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Show Protection Against Clothes Moths Tho various substances used to keep away moths, such ns tobacco, camphor, napthaleno cones or balls, tarred paper, and cedar chips, havo no effect if tlio eggs nro already present pres-ent In tho clothes, and entomology specialists In tho United States Department De-partment of Agriculture thereforo re-commond re-commond a thorough beating, slink lng, nnd brushing of all articles likely like-ly to nttract moths, beforo they aro laid away for tho summer. Tho brushing of garments is especially Imnortant in order to rcmovo eggs which may have cscuped notlco. If tho articles nro quite froo from eggs or Inrvno when laid nwny, tho odor from tho various repellents nlrcady mentioned or from cedar chests nnd wardrobes will servo to keep tho moths away. This odor, howover, lessens with ago, so that tho protection protec-tion It affords is greatly decreased after a fow years. For this reason when furs and other vnluablo garments gar-ments nro wrapped In tarred paper I or placed in sacks of tarred paper theso containers should bo renewed every year or two. In general moths nro likely to affect af-fect only nrtlcles which aro put away and left undisturbed for somo llttlo tlmo. Apartments and closots that nro frequently nlred nnd swept nro riot npt to bo seriously affected. In fact airing nnd sunlight aro probably tho best ns well as tho oldest remedies. re-medies. Where circumstances do-ruand do-ruand that tho articles bo put away, however, a convenient nnd offectlvo dovlco Is to placo them In largo pasto board boxes such ns tailors uso and gum a strip of wrapping paper around tho edge so ns to seal up tho box completely nnd leavo no cracks. If tho garments havo been thoroughly cleaned beforo boing placed In theso boxes no additional protection Is necessary nec-essary and thero Is nono of tho oh-Jcctlonnblo oh-Jcctlonnblo odor which Is characteristic characteris-tic of so many moth ropollonts. For valunblo articles tho safest plan is to placo them In cold storage Hcceut experiments havo shown that tlio larvae of tho clothes moth will resist for n long tlmo low temperatures tempera-tures if theso nro uniform, but that tho alternation of low nnd high tern poraturcs quickly results In death. It is recommended thereforo that storngo companies submit their goods to two or thrco chnngos, varying vary-ing the tempornturo from about 18 degrees F. to 40 or CO degrees, Fahrenheit. Fah-renheit. After this preliminary treat ment they should bo kopt permanently nt about 40 degrees Fahrenholt. Any lower temperature is n needless expense |