The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-05
LET'S GET RID OF
THE PESKY LITTLE ANT,
Thursday, July 10th Suggested
as Day to Begin the
HOstiIitieS.

ton agent, tells fully of an anti
ant campaign which will be con-
Quoted provided sufficient coop
Grafton is offered to assure OF its
success. The cooperation in so
grand a work should not be lack
ing in the people of Welsh.
Jennings, La, July 1, 1919.
Rice Belt Journal,
Welsh, La.
The Argentine ant has increased
lin such numbers during the past
few years as to become a positive
menace. There is hardly a home
| in which they are not found in
such numbers as to be a pest and
though they take their foods in
small bites the aggregate for year
will run into astonishing num-
bers. And it is not only this loss
of foods actually eaten by these
ants, for this is often the small
end of the loss, meats, cake, syrup
and many other articles become
so infested as to compel one to
throw them away.
Nor does the losses from ants
stop in the household; there are
places where fruit and ornament
al trees and many garden plants
and vegetables are threatened
with destruction. Wall paper,
woodwork and many other parts
Iof buildings and furniture are
objects of their destructive work
so that something must be done
to check their progress and deS-
troy them altogether if possible
The Bureau of Plant Pathology
has worked out formula of poi.
soned honey, sugar, etc, thai
seems to attract them sufficiently
to accomplish their destruction
Their methods of feeding botf
themselves and their young Il
similar to the honey bee, taking
surplus of food home for feed
ing the young after eating what
ever they want first. In this way
; the entire family, old and young
are killed out at once. This
formula has been tried out in
great many cities are found t.
be very effective. New Orleans
Baton Rouge, Port Arthur, Texas
and many other cities have prac
ticaIly eradicated the ant.
To be effective however a con
certed action on the part of tin
public is necessary. The mixture
must be prepared, put into can
made specially for the work ant
, all cans put out the same da,
; around each home and premises
The cans are provided with bail
!. by which they can be hung up il
5 trees and seems to be one othe
} of the very necessary things t
do to make the plan a success
Cans are provided with rain
: proof top, and so constructed tina
e bees or other insects can not hav
e access to the poison; only ant:
they get into everything.
have decided to put on an ar
s Eradication campaign in Jenning
and Welsh and the work will yer
lprobably Spread to Lake Arthu
Elton and other places. We haH
J. on hand now to begin the wor
two barrels of granulated suga
S 1000 cans, ten gallons of hone
and the necessary sodium ars'
nate and tartaric acid and eXpe'
e to have. Mr.. Barber, specials
G who put ON the New Orleans can
l. paign, last year, to come out an
= assist in making UP the mlxtur
l. Our force here could probably {
it alright but we want to make
. complete success and will ask II
J. the, services of an expert.
i Cans contain a gill of the pr
d duct and will cost about 10 cen
r per can. Mr.. Barber tells me
r. will take from 6 to 10 cans totl
n residence, depending of course {
e. the size of grounds. The produ
ID will be put up at cost and we W
n. lsk some such organization as 7
at Boy Scouts, Civic League or u
Council to arrange for dlstrlb
ton of the cans.
Ir We want the wholehearted {
to operation of every household
d, lin the town as this is the gu
way in which the work can
AZ made a success. If you kill yo
q ants this week and your neighh
g waits till next week to kill b
3 your premises become reinfest
and your good work has be
g nulified.
Let's gel together and let DC
of the pests remain. Fruits, $.
g ups, sugar, in fact all sweets ia
3 just a little better without ar
Hoping to have your una
nous cooperation, | am,
Respectfully,
HI. C.. FONDREN,
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