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loose wall paper and in or near bookcases, and particularly 

 in basements near furnaces and other warm locations. 



TERMITES 



Treat the soil around the timbers that are to be pro- 

 tected with a 5 % DDT-kerosene solution. One treatment 

 will remain effective for at least two seasons. 



TICKS 

 Brown Dog Tick 



About the only tick found in large numbers in homes 

 is the brown dog tick. This tick hides in cracks and crevices 

 about baseboards, and in floor coverings. After getting their 

 meal of blood from dogs or other animals, the ticks return 

 to their hiding places. 



Treatment of dogs and the building premises with 10% 

 DDT powder for eradication of fleas, as described previously, 

 will effeaively control this tick. However, DDT kills the 

 tick slowly, and powder sprinkled around the floors should 

 be permitted to remain for about 2 weeks. Although it 

 cannot be used on the animals themselves, a 5 % DDT-kero- 

 sene spray is very effective against the brown dog tick when 

 applied to walls, floors, rugs and other hiding places of the 

 insea. 



Fowl Ticks 



Poultry houses infested with fowl ticks can be success- 

 fully treated with 5 % DDT in kerosene. The perch poles, 

 cracks and crevices, behind and beneath nesting boxes, and 

 other potential hiding places of the tick should be thorough- 



