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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-05-28, Page 6ARE FARM HOMES UN ER EQUIPPED? The,Average Canadian Woman Carries Over a Tarn of eater Each Day. BY TOGGLE. Apiculture or farming, unlike) teaching, storekeeping, banking or inanufacturing, is a family affair,' Itl is a rare thingwhen a single man manages a farm, for.. profit, success- fully and continuously. The wife Is •a necessary partner in the farm busi- ness, She has an equal partin mak- ing " a full and comfortable livitigl from the land," and in leaving •"the farm more P reductive than ha n when taken," and her's is theMajor part in rearing a fancily carefully and well, and being of goodserrice to the com- munity. If these statements aretrue, equip- mentortant as for living g is as important equipment fox ope atrvn. Machinery y and labor-saving ing devices have bene- fited the farmer greatly. Modern im lrovemeu s have entered the farm- er's rm- e °s home and benefited the farmer's wife relatively a very small extent. Y Imagine the average farm home with no modern improvements: Picture the wife rising early to light a fire in a cold kitchen; follow her through the routine of the day's work; bear with her until the children are in bed and the mending done. Now let es bring into play the magic of Aladdin's lamp. Give her a modern kitchen and the plain house conveniences. Just those that would be found in any Mod- erate city home. A sink with hot and cold running water, a heating plant, a bath room, with septic tank for sew- age disposal, a lighting plant, pos- sibly a power separator, an electric flat iron and vacuum cleaner. Now view the picture at the enol of the day. The hardest Work has been removed, the work ay has been made shorter. time it is handled. It will be a ton or snore. Second, running water offers new opportunities for health, comfort and increased efficiency. Piped to a con- veniently located sink in the kitchen, it will take some of the dread from dishwashing; piped over the tubs in a laundry room it will take some of the labor out of wash day. It will. make possiblea plumbing system and a fully equipped bath room. system of the most a water most economical conveniences to in- stall and the operating expenses and depreciation are low. A system to furnish hot and cold water may be, and had for about thirty all dollars when P y arcs may be used later w hPn a more complete system r r is installed. Before extensive plumbing can be g system ro- is neces- i installed in a furor home,t it t heatin • to" neces- sary to have a Y P tett it from freezing, To attempt to heat the whole house by stoves would cost much more than with a central heating plant and the house would not be well heated at that. Of the methods of heating fart. houses, other than stoves, that of the hot-air furnace is the most common. Since e water system must precede plumbing, and a heating plant is nec- essary to protect pipes, plumbing must at least take third place in order of installation of improvements in the farm home. The facts that commercial concerns have persistently and coesistently ad- vertised lighting plant;, and that light makes a better display than other im- provements, are reasnrs why many farmers have installed lighting plants before they have water systems, THE REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD FARMER Someone has given us four requirements for a good farmer: First, the ability to make a full and comfort- able living from the land. - Second, to rear. a family cerefully and well. Third, to be of good service to 'he community. Fourth, to leave the.farm more productive than it Was when he took it. Imagine the joy and ,atisfaction at having some leisure time—over and Above that required for sleep. And what would it cost? A long spell of sickness with the incident loss of tirne would put in' the most import- ant of the conveniences. The price of an enclosed model of a popular make of small ear would buy the whole Plant. Equipment for efficient farms living should have equal place if not prefer- ence over equipment for operating. No farm ran be considered equipped for efficient work until the, commissary and sanitary departments are on an efficient basis. Let us consider the cost and rela- tive importance of what we shall call, "The Big Five" of modern improve- ments, water supply, heating, plumb- ing, lighting and power equipment. "I have $400 to spend on improve- ments in our home. Which shall I put in, a lighting plant, a furnace, a water system, or can I put in a bathroom?" This question was recently asked by a farmer. Many farmers have the same question to decide. The ans- wer will vary In individual cases. However, in the majority of cases, after careful consideration, the ans- wer will be the same. Hot and cold running water in the farm home offers three distinct ad- vantages. First, the saving of labor and strength is great. It would be enlightening to every farmer and his wife to calculate the •rctual pounds of water handled in a day, including each plumbing,, or a heating system,. The electric plant makes possible many electric driven appliances, as vacuum cleaner, electric washer, flat iron, toaster, etc. But it doubtful even when this is considered, whether, from: the standpoint of comfort derived andi labor saved, the light plant can be given higher than fourth place am-: ong home improvement••. The remaining itein of the "Big; Five" in home conveniences is power! equipment. This includes power wash -1 ing machine, power driven cream sep-i arator, churn, and vaeuun cleaner.! While electricity is most convenionti for operating these machines', the gas -1 olino engine has solved the problem; on many farms. The gasoline engine; has been a great boon for farmers. It is a self-contained, compact, conven-I fent power plant that may be added in large or small units. From benefits derived and the low, cost, it appears that the first improve-; ment to install in the farm home is; running water. The heating plaint must be installed to protect the plumb-, ing which comes third, followed by the' lighting plant. Power equipment, not, being dependent on other improve-: ments, may be added as occasion de -1 mends. Surely everyone believes that life! on the farm should be satisfying, hap -1 Py end prosperous, and that it can not be so without