Show T I BEDBUG IS NOT DISGRACE IF STEPS TAKEN TO DESTROY IT L Ij 4 I III I I I L- L i Ill I I In j ii I I U L nr c- c 1 ir- ir Mj M l 1 r Ii 1 t J I t J j rP V tf F 7 V V j tI l Various VarIous Potions Polon Useful In n Eradication of Pests Pest Prepared t by 7 tb the United States State Department V of A Agriculture V a T Trunks inks wraps and traveling bags may nay may furnish a means of at transporting bedbugs into the house louse Not mire mire- Infrequently they access to Impeccably clean clean premises s In the laundry basket Sometimes they migrate from tram one house to another or from one apartment apart apart- ment to another along clong heating or water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter pipes The only odium atta attaching to the discovery discover of a bedbug is failure failure fail tall ure to take immediate steps to eradicate eradicate eradicate cate it with all ilI its possible progeny Out Outside l le of at the tile question of ot personal discomfort caused by their bites bedbugs bedbugs bed bed- V bugs ore are re possible carriers of disease and nd therefore are dangerous house house- mates Bedbugs hide in the daytime in erack Inthe the wall or wood trim of ot the room under wall paper in Joints joInts joInts' of the fhe he bedstead or spring in the t tufts fr binding ng of ot the mattress They come comeI out ant ut at night II In search of at foods food which I is human blood The same bedbug it itIs Is believed bites only once in from six sixto SIXto to ten days retiring to digest its enormous enormous enormous enor enor- meal in quiet more bites IndIcate Indicate Indi IndI- cate a serious infestation which should be promptly dealt with V Fumigation Is Effective Fumigation of ot a badly infested house or room with hydro acid gas is the most efficient remedy but owing wIng to the deadly poisonous nature of the gas this method must be used only by careful and well informed per per- sons Farmers Farmers' Bull Bulletin gives di dl- dIrectIons directions for this kind of at fumigation Farmers Farmers' Bulletin describes the life lite history habits and and means of con con- of the bedbug Both bulletins aro ro available upon application to the United States Department of ot Agriculture ture as long as Vas the supply lasts The fumes of burning sulphur are recommended as a remedy some conditions The They readily destroy the Insect In all stages stage Including the egg egg- There is however some risk of ot Injury to fo hangings wall papers and fabrics from the strong bleaching blenching quality of sulphur fumes gas and the vapors vapors of benzine and camphor which I are re som sometimes tImes used are of little lIttIe value alue and Insect powders are not effective because they do not nut get into crevices Best Beat S Simple mple Control Method The best simple method of ot control is I a i liberal b ral application of benzine bemIne kerosene or gasoline Introduced wI with h small feathers or brushes or r injected with s syringes into all crevices of beds eds furniture re or walls wall where the insects might be concealed The baseboard and picture molding of the room should be given attention and also the backs backs' of at pictures Corrosive sublimate and oil allot of turpentine may also be used in this way Many of the commercial remedies offered for sale contain one or another of these Ingredients Hot water will destroy both bugs and eggi eggs if it can be used without damaging the furniture ture The most Important part of ot the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- against the pest is a n daily dally Inspection inspection inspection in In- of beds bedding seams bindIng binding binding bind bind- ing and tufts tufts' of mattresses and all parts of the spring and bedstead walland walland wall walland and room where the vermin might be concealed All 1 t it e House Howe j Gasoline Is an excellent germicide for tor plumbing pipes S S S Good gored aprons can be made from old skirts especially white linen ones S S S Put a teaspoonful of ot powdered borax In cold Fold starch It gives extra stiffness to linen S 'S S S Be certain the childrens children's lunch bo box contains nourishing food a ns well wIl as ap ap- 5 5 S STurn Turn Tum the mattresses dally daily at least an hour before making the beds t they ey will last much longer S S S I Scraped raw potato Is soothing to a 8 burn and Is very good to bind to a swelling or Infected sore where there Is inflammation A good home remedy remely for tor childrens children's sore soe feet c t V V r V V V V J V V V |