Household and Garden Pests
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…