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freedom of the material from infestation when stored away; but, as 
the odor of the wood is largely lost with age, in the course of a few 
years the protection greatly decreases. Furs and such garments may 
also be stored in boxes or trunks which have been lined with heavy 
tar paper used in buildings. New papering should be given to such 
receptacles every year or two. Similarly, the tarred paper moth bags 
obtainable at dry-goods houses are of some value; always, however, 
the materials should first be subjected to the treatment outlined above. 
To protect carpets, clothes, and cloth-covered furniture, furs, etc., 
these should be thoroughly beaten, shaken, brushed, and exposed as 
long as practicable to the sunlight in early spring, either in April, 
May, or June, depending on the latitude. The brushing of garments 
is a very important consideration, to remove the eggs or young larve 
which might escape notice. Such material can then be hung away 
in clothes closets which have been thoroughly cleaned, and, if neces- 
sary, sprayed with benzine about the cracks of the floor and the 
baseboards. If no other protection be given, the garments should be 
examined at least once a month during summer, brushed, and, if neces- 
sary, exposed to the sunlight. 
It would be more convenient, however, so to inclose or wrap up such 
material as to prevent the access of the moths to it, after it has once 
been thoroughly treated and aired. This can be easily effected in the 
case of clothing and furs by wrapping tightly in stout paper or inclos- 
ing in well-made bags of cotton or linen cloth or strong paper. Dr. 
L. O. Howard has adopted a plan which is inexpensive, and which he 
has found eminently satisfactory. For asmall sum he secures a num- 
ber of the large pasteboard boxes, such as tailors use, and in these 
packs away all winter clothing, gumming a strip of wrapping paper 
around the edge, so as to seal up the box completely and leave no 
cracks. These boxes with care will last many years. With thorough 
preliminary treatment it will not be necessary to use the tar-impreg- 
nated paper sacks sold as moth protectors, which may be objection- 
able on account of the odor. 
In the case of furniture or carriages, covered or lined with woolen 
cloth, stored or left unused for the summer, examination and thor- 
ough brushing should be given at least monthly. Spraying monthly 
with benzine or naphtha or sponging with dilute corrosive sublimate 
has been recommended, but due regard should be given to the 
inflammability of these sprays and to the poisonous nature of the 
corrosive sublimate. 
The method of protection adopted by one of the leading furriers of 
Washington, D. C., who also has a large business and experience in 
storing costly furs, etc., is practically the course already outlined. 
Furs when received are first most thoroughly and vigorously beaten 
with small sticks, to dislodge all loosened hair and the larve or moths. 
