Borer in the House
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you or some of your Daisy Chain by chance give me the remedy for getting rid of the common house borer? This certain species of insect is in one part of the house, and is very troublesome. ---A. W. (Wellington). Here is a recipe for killing borer, given me by the friend of a museumworker, who uses it in his occupation. Get it properly made up by a chemist, who will warn you of its danger to human beings, and will label it POISON, 4 drams of corrosive sublimate; 4 drams carbolic acid; 2 pints of methylated spirits. Apply to the furniture with a brush, seeing that the little holes | are well filled.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 113, 22 August 1941, Page 46
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121Borer in the House New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 113, 22 August 1941, Page 46
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