INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1903. 



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cockroaches or croton bug-s as being the best, if nut the only, 

 efifective remedy, outside of fumigation. 



Some rehef was obtained by keeping in the Ijath room of a 

 rented house where roaches were troublesome an atomizer half 

 Riled with kerosene, and turning a spray upon any "bug," }-oung 

 or old, when observed. A touch of this spray was all that was 

 necessary, for although Mr. Cockroach ran away after being wet, 

 subsequent- observations demonstrated the fact that he could not 

 escape his doom, and in every case was soon on his back, kick- 

 ing his feet in the air, in a last struggle. 



But the careful housekeeper might object to the use of kero- 

 sene on the ground of its unpleasant odor and the danger of stain- 

 ing the walls. 



Fig. 101.— "Some relief was obtained by keeping 



kerosene." 



* * an atomizer half filled with 



Sweet oil in low glass dishes was tried with only partial suc- 

 cess. A so-called "Electric Paste" was also used, but as far as 

 could be observed with absolutely no results. We then turned 

 to powdered borax, using it freely in the kitchen, with marked 

 success. This was sprinkled in cracks about the sink, along the 

 top of baseboards, near the sink, and elsewhere wherever there 

 were cracks which afforded the insects a hiding place. By a gen- 

 erous use of this substance, persisted in for two weeks, the room, 

 in fact, we may say the premises, were entirely freed from this 

 disgusting pest. Others to whom it has been recommended re- 

 port the same success, and in conversation with other economic 

 entomologists we hear imcjup.lified praise for the "borax method." 



