TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ENQUIRER.—To pet rid ot ants, make j a thick syrup with half a pound of sugar and' a tabh-spooiiful of boracic acid. Place about in saucers when the ants are thickest. SI'IISC'RIBER (Avondalel--Bv>iling water is the simplest and quickest way of exterminating wood-lice. See that there are no old boards or rubbish lying about for them to shelter under. A correspondent got rid of thi.s p;'st by spravimr their lairs with kerosene. You'conld try this in the outhouse, but of course it* could hardly be used in the dwelling Insect, powder should he tried where you cannot use boiling water or kerosene.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1926, Page 16
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104TO CORRESPONDENTS. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1926, Page 16
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