The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-24
Consumer No+es
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. c.
The Right Way To Moth-PrGof

> "Cedarized" cardboard chests or
/, fancy gadgets in the closet don't guar
I, antee complete protection of your
winter woolens.
: Experts in the Department of Agri-
/. culture say that mothproofing methods
: to be effective must start with thor
'ough cleaning of the clothes to be |
stored, and end with complete sealed |
: chest, garment bag, or closet.
+. First, thoroughly clean the gar
: ments by having them dry cleaned or
washed. Next best thing is to brush
: the clothing or blankets in the open
. air and then let them hang in bright
: sunlight for a few hours. If you do
. this, be sure to brush out all folds
: and creases just to be sure no stray
. moths are hiding from the sun.
When you are sure the clothes are
: absolutely clean, place the clothing
: in a bag or paper box or carton
: "Cedarized" bag or chests are good
only so far as they are air tight.
Before you seal the containers, you
can sprinkle a mothkilling chemical
such as naphthalene, or paradlchloro-
benzene, or gum camphor through the
folds of the clothing. A pound fot
the average sized trunk or box, or for
every hundred cubic feet of closet
space is ample. Use flakes or crys-
tails rather than moth balls to get best
results.
If you use the chemical in a closet,
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the top Of the closet, or leave it in
shallow open pan on the top shelf,
since the heavy fumes will sink down
to the floor.
Now seal up the closet, or trunk, or
bag tight, so tight that no moth can
get in. Best way to do this is to
- use gummed paper pasted over all
= cracks and openings, and even over
the key hole in the closet.
No moth proofing treatment has yet
been devised that is absolutely safe.
Those that contain fluorides and rotten
one are best; Department experts do
not recommend those containing ar
senic. If a garment or blanket is
guaranteed against moth damage for
a given period of time, keep record
of the date you buy it, so you will be
fully protected if damage occurs.
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There's Variety In Onions
Onions come in all navors, strengths,
shapes, and sizes, but it's wise
consumer who can tell one from the
other.
First thing you should know are
onion varieties. The most common
variety is the northern-grown winter
storage onion. The strongest Of this
variety-the kind to use for cooking
is about 2 to 2l2 inches across
Spanish onions-also the northern
grown type-are miIder and can be
used for eating. You can tell these
because they are larger, 4 to 5 inches
across. Light yellow Spanish onions
straw colored-are likely to be mild
er than the amber, golden, and darker
brown ones Northern-grown winter
onions are on the market from August
through April.
- Bermuda onions-which don't come
- from Bermuda at all but from Texas
are smaller than Spanish onions,
are mild, and tops for eating raw You
can tell them from Spanish onions be
cause they are flat. They are on the
market from April through July.
Green onions includes lcckS, seal
lions, shalIots, and chivca.
Lceks are used primarily for cook
ing, to give distinctive flavor to stcWS
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