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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



To Remove Rust. 

 (1) Saturate the spot with lemon 

 juice; then cover with salt. Let 

 stand in the sun for several hours. 



(2) Cover spots with salts of 

 lemon and pour over it boiling water. 



Mud Stains. — Allow to dry thor 

 oughly; brush; rub spots with alco 

 hoi. 



INSECTS AND THEIR ERADICATION. 



To Exterminate Fleas. 



1-2 lb. of Persian insect powder. 



1-2 lb. of powdered borax. 



1 oz. oil of cedar. 



1-4 oz. oil of pennyroyal. 



This mixture should be put up by a 

 druggist. Close the room tightly. 

 Sprinkle this powder on carpet, furni- 

 ture and beds. Keep the room closed 

 for twenty-four hours. Then oipen 

 all windows and air thoroughly. 

 There will be no fleas, flies or mos- 

 quitoes left. The room can be swept 

 and dusted. This applies nearly as 

 well to roac/hes and waterbugs. 



Mosquito Remedy. 



To clear a sleeping-room of mos- 

 quitoes, take paper, roll it round a 

 lead pencil to form a case, and fill 

 with pyrethrum powder (Persian in- 

 sect powder). Put in little at a lime 

 and press down with a pencil. Set 

 this "tube" in a cup of sand to ttand 

 erect. An hour before bedtime, close 

 the room and light the "tube." For 

 a small room, one is sufficient; for a 

 large room, use two. This method is 

 very effective. 



Ways to Destroy Ants. 



(1) Scrub the shelves and drawers 

 with strong carbolic soap; sprinkle 

 oil of pennyroyal on cotton batting, 

 and put in the places ants frequent. 



(2) A small bag of sulphur kept in 

 a drawer oir cupboard, or a saucer of 

 olive of tar set where they are, will 

 drive them away. 



(3) Red ants can be banished by 

 strewing the shelves with whole 

 cloves. The cloves should be re- 

 newed occasdonally, as they lose 

 strength and decay. 



(4) Tie a cord dipped in kerosene 

 oil round a sugar barrel. It wet with 

 oil every few days, it will keep them 

 away. 



To Destroy Cockroaches. 

 If powdered borax (with a little 

 sugar) is scattered freely where the 

 roaches go, it will not only prevent 

 them coming, but a^so destroy them. 

 In damp and dark closets, under 

 sinks and wash basins, they make 

 their hiding places. Nothing but per- 

 sistent care and neatness will rid one 

 of cockroaches. 



To Exterminate Bedbugs. 



(1) Shut the windows tightly. 

 Leave all clothing in its place, and 

 open trunks and drawers. Put a 

 thick layer of ashes into an iron 

 kettle, on which place live coals. 

 Have no obstacles between yourself 

 and the open door. Put a handful of 

 sulphur on the coals and immediately 

 close the room, leaving it undisturbed 

 for several hours. When opened, the 

 room and contents can be aired and 

 the odor will soo^n be gone. It is 

 rarely that a second fumigation is 

 necessary. 



The same method will destroy 

 moths. 



(2) Blue ointment and kerosene 

 mixed in equal proportions and ap- 

 plied to bedsteads is an unfailing bug 

 remedy. A coat of lime whitewash 

 is ditto to a log house. 



(3) Procure at the druggist's — 

 Oil of pennyroyal, 1 drachm. 

 Turpentine, 8 ounces. 

 Kerosene oil enough to make 1 



gallon. 



This is a good bedbug extermin- 

 ator. 



iVIoths in Carpets. 



Tunn your carpet back about half 

 a yard all round the room. Wash your 

 boards with a saturated solution of 

 camphor. Put it on with a paint- 

 brush. Lay the carpet back, and 

 put over it a towel wrung out of 

 water and camphor. Iron thoroughly 



