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attics but never used are prolific breeding places for these 

 moths and should be taken out and burned. 



Howard early suggested a method of putting away 

 winter wraps and garments for storage during the summer 

 which is practical and efficient, as we know from experi- 

 ence. He goes to the tailor shop and purchases a few 

 common pasteboard suit boxes and in these the garments 

 to be stored are neatly folded away. Then the cracks 

 around the edges of the cover are sealed by pasting strips 

 of paper over them. This makes a tight box that excludes 

 all moths. The boxes, with care, last several years. 



Another method of storing clothes is given by a resident 

 of the city of Washington. He has a wooden chest to 

 hold his clothes. In the cover of the chest he has bored a 

 large hole and on the under side of the cover, directly under 

 the hole, he has tied a large sponge. In the middle of the 

 summer he pours a little carbon bisulfide on the sponge 

 and closes the hole with a cork. In this way, he keeps the 

 clothes free from injury. 



Washburn uses a somewhat similar method. He has a 

 large galvanized iron chest with a tight-fitting cover in 

 which the garments are stored. During the summer he 

 opens the chest occasionally and pours four tablespoonfuls 

 of carbon bisulfide in a saucer on top of the clothes and 

 shuts the cover. In this way he kills whatever larva? 

 may have hatched from eggs desposited on the clothes 

 before they were stored away. 



Finally, moth proof paper bags of large size are now 

 offered for sale at many drug stores in the larger towns. 

 The bags are large enough to receive skirts and coats 

 without folding and they are so constructed that moths 

 cannot gain entrance to the inside. These bags are safe 



