To Make Fly Papers
Dear Aunt Daisy, Do you happen to have a recipe among your files for making sticky fly papers? I want a good strong solution that will hold the flies fast once they alight on the papers; and I want to make the papers to lie on tables, etc. The flies are so plentiful in the kitchen they sound like ( Continued on next page)
ft (Continued from previous page) a swarm of bees, and are driving me crazy.-M.W., Auckland. Heat a small quantity of resin and add sufficient castor oil to give it the consistency of honey when cold. Spread on sheets of strong parchment or other paper, and place where flies abound. It can also be spread on wires, and hung up. The best proportions are 8 parts of resin to 5 parts of castor oil.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 22
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140To Make Fly Papers New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 22
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