Show I GIVEN I FOR STORING OF I WINTER VINTER CLOTHING I I There is danger of moth dam age during warm weather to clothing which has been carelessly careless careless- ly put away according to Miss Ellen Agren clothing specialist of the extension service of the Utah State Agricultural college I I Each woolen or fur garment should be shaken well brushed 1 thoroughly and aired in the sun j for several hours before being put away for the summer Shaking 1 and brushing dislodge or crush the eggs or larvae of the clothes moth also strong sunshine has a killing action Woolen clothing g which which cannot cannot be laundered laundered I ered should have all spots removed removed removed ed or preferably should be dry I cleaned Cleaning and pressing I kills the moth before the adult soiled soil soil- soil soil-I soiled I s stage age Moths concentrate on I ed sP spots of the fabric and do their greatest damage amage the there e. e I 1 u After the garments nave have been brushed shaken aired and cleaned cleaned cleaned clean clean- ed they are ready to be stored They should be put away in mothproof mothproof mothproof moth moth- proof bags or placed in firm unbroken unbroken un un- broken wrapping paper The type of bag is unimportant so long as asit asI asit I it can be tightly closed and seal- seal ed Clothes Clothes' moths do not like cotton cotI cotton cot- cot I I ton therefore a worn-out worn sheet around around around a- a or any cotton fabric wrapped round the clothing which is placed in a trunk or box will help to keep j I I moths from woolen materials I Large flat cardboard boxes make excellent proof moth-proof containers containers con con- Ii if the cracks at the edge con of the cover are sealed by pasting strips of paper over them or if wrapped in several of l unbroken paper Garments packed pack pack- ed away in these boxes should be bej folded carefully with soft paper between the folds I Newspaper because it is more easily torn tom is not so good as firm finn I wrapping paper The idea that that I newspaper print punt keeps away moths is erroneous Naphthalene either 1 in the form of flakes or common moth balls Is one of the most effective ef ef- moth repellents When it itis it itis itis is used freely throughout fabrics fabrics' that have been brushed cleaned sunned and then stored in tight trunks or boxes it is very effective in keeping the moths from enter enter- ing Naphthalene is a repellent rather rother than a fumigant I Fur coats and neck pieces are safest when put into cold storage II If they are to be stored at home they should be shaken brushed I well and aired in the sun for several several several sev sev- j eral hours and then put into mothproof mothproof moth moth- moth moth-I J proof bags They should be hung so that nothing will press upon I the fur If they are taken out shaken and aired in the sun every three or four weeks and then rePlaced replaced re re- placed in the proof moth-proof container contain contain- er there will be much less danger i of moth damage I |