Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-02

. HOW TO MeCt th6 army VI So
sects- Cockroaches. Clothes Moths
Buffalo Carpet Beetles, Red Ants, Files
and Mosquitoes.
II there is anything which rivals
the mouse in it's ability to send hot
and cold chills running up and down
the spine OF woman IL Is cock
roach, according to the New York
Sun. '.Ugh!" shuddered little
woman, "there's that great big cock
roach again! He has taken posses
sion OF that corner OF the wainscot-
ing and every time l go by there he
is just coming out"
The cockroach, like the dause du
ventre, and some other disagrecable
things. came to us from the orient
Unlike a great many of other insects,
he hasn't the common decency of
changing his general manner. of life
and form, and Mt least giving us
some variety during his lifetime.
Mest Insects begin life as worms or
caterpillars. and then take on an in
to come out in their perfect form
Not SO, however with the cockroach.
The mother roach lays one or two
bundles of eggs, each about half as
thick us her body, and each contain
ing sixteen eggs. From the time
these hatch out they are to all In.
tents and purposes. except reproduc-
tion, perfect roacbcs. 1t is true
that they go through certain
changes, principally shown by the
development OF wings and wing
covers, but at all times they are
voruclous feeders OH both animal aud
vegetnblematter.
Cruton bugs arc also known as
Grrnan cockroaches.
Professor Riley. the United States
eutomologist, says they can both be
es terminated in this simple manner:
Just before nightfall go into the
infested rooms aud put bubach into
all crevicus, under baseboards, into
drawers. and cracks of furniture, In
fact. wherever there is crack, and
in tho moraing the floor will be
found Uttered with dead or demoral-
lied reaches, and they can be swept
up and burned"
Keep this up until the eggs are
hatched and you will get rid of all
the posts. Bubach is the Persian
powder made from tho pyrethrum
flowers grown In California. Among
tho older remedies are hQrax, to
which they have great c.Aipathy.
also poisons made OF phosphorus
paste. or mixture of red lead.
Indian mca. and molusses, which
thoy eat ravenously.
Peculiar to house-clcaning timo
are tho clothes moths These small
light-Drown moths begin to appear
in May. and may occasionally be
seen as late as August
There is only ono certain way to
fight them SO that they will not lay
their eggs in your woolens, furs.
cloths and carpets, and their larva
eat holes in them to make coat for
himself Everything must be aired
and shaken. and benzine should be
freely used, spraying it into cracks
in chests and closets. Be careful OF
fire, and do not bring even a lamp
| into a room where benzine has beer
used until tho room has been aired
SO thoroughly that oven the odor IL
almost gone Then do up your gar
ments, furs or blankets in pasteboard
boxes with strips OF paper pasted
over the big cracks, or in big
paper bags also pasted up. and you
need not bother with cedar ward
robes or moth balls.
Cloth covered furniture that is to
be stored and carpets will be safe il
sprayed a couple OF times in the sea
son with benzine. Blotting paper,
soaked in equal parts OF oil Of cam.
phor and spirits of turpentine and
laid among clothes will destroy
moths.
Your carpets have another enemy
the buffalo carpet beetle. He /!
about a quarter Of an inch long.
black, or nearly SO, with white spots
and reddish stripe along the middle
OF his back. Kill him wherever yor
SEQ him. He also is an emigrant
who came to us in 1876. Benzine il
the remedy against his depredations
and it should be plentifuliy used after
the floors are cleaned. in all the
acks under the carpets and around
the base boards.
The buffalo carpet beetle 1s 81
comparatively new a conner that it il
not every housekeeper who knows
him. 1t was first detected in New
Yo k doing its nefarious work 1
left to spread unchecked the carpet
bug overruns houses and preys upor
q variety OF fabrics, but its favoritt
home is just under the edges OF car
pets and in the cracks Of the floors o
ca peted rooms It is when he is IT
larva state that he does damage. He
eats large holes in the carpets along
the borders or cuts q carpet intt
strips. eating straight lines through
it along the lines OF the floor cracks
He eats all summer, and. finally. wher
casting his skin. forms within the
cast skin his chrysalis or pupa
The perfect insect appears at thu
end of the winter. and may often b.
found on the windows Of infested
rooms in May.
Even in cities the red ant is a pes
in the house, and the larger one
make a havoc of the bits OF grass o.
flower grounds outside. which arr
almost as much part OF this house
hold.
For the ants outside Professor