Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

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Household and Garden Pests

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Household and Garden Pests (II)

وو THE CLOTHES MOTH-CARPET BEETLE OR "BUFFALO MOTH"- THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE-THE COMMON COCKROACH OR CRO- TON BUG-THE BEDBUG-THE HOUSE…

Household and Garden Pests: Larva

The three species of moths commonly found in the United States are the case-making species, universally distributed in the Northern States…

Household and Garden Pests: Moths

Moths, as is well known, feed exclusively on animal substances, as woolens, silk, fur, and feathers, and farther than the latitude of…

Household and Garden Pests: Protect

To Protect Carpets from Moths.- Sprinkle the floor with turpentine, benzine, gasoline, or petroleum, or scatter peppermint or other…

Household and Garden Pests: Store

To Store Furs and Woolens. A cedar-wood chest, in which to store furs and woolens against moths, was formerly thought indispensable, but…

Household and Garden Pests: Remove

To Prepare Garments for Packing. - Wash or dry-clean all woolen garments before packing them away for the summer. Remove especially all…

Household and Garden Pests: Vermin

Whitewash for Vermin.-Prepare whitewash as usual, and add to 1 gallon 4 ounces of corrosive sublimate or 2 ounces of powdered copperas…

Household and Garden Pests: Paris

THE COMMON COCKROACH OR CROTON BUG Exterminators of Cockroaches.- Substances recommended to kill or disperse cockroaches are fumes of…

Household and Garden Pests: Take

To Trap Roaches. -Take any deep pasteboard or wooden box and substitute for the cover four pieces of window glass slanting toward the…

Household and Garden Pests: Poisons

Poisons for Bedbugs. - Poisons recommended for exterminating bedbugs are hydrocyanic-acid gas, sulphurousacid gas, kerosene and other…

Household and Garden Pests: Hence

Hence use these freely about baseboards and on bedsteads where kerosene might stain carpets or bedding, but remember that they are highly…

Household and Garden Pests: Apply

Or apply a mixture of 1 pint of benzine and ounce of corrosive sublimate. Apply from oil can or with a brush.

Household and Garden Pests: Fleas

THE HOUSE FLEA To Get Rid of Fleas. - The source of fleas is usually pet dogs or cats, but they may be brought into the house on clothing…

Household and Garden Pests: Persian

Methods recommended for preventing and eradicating fleas are the use of Persian insect powder, petroleum products, eucalyptus oil, oil of…

Household and Garden Pests: Rats

RATS AND MICE To Destroy Rats and Mice.-Methods recommended for destroying rats and mice may be summed up as the use of poisons, traps…

Household and Garden Pests: Place

Or insert dry crystals of strychnine in small pieces of raw meat, sausage, or toasted cheese. Place these in the rat runs.

Household and Garden Pests: Stop

To Stop Rat Holes. - Where the rat holes are visible, pour a little water into them at night, and after the ground about them becomes damp…

Household and Garden Pests: Bait

To Bait Traps. - Bait rat traps with pieces of bologna sausage, oatmeal, toasted cheese, buttered toast, sunflower seeds, or pumpkin seeds…

Household and Garden Pests: Ratite

Ratite for Rats. - We make no apology for quoting in full the following extract from a circular of the Pasteur Vaccine Company, whose…

Household and Garden Pests: Ants

BLACK AND RED ANTS - Ants. The means employed to keep the house free from ants are of three sorts: preventives, poisons, and mechanical…

Household and Garden Pests: Flies

Disease from Flies. - The fact that flies carry the germs of typhoid and other filth diseases is now so well established that no one can…

Household and Garden Pests: Mosquitoes

THE MOSQUITO Dangers from Mosquitoes A world-wide campaign is being carried on to exterminate the mosquito pest.

Household and Garden Pests: Mosquito

To Prevent Mosquito Bites. - Dilute oil of pennyroyal with water, or make an infusion of pennyroyal leaves and apply to the hands and face…

Household and Garden Pests: Fill

In compounding this mixture, first put the copper sulphate on a piece of cheese cloth, tying the ends together so it will not spill, and…

Household and Garden Pests: Bordeaux

The barrel can now be filled with water, and the Bordeaux mixture is ready for use.

Household and Garden Pests: Arsenite

White Arsenic. - This is cheaper and of more uniform strength than Paris green. It may be used safely with Bordeaux mixture, or in…

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