FUMIGATING. 



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(2) When fumigating, do BO in a place to which no one can get 

 access while fumigation 

 is proceeding. 



(3) Allow no lights, 

 no pipes, cigarettes, or 

 any form of fire near 

 the fumigation. 



(4) Should the smell 

 of carbon bisulphide be 

 noticed, do not go near 

 with a light. 



(5) There is danger 

 from the vapour only if 



Fig- 3. 



Scale '/2 . 



Water 



it is mixed with air and it can be readily smelt ; should the bottle leak, 

 remove it, pour the fluid into another bcttle and air the room or the place 

 where the smell is noticed. 



(6) Do not stand a bottle of carbon bisulphide in the sunlight or 

 in any place where it will become hot. 



(7) Never take a bottle of carbon bisulphide near a fire or lighted 

 lamp. 



FIG. 313. 



Timler-loring Beetle. 

 a, larva ; b, o, imago ; d, antenna ; e, timber. (Magnified.) 



For fi migating small quantities of seeds, the box figured above can 

 be used, the lid of which fits into a groove filled with water which forms 



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