THE HOUSE BDRER.
Sir,—l Was much interested in the article' . on "Tho Rouse Borer," by "Dry_:Rot, ,? in>to-- , clay's issue of/Tiie Dominion,;>but;.l, think' f tho writer is mistaken if he supposes the in- -■ sect keeps always insidorthe; : wpo.d.. T I-,kno\i; . that, about mid-summer,-1.- presume -at -pair?[ing time, they oome out,aiid buzz afiout'ii
great numbers, ,as I;have often watched them' when I lived in a. house in Blenheim, - that was just riddled with them. .1 believe . I have a certain cure for the borer. It is a poisonous "liquid, the composition of which I am-ignorant,bf.'; I.have about two dozen bottles'on hand, and I may state that Ido not derive any pecuniary advantage from the sale of:them, as they belong to a poor man in ill-health, who cannot afford to advertise : his insecticide.'—l .am, etc., : ; '- ; ;'-:.■>'•' :..-V. 0. W. ADAMS. -A Belloyue;Road, Hutt, January 6, 1909.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 9
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142THE HOUSE BDRER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 9
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