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inferior article from the store it is best to prepare it at 

 home. 



Newell makes a solution of the corrosive sublimate by 

 heating it in water in a granite ware vessel and dissolving 

 all that the water will take up. After this solution has 

 cooled it is filtered. The solution may be filtered, in the 

 absence of filter paper, through a fine clean quality of 

 cotton batting. Simply place a thick layer of the cotton 

 in a funnel and pour the solution in, giving it time to filter 

 through. The tape is then soaked in this filtered solution 

 and pinned up on the wall to dry. Neither the solution 

 nor the tape should be allowed to come in contact with 

 iron, tin, or steel. When the tape is well made it will 

 remain effective for many months, even a year. 



Tartar emetic mixed with four or five times its volume 

 of sirup and placed about in shallow dishes is an effective 

 remedy against house ants. It is also mixed with sugar 

 at the rate of 1 part tartar emetic, 10 parts sugar, and 

 100 parts of water. This mixture, poured into individual 

 butter plates and set about in a refrigerator or pantry 

 where ants are numerous, has proven very effective. 



Naphthalene flakes have also proven an efficient repel- 

 lent against ants. The material is simply scattered about 

 on the shelves and in the corners frequented by the ants. 

 A somewhat fuller discussion of naphthalene flakes and 

 their use against fleas is given in the chapter on fleas. 



The only method of getting rid of ants permanently is 

 by locating their nests and treating them in such a way 

 that the queen will finally be destroyed. Then no more 

 eggs will be laid and the production of workers will cease. 

 One of the best substances for treating nests to kill the 

 queen and exterminate the workers is carbon bisulfide. 



