The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-09
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the deadly disease carrying variety. Even when harmless they are sufficiently disagreeable companions to encourage every effort to keep them out of the way With them as with the flies. and, Indeed. all other vermin prevention is worth great deal more than curative treatment after they have arrived.
 They breed In damp places, in cisterns. even In small uncovered vessels of water and these should not be permitted to ex- ist. A stopped up roof gutter. tin pan, or cup that has been filled by shower, a barrel holding rain water. all furnish breeding places. The small vessels can be watched and emptied-or better still. not left where they will gather water damp spots should have kerosene sprin- kled on them. If these measures are taken faithfully the number of mosquitos will be perceptibly lessened. Small ponds and pools are also refuges for these plaques, who likewise breed in long grass. Whom these facts are thoroughly understood and a visitation of mosquitoes viewed as result of mans carelessness or ignorance and not as a providential interposlton. the comfort of the dwelers III ut al OiolGlCLS WILL pc STtdtly lAClCdsCu and land values will go up.
 Probably the indoor plague most fought against at this season of the year, with the possible exception of the fly, Is the moth. He is really one of the easiest to dispose of. for certain measures are bound to protect from his rasages. Clos cts should be cleaned out from top to bottom the she1ues lined off with a oIoth moistened in kerosene, or gasoline sprayed into the cracks and crevices, talk ing pains to do this without light of any sort In the room. Garments must be taken out, hung on the line in the sun. and beaten to free them from dust and pos slble larvm. They should bs Y AAAla red be- fore they are brought Into She house and put up securely In papers or cotton cloth or cheesecloth wrapplngs.
 Mothproof bags come for the purpose of preserving woolens, and tar paper Is sold for the same purpose Effective as either of these may be, the odor of tar and similar preparations Is unpleasant to some people, and for them 1t is better to have cedar chest or to cleanse the gar ments as already directed and stow them away with mothballs, camphor. cedar chips or anything else of the sort which is least offensive to the family nostrils. The main point Is the removal of dust and moth eggs by the beating and stunning and then securing the garments against the chance of the moths making their way through breaks in the paper or the cloth used in unfolding them
 Coats and other garments which should not be crushed by rolling up tightly may be laid In boxes which are lined with paper, moth antidotes scattered between the folds of the clothing, the papers tucked in closely about them, the covers put on the boxes, and these then wrapped in paper The only advantage of the cloth ever the paper in wrapping articles which are not boxed Is that the paper may pos sibly break or tear and thus make an opening to admit the moth.
 Rugs may be brushed and stunned and sprinkled with gasoline, dipping whisk broom in a bowl of gasoline and scatter ing the drops on the fabric, The rugs may then be rolled up and wrapped securely IT, heavy paper or in coarse cotton cloth tying or p.nning the folds SO that there are no cracks or rifts in them.