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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL REMEDIES AND PREVENTIVES. 
The bisulphide of carbon by reason of its intensive action is the best 
known remedy against all insects that affect stored products, and for 
this purpose is becoming indispensable, but in addition to its use various 
other measures, principally preventive, may be observed with profit for | 
the preservation of grain against insect attack. The principal coordi- 
nate or additional measures may be summarized as follows: 
(1) Prompt threshing to prevent the Angoumois grain moth, rice 
weevil, and some other species in the extreme South, from obtaining 
access to the granary. 
(2) Inspection, quarantining, and disinfection of infested or suspected 
grain, bags, and machinery before permanent storage. 
(3) Serupulous cleanliness, including the prompt destruction of refuse 
material, which will accomplish much in lessening the chances of injury. 
(4) Conese or refitting the warehouse or mill, espe ea in Warm 
latitudes, with a view to the exclusion of insects. 
(5) Substitution of metal, for wooden, spouts, etc., and the use of 
other improved machinery in mills infested with the flour moth. 
(6) Storage in large bulk, particularly valuable against grain moths. 
(7) Storage in a cool, dry repository, well ventilated to prevent 
“heating.” 
(8) The use of naphthaline as a preservative of small samples in tight 
receptacies. 
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