Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-09-20


maggOt and many others.
In California it was proved that
DDT was effective against codling
moths in walnut and other orchards.
At Missouri it was found that a
three percent dust was effective In
controlling blister beetle, squash
bug, white fly, thrips, sowbugs, corn
earworm, Colorado potato beetle,
spotted and striped cucumber
beetles, northern corn rootworm,
pavement ant, lace-bugs, leafhop-
pers on grape, flea beetles on egg-
plant, and a ten percent dust for
reaches, feas, and squash bugs.
The U. s. department of agricul-
ture reported that 'DDT insecticides
were found experimentally to be
definitely more effective than those
currently used for control of some
80 pests that attack field crops, man,
livestock and trees. These included
codling moth, cabbage Topper, catal-
pa sphinx, cotton ball-worm, cotton
fea-hopper, eastern tent caterpillar,
elm bark beetle, green-striped maple
worm, gypsy moth, horn flies on cat
tie, Japanese beetle, Lygus and four
other kinds Of sucking bugs, mimosa
webworm, pine sawflies, pink boil
worm, spruce budworm, velvetbean
caterpillar, vetch bruchid, white
fringed beetles, mosquitoes, bedbugs,
three kinds Of lice on man, and
houseflies and f1eas in buildings.
A Good Insecticide
For Postwar Home
Brig. Gen. Simmons, army medi-
cal corps has said, "DDT will ex-
coed even penicillin in it's ultimate
usefulness and will prove to be the
outstanding medical advance made
during the war;
One of the newest products Is
paint containing DOT to be used on
walls of kitchens, dining rooms and
in institutions. Other Industrial
uses have been found by busting
with a 10 percent DDT powder
around the sink and other places
where cockroaches and other insects
stay.
DOT will eliminate the bedbug
problems in hospitals, as well as in
private dwellings. It may be appli-
ed as a five percent spray or as
10 percent powder to both sides of
the mattress and springs. It also
provides freedom from flies and
mosquitoes in hospitals. The new
aerosol bomb, which releases the
DOT as an aerosol-a cross between
a fumigating gas and an ordinary fly
spray, is excellent for this purpose.
A power spray may be used In ap-
plying a five percent DOT solution.
Just as it is proving effective on
the agricultural and Industrial front,
and as it saved lives on the war
fronts, DOT has started to con-
tribute to the health of the home
front. The story of spraying for
mosquitoes against malaria is well
known.
Painting door and window screens
with five percent solution Of DOT
in water or kerosene leaves an in
secticidal residue that will kill ev-
cry fly, mosquito, or other insect
lighting there within the next sew
eral months, the U. S. department
Of agriculture reports.
A five percent solution of DOT in
kerosene sprayed on floors or over
rugs eliminates the flea nuisance. A
hand sprayer is adequate. BY spray
ing deep into cracks, DOT will re-
main toxic to these insects for sew
eral weeks.
A ten percent powder applied to
cracks with a small hand buster can
be depended to kill any brown dog
ticks that may be hiding there.
Baseboards, especially those that
have worked loose from the wall, af-
ford excellent breeding places for
bedbugs, cockroaches, and brown
dog ticks. DOT is sure death to
these pests. A hand sprayer, held
close to the opening, will send the
insecticide, a five percent solution
in kerosene, down where the insects
are concealed, or large buster, of
10 percent powder may be used.