FIGHTING THE MOTH.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19451, 15 December 1934, Page 15 (Supplement)

FIGHTING THE MOTH.

As soon as the warm weather arrives the clothes moth makes its appearance. A great deal of tremble is saved if the housewife goes through everything in the way of garmen s, woollens and bcdclothing as soon as a warm spell makes itself fel.. n Ibis way the hiding place is cU'sLuL-bcit and the clothes moth looks for licsli quarters. . ~ _ But it is easier to prevent moths than to rout them. Sun and air are their deadliest enemies, so that everything possible that can be hung out of doors for a lime should he treated in this way, then beaten with a light cane to ensure that any moths or eggs hidden in corners or embedded in woolly layers arc dislodged. Everything should he treated to camphor or some oilier molh preventive before it is returned to cupboards or placed upon or under mattresses. Camphor can be made to last longer by wrapping it in sheets of newspaper. Moths hate the smell of printer’s ink as much as they do camphor, and the combined odour keeps even Ihe most aggressive moth at a distance.

Articles of clothing that arc being packed away for the time being should be wrapped in sheets of newspaper, a sheet being plaoed between each fold of cloth or fur. Pieces of orange peel which have been dried in the oven and cut in slices should be placed between tile folds with Ihe newspaper.

Moths lay eggs in all sorts of queer places, and (lie space that often exists between the skirting and the floor, and the crevice running along the lop of the picture rail, are places seldom suspected. Sec that these likely breeding places are well washed and constantly dusted. Many people imagine that moths are exterminated by cold. This is not so, although stuffy rooms are more likely to became the, habitation of this pest than those which are frequently aired, washed and soruibcji.—exchange.