wrigglers so common in watering troughs and stor age tanks are mosquitoes in the making. Where storage tanks of any sort are necessary, they should be carefully screened. Tin cans, bottles and pans oil may be used to an advantage. This is applied to the water as a thin surface film. A low grade of kerosene is best. The heavier oils, such as crude oil, are worthless, because they collect in blotches on the surfaee and do not form thin even coating. One ounce of oil is sufficient for 15 square feet of sur face. It is best applied as a spray. One application is usually good for two weeks or more, but should be renewed whenever the film of oil fails to cover the surface of the water. Protective liquids for repelling the mosquitoes, consisting of spirits of cam phor, oil of pennyroyal, oil of pepper mint, etc., arc recommended. A few drops on a bath towel suspended over the pillow or nibbed on the face and hands, is supposed to repel the mos quitoes. A mixture recommended highly is composed of: Essential oil of oranges 30 grains Camphorated alcohol . l!0 grains Oil of cedar 15 gr.'tins Remedies for Mosquito Bites. Moist toilet soap Tubbed over the puncture; ammonia, or alcohol (applied externally) are said to relieve the irri tation. Cockroaches. Cockroaches are another of the dis gusting pests which sometimes gain en trance; and if once thoroughly estab lished, they are difficult to eradicate. A thorough house cleaning is of first importance; all cracks and crevices should be trea'ed with gasolioe and then filled with putt? or similnr material Poisons, such as sweet chocolate and powdered borax or phosphorus paste, may be scattered about the runways of the roaches. A simple trap known as the Graham trap is described by Professor Wash burn. The trap consists of n flat-not tomed flask of tho type in the accom panying figure.( Fig. 2.) A paper cone B fitted into the mouth of the ilasn and held in place with vaseline smeared around the inside of the neck. A smaller cone is fitted into the larger and is glued to the wall of the larger cone, The smaller opening of the two eones is the same, about thrjs eights inch in diameter. The most tempt' ng riait seems to be banana peeling. 'Xhe cage should be placed near the runs of the roachet, preferably in a situation wntro were is little light and noise. ed with corrosive sublimate or gasoline. Gasoline is probably the better to handle. A small spray pump may be used and tbe bedding, walls and floors given a thorough 'Bonking. Repeat tbe treatment in nine days. For aggravated cases, hydrocyanic acid gas fumigation (See Fleas) should be given. Ants. Ants 'sometimes become troublesome about the house. Several species of ants will assume this habit, crawling nto and over foods and food products. With forms which have their colonies outside, one may treat them with carbon bisulfide and wipe out the entire colony. With a sharp stick punch holes in the soil, over and about the hill. Treat each hole with a tablcspoonful of the liquid. Two poiBons are used inside the house to attract the ants. Both hivve tho ad- antaee of not killing instantly. The ants carry the poison to the colony and feed the developing brood on it. sud sequently the colony is killed ouU No. 1: Tartar Emetic 3 grains Syrup 4 ouncos Mix the matenalB and place on Dits of china or chips near the runways of the ants. No. 2: Sugar 21 pounds Water I P't Sodium arsehite 1-3 teaspoonful Dissolve the sugar in the water, plac ing in a doublo boiler and heating gen- tly. Dissolve the arsenite in a iittio hot water and add, stirring constantly. Place in vessel and label poison. MoiBten a sponge with tho solution and place it in a enn with a tin cover, l'uncn a lew holes in the cover and place the can in position easily accessible to the ants. Ant tape is the best material for use as a barrier to protect, materials from ants. It is prepared as follows: Pre pare a saturated solution of corrosive sublimate by placing an excess of cry stals in water and heating in a granite or earthenware vessel (not iron). Cool and filter. Soak common cotton tape n this solution for several hours, re move, hang out and dry. Tie the strips of tape about the legs of tables, etc Ants will not cross these strips xor a - year or more. caution. Carbon bisulfide is inflammable. Do not handle near a stove nor have any fire or spark abont when using. The sodium arsenite and the corrosive sublimate solutions are poisonous. They should bo plainly labeled and handled with all due caution. Carpet Beetles and Clothes Moths. 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