Show remedies against ants the kinds of ants are so numerous and their habits vary so greatly that it will be to ar our advantage to discuss them in groups ants in houses many kinds of ants infest houses sometimes they establish homes there but more frequently the they ly are in search of food this they find in all sorts of edibles and very often a well defined line of travel is established bb tween the ant nest and some source of supply such as a sack of sugar or a store of broad bread crumbs the first rule in such a case is to keep all food and binsol bins of food out of the each boach of the insects tight right jars and bread boxes should be used persistent trapping will reduce ane pest and often drive them awa away y from the promises premises moisten a sponge with sweetened water and put it where the ants are frequently seen they will collect in the sponge in great numbers the sponge niu may y be thrown in boiling water an and id in killed af after ter the sponge has been washed to free it of the dead insects the trap may ay again be set ants athi in tm the rowand Roa dand lawn A vi A IS ehla Jh lA aaen t A Ayn to be Y in these cases this is a very vol active and explosive fluid and cipy ampy be vur purchased chased at the drug store while using this sub stance fire of every description di must be absolutely banished with a sharp stick make holes in the nest and pour in from two to four tablespoonfuls of the she fluid depending on the size of the nest A tub should be im mediately immediately turned over the rest dest and the edges about it tightly chinked with moist earth to lo prevent the escape of the fumes the insects are killed by the gas which is made when the fluid vola volatiles the he tub should remain in place for some hours bours there may be r some ome dan danger daner er to no the grass from the use of this substance but it will seare etly be more serious beriou that than that taftt which the ants will themselves inflict the same remedy is often used under flagging but it is somewhat at more difficult to make a thorough application under these circumstances |