Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03

in Farmers Bulletin 1101. Sodium
fiuoride busted where the ants are
seen will be found effective.
Cockroaches or waterbugs come
where there is dampness, bits Of food,
trash Of all kinds. Sprinkling borax,
pyrethrum, or best Of all sodium
fluoride freely and persistently day
after day wherever cockroaches ap-
pear seems to be a fairly successful
method of determination.
In spite of all precautions you will
sometimes find weevils or worms in
apparently sound cartons of cereal, in
the flour bin, or on dried fruits or
nuts. These pests come from minute
eggs deposited probably before the
package was sealed or the product
entered your house. Destroy all badly
infested food materials promptly, and
any paper containers. Wash and scald
your permanent containers before you
use them again. However objection
able the idea of such insects getting
into food a chance meal worm or
weevil in the cereal is cause for far
less concern than q fly lighting on
food, for the worm has spent it's en-
tire life In the package, while the
fly Is covered with filth picked up in
its promiscuOus visits.
Flies, so far as possible, should be
kept out Of the house by screens. If
they do get in, every effort should be
made to drive them out or kill them.
Use fy-traps, fly paper, insect powder,
and poison. Above all, take steps to
eliminate all possible breeding places
for flies near your home, and get your
neighbOrs to cooperate.
Fleas and bedbugs feed on human
blood. The former sometimes become
real nuisance, If a room becomes in
tested with them. You will have to
take the carpet or rugs out-of-doors
and clean them, and also spray with
benZfne or gasoline. The floor should
be washed with soap suds, special at
tention being given to cracks between
boards and along baseboards.
Carpet beetles are common and
their grubs or larvae feed on foods
similar to those preferred by the lar
vac of the clothes moths-woolens and
furs. They are found more Otter
under tacked-dOwn carpets, and, once
established, are difficult to get rid Of
Use rugs and bare floors, which are
less liable to infestation. If you find
these pests, take up the carpets clean
them thoroughly out-of-doors, spray
them with gasoline or benzine, and, If
possible, air them and sun them.
Treat the room itself as in the case
of flea infestation. Fill all cracks
with a crack filler before the carpet
is put back.
An insect pest that does consider
able damage in the attic to books
paper, and stored clothing, is the
silverfish. These insects are attracted
by starch in bindings and in garments.
Clothes moths are partial to wool
ems, furs and other clothing on which
to lay their eggs so that the larvae
when Matched will have suitable food,
All cold weather garments when put
away for the season should be thor
oughly cleaned beaten, brushed and
summed, and then shut up in tight
boxes or chests with such repellents
as naphthalene flakes or paradichlOrO-
benzine. Other methods Of protecting
clothing and furnishings from moths
are described in Farmers Bulletin
1853.
The centipede, although unpleasant
to look at is beneficial because it
preys on other household insects. If
its presence is annoying it may be
controlled by using insect powders
sprinkled about. The foregoing are
the chief insect disturbers Of the
household, and in each case the old
adage holds good, Eternal vigilance
is the price of peace"