PART III. 



INSECTS IN THE HOUSE. 



ANTS. 



Iie(J Anfst. 



a. A s^iALL bag of kept in a drawer or cup- 



board ^vill drivo away red auts. 



h. Scatter branches sweet fern ^vliere tlier congre- 

 gate. 



c. Place half-picked bones of meat here and there on 

 the shelves and wherever the auts resort, and on visiting 

 them an hour after\^ ard they Avill be covered with ants. 

 Have a bucket of scalding water in hand, and drop the 

 swarming bones into it. ^lany th( nsands may be de- 

 stroyed by til is plan. 



(1. Pieces nf coarse sponge dipped in treacle (molasses) 

 water will do as vrell as the bones. 



e. Sugar-boxes and barrels and anything in tlie house 

 can 1)0 freed from ants by drawing a wide chalk mark 

 just around the edge of the top of them. The mark 



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