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disturbed by walking and sweeping. Agitation, such as beating, shak- 
ing, or brushing, and exposure to air and sunlight, are old remedies 
and still among the best at command. Various repellents, such as 
tobacco, camphor, naphthaline cones or balls, and cedar chips or sprigs, 
have a certain value if the garments are not already stocked with eggs 
or larvee. The odors of these repellents are so disagreeable to the 
parent moths that they are not likely to come to deposit their eggs as 
long asthe odorisstrong. As the odor weakens the protection decreases, 
and if the eggs or larvee are already present, these odors have no effect 
on their development; while if the moths are inclosed with the stored 
material to be protected by these repellents, so that they can not 
escape, they will of necessity deposit their eggs, and the destructive 
work of the larve will be little, if at all, restricted. After woolens have 
been given a vigorous and thorough treatment and aired and exposed 
to sunlight, however, it is of some advantage in packing them away to 
inclose with them any of the repellents mentioned. Cedar chests and 
wardrobes are of value in proportion to the freedom of the materia] 
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 sub- 
jected to the treatment outlined above. 
To protect carpets, clothes, and cloth-covered furniture, furs, ete., 
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. Doctor 
Howard has adopted a plan which is inexpensive, and which he has 
found eminently satisfactory. For a small 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 
