ANTI=MOTH CAMPAIGN

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20910, 15 September 1939, Page 3

ANTI=MOTH CAMPAIGN

Spring cleaning should have cleared the house of any possibility of moths, for what they liked most arc dust, darkness, and lack of disturbance. There are many preparations now obtainable for keeping one’s possessions free of moth during the summer. Fumigant paper which is 30 times as strong as naphthaline, can be bought in discs of 3£in. diameter lor scattering among clothes in drawers and cupboards, or the paper can be bought in continuous rolls. All smell will go from clothes so treated by an hour’s airing. Cedar paper can be bought for lining drawers and cupboards, and so keeping them clear of moths. There is a pine tar paper for the same purpose which can he bought in large sheets and is useful, therefore, for rolling up. carpets or curtains to be put away for the summer, as well as lur coats and heavy clothing. A moth-killing liquid is sold in bottles with spray for using if, or an outfit can be bought with a bottle of dry cleaner for removing stains and greasemarks from clothes before putting them away—a bottle ol‘ liquid and a bulb spray. Packets of scented powder made from flowers and pine trees can be used to keep clothes free of moths, or a special powder put up in sprinkler containers for use on carpets, upholstery, and tapestry. In addiLion to these preventives there is a big selection of inexpensive chests, cupboards, bags, and boxes for storing clothes in the summer.