Show F FIRST I 1 R gt A AID I 1 D r 71 fo abt th i i a IT ia i B u by lio Roge ge whitman m released by western newspaper per union ROAD DUST CAN BE LAID WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE on a road a tennis court or D L other open space can be laid with calcium chloride flakes this chemical can be obtained in many hardware stores and from dealers in mason materials and road supplies and is inexpensive it should be scattered or on the surface at the rate of a pound and a half to the square yard even on a dry day the chem ical will be liquefied by moisture picked up from the air and the liquid in combining with the surface dust will form a crust A few days later another application should be made at the rate of a pound to the square yard the crust formed by these two applications should last for some weeks the crust will not be injurious to the paws of dogs and other small animals or to horses hooves calcium chloride draws water from adyth anything ing with which it is in contact for instance shoe leather will be dried out for protection rubber boots or overshoes should be worn when working with it also gloves wet streak on wall question there is a wet streak on the wall of the entrance 0 of f a small apartment that star starts ts about the middle of may it dries out in clear warm weather but appears in in any humid period it does not show when the furnace is going A plumber blamed the roof but the roofer claims that it is from the plumbing neither of them can locate the leak what can you suggest answer from your description the wet spot is evidently from condensation densa tion the spot where it appears is at a lower temperature than the house air this may be because some part of the masonry wall projects through and is in direct contact with the plaster or because openings in the wall subject that portion to a current of cool air to check on this compare the temperature of that portion of the wall with that of another portion that remains dry the remedy depends so much on construction that it can be told only after an inspection water softener question for the last five years I 1 have chave been using a water softener that I 1 bought secondhand second hand for this reason I 1 do not know how old it is for the past two years the has had to be regenerated with increasing frequency I 1 use about pounds of salt per month can the efficiency of the tL be restored or must I 1 purchase a new filling answer the has undoubtedly lost its efficiency considering the length of time the softener has been in use I 1 think that it has done very well write to the manufacturer about procuring another charge wasps question wasps have made a nest under the eaves of our house they did this last summer what can we do now to drive them out and keep them from returning answer at dusk on a cool evening when the wasps will be dormant spray the nest heavily and suddenly with kerosene which will stun them provide a stout paper bag big enough to enclose the nest which can be broken off inside it and then burned should the wasps show sign returning elther either this season or next swab that section of the eaves with kerosene field mice question we have just bought a C umme summer home and have heard that field mice might get into the mattresses and couches how can this be prevented answer As the last thing in closing the house at the end of the season scatter one or two pounds of moth balls or even more over the furniture furniture and in every room provide a b box x to fit over the top of the chimney tor for that is one path by which mice and chipmunks might get in hl |