CHAPTER VIII 



HOUSEHOLD PESTS AND HOW TO FIGHT THEM 



Problems. i. To understand what harm is done by 

 household pests. 



2. To learn the life history of some harmful insects. 



3. To find how household pests can be exterminated. 



Experiment. To work out the life cycle of the fly. 



Project I. To EXTERMINATE FLIES FROM MY HOME. 



1. Find details of various methods of getting rid of flies. Traps, 

 tanglefoot, poison papers, liquids, and powders. 



2. Find details of means of preventing production of flies which 

 will be of value in your particular place. Care of breeding places. 



3. Make a plan of campaign and carry it out. 



4. Make a complete report of your project. State to what ex- 

 tent the fly nuisance has been abated. 



Suggested Projects. 



1. TO RID THE HOUSE OF RATS AND MICE. 



2. TO WORK OUT METHODS OF FIGHTING OTHER HOUSEHOLD 

 PESTS. 



3. TO PREPARE PROPER CONTAINERS, AND STORAGE SPACE FOR 

 CLOTHES, AND TO KEEP WINTER CLOTHING OVER SUMMER SAFE FROM 

 MOTHS. 



What household pests do. What a pleasant place the 

 world would be to live in if it were not for the flies and mos- 

 quitoes which annoy us, fleas and bedbugs which bite us, 



