The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-04-17
HOME DEPARTMENT
iucted by Miss Margaret Dizney Director Home Science

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them away.
Poison for Bed Bugs Hydro
cyanic-acid gas. sulphurous acid
gNs, Kerosene and other petroleum
products, gasoline, benzine, naptha,
hot water with or without alum,
chloride Of zinc. turpentine, cam
phor, corrosive and sublimate dis
solved in alcohol. and various com
b'nations Of these disinfcctants.
To Thoroughly Get Rid OF Bed
Bugs. Fumigate with hydrocyanic
acid gas or sulphurous acid gas.
This is the quickest and most
effective method. n pests are nu-
merous and the above method is
not satisfactory, take the paper of
the walls. wash down the walls
with boiling water containing soda
and alum. apply one more Of the fol-
lowing cradicators and repair the
walls. Take all the bedding out W
doors, beat and clean mattresses or
other ticks, and apply gasoline to
them fully with a sponge. cloth or
brush. Apply some suitable poison
to all cracks in bedsteads and other
furniture with hrass or iron ones
and instead Of carpets or mating.
have rugs.
Next TO fumigation. the best ex-
lcrminator is kerosene or other Pc
troleum products-gasoline or ben
zine or napiha Take down the
bed steads, dust the joints with a
brush and wash with soap and hot
water. Boil cedar leaves in the
water. While their scent lasts, bed
bugs will stay away. Thoroughly
oil all joints and cracks with one Of
theabove poisons. II can be put in
cracks and ether places with
'spring bottom oil can. a
small paint brush. or long feather.
Gasoline and benzinc do not leave
any stains. We should use these
on baseboards and on the bed steads
whore kerosene might get on the
carpet or bedding. One thing We
must remember is that both gaso-
line and bcnzine are highly inflam-
mable. Use only during daylight
and before lighting lamp or a
match. The room should be aired
good until he odor disappears.
Kerosene is less dangerous, and
its stains will evaporate with time
or may be taken up by such absorb
ents as whiting. prepared chalk.
starch and the like. Use an equal
mixture OF turpentine and kerosene.
Fill all cracks. after oiling, with
hard yellow soap or putty.
With a soft small brush. go over
the bed steads, springs and wood
work with generous coating OF
hardoil varnish: work this into
all cracks and crevices, and your
bed bug troubles will be over.
Dissolve pounds Of alum in 3 or
quarts Of boiling water. and apply
hot from an oil can or with brush
tu all crevices in furniture. walls or
floors where bed bugs harbor. APP
ply weak solution Of chloride OF
zinc, apply with a brush; equal
parts Of blue ointment and kerosene.
Apply a mixture Of pint Of ben
zine and y ounce Of corrosive sub
Innate. Apply from oil can or with
brush u ounce OF corrosive sub
Innate and y pint turpentine. OF.
OF corrosive sublimate. OF. Of cam
phor, OF. Of spirits Of turpentinc.
and y pint Of wood alcohol. apply
from an oil can or with a brush.
Remember that a corrosive sub
Innate is a deadly poison.
Enemies Of the Bed Bugs. The
common house cockroach is an en-
envy Of bed bugs, and the little red
house ant also kills and eats them;
but most persons would consider
that to encourage such bed bug ex-
terminators would prove a remedy
as bad as the disease.
Ruth Gregg.