The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-28

hasten their departure more speedily.
4. Powdered boraX. sprlnkled around
infested places, drives them away at
once.
T.. Sweetened vinegar and ~strychhlne
will destroy any house~bug.
n The small land terrapin, COM
monty called coulter" wage unre-
lenting war against them II placed
where they frequent. He i more sucr
cessful than any of the powders.
The best thing have tried IS a
nranfity of red waters. such as were
used TO seal letters IN old times, thrown
where the reaches mostly hide, under
the floors OF in the bottom OF presses
in fact, anywhere they can be safely
nut out of reach OF children. Il.
Il give a recipe TO your cores
pondent who wishes to know how TO
1at rid OF the ms, cts he calls cock
reaches, although think he lnlsnafnes
them. Let his wife finish making
neach preserves late at night in a
smooth. bright brass kettle then per-
shade her it is too late to clean the
kettle till morning. but set 1t against
the wall where the insects are tnlckeSt,
and retire to rest. In the morning he
will find the sides of the kettle bright
| as a new dollar. but he will find every
insect that was hungry in the bottom
Of the kettle. when. if he uses the re-
cipe as | did. he Will treat them 10 a
sufficient quantity Of boiling water TO
render them perfectly harmless. As
| thought molasses cheaper han peach
| preserve Juice. | eve afterwards
| baited the same trap with molasses,
and | caught the last n of millions.
| pity any person troubled with them.
| have lived thirty years since making
| the discovery (accidentall, and have
never had to repeat 1t
UNCLE JOHN"
q. Sprinkle the floor with hellebore
at night they will eat 1t and be pois-
on2d. -
Moths.
No. /. Make a solution of one ounce
OF gum camphor, n ounce OF pow
dered red pepper. in eight ounces OF
alcohol: let stand for one week. and
strain. Sprinkle the furs or cloth
with it, and wrap iii cloth or strong
paper
To keep them out of carpets wash
floor with turpentine OF beLzine before
laying them. +,
No. ,. Dust furs with powdered
alum, working it in well at the roots
of the hair. Do not air woollen arti-
cIes and furS in the summer sunshine.
They should be put aside in the early
spring, and left untouched until Octo-
Der.
MOTHS IN CARPETS, WOoLLENs, ETC.
q. Several pieces of camphor gum.
as large as hickory nuts, should be
packed in with al woollen garments
and furs. Infested garments or furS
should be put in a tight sack or trunk,
and. after adding a half n OF
chlorofOrm, the sack or trunk should
be closed as nearly alright as posi-
BILE. The vapor Will kill the insects.
b.. For furniture and carpets, heavy
paper wet with carbolic acid or spirits
of turpentine, will XII Larvae already
at work. This should be placed under
the edge of the carpet where the
mischief is generally done. and in
furniture crowded back in the deeI
folds. Russian leather, cedar bark o.
boughs, to~bacco-leaveS. and even rec
pepper. are said to prevent the moth:
from laying egg.
c. Another way Of destroying moth:
in carpets is to take a wet sheet or 9th
er cloth, lay it upon the carpet, anC
then run Il hOt-iron Yer it, SO as tt
convert the water in'o steam. which
permeates the carpet beneath and DIES
troys the moth and her eggs. 1t car
/ be lone without taking up the carpet
and has proved, after trials, remarka
bly, efficient.
Il. To prevent moths. use camphor
Persian powder. or benzine freely
, Wrap clean woollpns carefully in pa
/ per or cotton cloths, and they will b
secure unless they are soiled moth
r will attack soiled places If moths ar
already i'll your carpets. wiring a coars
= cloth out of clean water, spread i
smoothly OF the part of the carpe
t where the moths are. or a suspecte
e to be. and iron it with a pretty no
: iron. The steam will destroy both th
: moths and eggs. Also. take boiling
d hot alum-wa' Ell and dip cloths into il
e and saturate the carper with it Moth
deposit their eggs in the early part O
k the spring, and that is the time to al
i tend to furs. Beat the furs with
light rattan, and air them for sever;
e hours then carefully comb them wit
a lean coarse como, wrap them up i
newspapers perfectly tight, and pit
h them away in a tight linen bag or
e chest. Examine them several time
during the summer, and repeat Il
+ combing process.
Woollen articles can be kept fro,
:. moths by busting them over with re
pepper or putting camphor gum amor
"a them. -
a Fleas.
COal-oil viii kill tleaS either on an
D. mails or in the house. The addition
It, a small quantity of oil pennyroy