Show getting rid of household pests some years it seems ants anta spiders beetles and other insects appear in greater numbers than I 1 usual and when they do some of them hem inva invariably r bably find their WRY way into the house when this hap pens bens its a good bod idea to take prompt action ants are probably one of the most annoying pests to get into the house one way to get rid of these uninvited visitors is to i use a 5 per cent chlordane cenal dust or a two and one half per cent chlordane spray put the insect insecticide t on or around the ant nes nests ts or runways however if you are using the chlordane I 1 in n any room where food is prepared or eaten be sure that the insect 1 cide does not contact any food also be sure to clean the surfaces on which food is prepared and all utensils after using the insecticide if you dont get all the ants on the first application it may be necessary to repeat it in in about two weeks spiders are arc another pest that often get into the house particularly the basement with the exception of the black widow spider none of the spiders found in this area are harmful incidentally the black widow spider may be identified by its shiny jet black body that has a red hour glass marking on the under side should you get bitten by one of these you should see your physician immediately imme d I 1 a t e I 1 y but as mentioned before the black widow is the only dangerous spider we have in the state the others are merely nuisances when they get in the house in controlling spiders you will find that a two and one half per cent chlordane spray Is effective when applied to the places where the spiders are located if you are troubled by clothes moths you will find a 5 per cent DDT spray effective when applied to infested materials one way to control this pest in clothing is to hang garments outside in hot sunny weather or during below zero weather in the last 10 years the proportion of united states farms with electricity has been more than doubled |