Ants and Silverfish
Dear Aunt Daisy, First-Ants! We have such-unaccount-able hordes of these pests that a halfcrown bottle of mixture seems to be regarded by them merely as "Sauce Piquant." I wonder if any of your Chain have discovered something that will keep them away! Second-I experimented with Silver Fish and completely eradicated these destructive pests by placing bunches of
pennyroyal about their haunts. This is such a simple thing that I’m sure some of your Chain will be glad to try it. Perhaps someone knows of some other pungent, smelly plant that would make ants strike one from their visiting list.
Anty
(Auckland).
Many thanks for passing on your happy experience with pennyroyal. 1 have had excellent results trom this mixture for ants: Beat into a syrup 2 cupfuls of sugar, 2 cupfuls of water, and 1 tablespoon of honey. Add 1/- worth ot arsenate of soda. Mix and boil for a tew minutes. This is POISON, so use carefully and label the jar. Put it in shallow tin-lids where the ants come. I used to pour this mixture straight on to the boards of pantry or kitchen or wherever the black crawling carpet of ants appeared; leave it tor a day or two, before cleaning it up, despite the nasty look of it. Golden syrup could be substituted tor honey-or a little extra sugar.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 193, 5 March 1943, Page 11
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226Ants and Silverfish New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 193, 5 March 1943, Page 11
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