Show New Device Controls Cancer o of Buildings Pipes Enable Chemical I ITo To Reach Termites Termites the cancer of buildings build ings now can be controlled Through all the ages the tiny insect that feasts on wood in homes farm buildings buildings build build- ings and other structures has been beena a constant destroyer Annual property prop erty losses run far into the millions Ordinary control measures could not get at the intricate tunnels hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den away in difficult and impossible to reach places A new device hailed as an effective effective tive Live means of the destructive destructive destructive de de- de- de pest was demonstrated at atthe atthe atthe the annual convention of the National Nation Nation- al Association of Home Builders in Chicago by W. W B B. B Hill of Memphis Tenn Term nationally known as a termite expert His method consists of installing a series of slotted pipes at the time of construction in all inaccessible areas including filled dirt porches sun parlors stoops steps and fire fire- places Annually a perforated pipe is slipped into the allotted pipes and andall andall andall all hidden areas are treated with a powerful chemical toxic blown W I Y 6 In this novel display a colony of termites is feasting on tho the framework in a model home structure It provides dramatic proof of the destructive ability of the tiny insects through openings in the pipes Hill who has spent 20 years figurin figuring figur figur- In ing ways of waging war on the termite ter mite also has devised a display showing live termites at work Enclosed Enclosed Enclosed En En- closed in glass his small scale model mod el home has an army of hungry termites termites ter ter- mites actually at work constructing their intricate network of mud tunnels tun tunnels nels or shelter tubes It shows the worker the soldier on guard and the immature you young g potential queen queeD who swarms in the spring |