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if employed before the insects become very numerous. If only
a few l1ave by some chance been introduced, the ordinary insect
powder (pyrethrum) of drug stores can be used to advantage
. about shelves and inncrevices of pantries and storerooms. This
is a non-poisonous powder, so can be strewn about very freely
e where food is exposed, tho it is desirable to cover the latter I
before the powde1· is employed. A powder gun can be used to
advantage in scattering the powder. Applications should die
’ made in the evening,-and in the morning the dead and disabled
` ’ insects can be swept up and burned. Insect powder does not
» _ retain its killing properties long after it is exposed to the air,
V hence it must be used frequently. Borax dusted freely and per-
, sistently about baseboards and on shelves is claimed to be as
good as anything known. ·
Poisons are in common use that generally contain a small
per cent. of phosphorous and are sold as "roacl1 paste," with
ei instructions for use. In drawers and storerooms where not
_ likely to be secured by children or pets, they can often be made
to answer even better than the insect powder. A package be-
fore me bears this inscription: i_
l "T0 lfill (fcc/troacltcs and lVatcrbugs.——Apply the paste
` on pietes of paper and place in and about sinks, waterpipes,
· stationary wash-basins, etc. In the morning carefully cburn
r theses pieces of paper and dead roaches. Repeat every night
until entirely rid of these pests." ‘
TI'lI[)S.—-lllgClllOllSl_Y constructed traps have been devised
for capturing roaches, and have in the hands of some people
proved useful. ,A box with four pieces of glass inclined to a.
small opening at the center is said to be used successfully in
lfrance, a bit of cheese or other bait being placed in the bottom
to attract the roaches. A glass ring surrounding an opening V
in the lid of a box similarly baited is said to serve the same
purpose in England. Siinplyinclining sticks from a shelf t0~
the top of a deep glass jar in the bottom of which is a bait, has
been found to be elleetive for the purpose.
Fumiyalri02z».—\Vl1e11 everything else fails people are some- i
times driven to funiigating a whole house, or at least the