MOTHS AND MICE

Shannon News, 8 January 1929, Page 4

MOTHS AND MICE

HOW ; TO DANISH»THEM. ]

"I'have a' very good carpet and! ■ t am afraid-that the moths have got into : " it'- 'Can you-tell me anything I_«i a » do* for'it? • 'Also how to get rid jof . mice?" asks a correspondent oi tne - 'Australian Home Beautiful.' j • If the' moths -have already damaged i ■ the- carpet there .is nothing to be dohe, ■ except to darn it carefully with wools ''■■ • that follow the colours of the pattern ■•'- of the carpet. To ensure that no m6re '(■-.,eggs hatch out and do any more dajm- .-> age? .wring out a cloth in a mixture|of - half a- gallon of boiling water andf a -;--.quarter of a pound of rock- ammonjia. •'■ -. 'Lay- this on' the carpet and -press all ■• over With an iron. .Repeat this-process •' until the whole carpot has been ironed. ' -The'Steam will kill any eggs that may "■' been left in. i >-• Precaution -is really, the only 'cure 'Vfor-rnQths. - Alum sprinkled under car- "'• pets'and in the folds of -upholsteryi is '..-. said to keep- them-away. Another - method is to sweep carpets, etc.,.regu- '•■~-' f larly with -crushed- rock salt. - Some brimstone of cloves scattered -among ""-vdrawer's'and Shelves is another preven- . • tive.

Mice usually „only. enter. where they can obtain food. ' The first essential ..t"is towcleaT *away. all-crumbs, etc., last •*i.-thing ati night J and to see that all food a- >is-'Securely, put ; away in wired-in fcafos ■ 4 ?—or soriie other.inaccessible place. Ex-; ,f> : -> amine the' walls' and skirting boards for h /.'any. holes, and-stop up even the tiniest mixture of soap and pep--;U".per. .ft Sprinkle poisoned -wheat freely: .<" 'ifcthere are noi domestic' pets' in the ,«>4iouse.. M'Anothor good method is to put a. few drops of oil of peppermint on- - - pieces of cotton-wool and scatter these the nuce are in the habit ofcoming.