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Show CEDAR CHESTS YILL PROTECT WOOL CLOTHING FROM MOTHS Chests made of red cedar heart-wood heart-wood are effective, if in good condition-and thoroughly tight, in protecting protect-ing clothing from clothes moths',- It has beTe'li found by the United States Department of Agriculture. That is, provided proper precautions are ta-j ken first to beat, brush and, if possi- i ble, sun all articles before they are placed in chests. Since it is the odor of red cedar that kills young moth worms, special spec-ial care should be taken to prevent undue escape of the aroma from the chests. Chests at all times should remain re-main tightly closed except when the clothing is being removed or placed in them, and this procedure should be accomplished quickly. Clothes moths during their growth grow-th pass through different, stages known as the adult or moth miller, the worm or larva, and the pupa stages. It is only the larva or worm that damages fabrics. The moth miller mil-ler merely lays the eggs from which the worms hatch. Cedar chests (it: not kill the moth miller, its eggs or pupae. Neither do they kill the larvae la-rvae or worms after they have become be-come one-half to full grown. Cedar chests, It has been found, do kill young worms. Practically a1 moth worms hatching within the chests die within one or two weeks after hatching, and a . surprisingly large number within two or three days. Of the worms hatching within cedar chests, from the 2.074 eggs rer corder In experimental work, none were found alive one month from the date the eggs were placed in the chests. Since cedar chests kill only the very young worms, it is of great importance im-portance that clothing be brushed and beaten before it is placed In them. If this is thoroughly done, the Oder resistant worms are removed and many of the eggs and young worms are killed. If clothing is cleaned and brushed with great care and imemdiately rolled tight with naphthalen in sev- j eral thicknesses of unbroken paper, it will remain unmolested by moths The ends of the package must be doubled back and secure!'.' tied or senled so no moth can crawl into the npeknee at the ends. Clothes moths will not eat through paper under ordinary- conditions. One or two pounds of fresh naphthalene nlaccd in nnv chest constructed as tightly as pre cedar chests will protect clothing from moth damage just as well a? cedar chests. |