some leisure time,, for every member of the family. Then • let us determine to provide modern conveniences as finances permit. Chase Dingy -Looking Colors Out of Your Kitchen. Why not bighten up your kitchen after the dinginess of winter? It can be made attractive for summer by using paint and varnish, making fresh curtains, and possibly getting a new covering for• the floor. Dingy -looking colors are to be avoid- ed in the kitchen. Clean and clear, yet subdued colors, make a much more cheerful -looking and comfortable. workshop. Ivory and cool shades of gray, tan, and blue -gray can be used for the wails,: with a lighter shade for the ceiling. Additional color can be used in the curtains, the linoleum, or in a border stenciled around the wall next to the ceiling. Cool tonce of gray with pink or blue check curs ins and white enameled woodwork, ot• ivory walls andblue painted furniture do a great deal to freshen up,a chill kitchen. Calcimine is a cheap, sanitary fin- ish for the walls, and gives a fresh, clean-loolcing surface. This finish can be put on by the average hor_ewife. Paint is a much more durable finish 'and it can easily be washed, but r a little more enpensive and hard.: to put on. Paper is not piss icai for Ca.; kitehen. i yore• old tables and chairs • IP /Yr rick rack braid'.' But when developed •^- 1// ped 77, 04.1-61-- A NEAT HOUSP,-1)R1fSS. Every woman, whether a bride of a few weeks or of ;nature years, de- sires to look her hest on all occasions. This simple house dress or apron, No. 1066, is easel, made.. It has but two pieces; front and back, with fullness in the skirt, obtained by means of slashes at low waislaine. We illus trate this pleasing pattern in gingham with plain chambray pockets on whicl are appliqued a simple design. The neck and sleeve edges are finished with iw soft dim Cy, lightweight muslin or hn•en, the housewife Ands she ;has a dress ready for duty any time of the day. Cut in sizes 34 to 48 inches bust. Sire 38 requires 3% yards of 36 -inch material. Pattern 20 cents. A "Change -About" Kitchen. I•Iavo as many things aspossible in your 'kitchen fitted with casters;, as, the kitchen table, the stool on which you sit when preparing foods, the woodbox, the flour chest, the fire- less cooker, and so on. If you use a coal oil or gasoline stove, have it, fastened securely onto 0 low wooden platform that is fitted with strong casters, so you may move it to suit your convenience. All this will not be h it. worth t n � expensive and ,elle>well P A kitcen arrangement, you u see , n time the year that is .good at one Y tl may be just the reverse at another time, because of light or heat. Also the kind of work yogi are do- ing conven- ience. makes a difference as ironing it Tian r For instant when ionce. g is best to have h � the ironing g • board and the stove near together, to avoid extra Ifhe ironing"board cannot steps. . t is because of b be moved near the stove the light, it is nice to be able to roll youp-coal oil- or gasoline stove near the ironing board, so you have only to reach out to get a hot iron. When canning fruit, or doing any other sea- sonal work, it may be desirable to move your table or. stove. And on wash days you may like many things moved out of:your way. This "change -about" plan is emi- nently practicable. If you once try casters on everything, you never again will be willing to work where every- thing is stationary the year round— unless yours is a "model" Hitchen, ela Pineapple Vegetable Salad. One cup choppedg .�abba e, 1 cup celery, 1 cup drained grated pine- apple, French dressing. Mix cabbage,' celery, and pineapple thoroughly with French dressing. Let 1 it stand for one hour before serving, then serve on crisp lettuce leaf.— Mrs, A. P. JUST INSIDE YOUR DOOR Your Hall Makes the First Impression on Your Guests— Is it Favorable? BY JULIA WOLFE. Pobably your hall is quite small, and has at least three doors opening from it, and a flight of stairs to be fitted in somewhere; not much chance of making it Look interesting, but you can make it a cheerful spot, never let it be a dull one. First of all, it wants some calor in it. The walls should not be dark red or brown, or even that eaft deep gray green you may have in mind as "use- ful." Leave such colors for spacious halls with plenty of light. Have your wails cream, yellow, or even a pretty shade of light blue, ami then you can have dark painted or emitted wood- work to show it up. Whether the walls are painted, papered or what nut, the small hall must be light. Your floor covering niay be stained boards, linoleum, or any one of the many commercial floor coverings. But with the two first -mentioned those gay oval rush mats are the best things for bringing in a splash of colo. Oae 4n yellow, blue and green, would be a good choice with cream walls. You can buy a plain square um- brella stand and place it in the most inconspietlons corner. The old-fash- ioned hall -stand always had a nnirror and you surely should have a mirror, but not the old-fashioned stand. A plain oval or oblong one, framed ie wood to snatch the umbrella stand, is much better taste than an "oxydized" one. If at all possible, hang it op- posite the principal source of light, with a little paint and enamel. These, finished in gray, blue, ivory, or green,. with a simple design of two or three• bright colors stenciled on them, help to make an unattractive kitchen cheer- ful. Old coffee and baking powder cans painted and enameled in bright' colors can be used for cereals and spices, and at the same time add, bright spots to a white 1 itchc A! plant or a small window box also, help to add freshness. - 1 Crisp white curtains add freshness and attractiveness to the kitchen.' Japuusae toweling, colored cambr i;. or vole, and gingham mahe effective cur- tains that are washable, and help to: carry the color• sche.nre :around the; ;corn, --o— My; garden marker is made thus: I 'onnk a rear wheel from 0 fiivver and knocked the ion rim oft. Then I drill-; ed three -eighths -inch holes in tire! wooden rim between the spokes and' bolted' tapered lugs two inches wide' l by three inches high to it, and mount - led the wheel on a frame made of one-'. half-inch gas-pipesinii!ar to`a wheel baareow frame. By wheeling this Clown' the roes i can tarsi,: my hills sr plants - six nick a Iwo e. rn h>>, 18 inches,' case by 1e ring .he ii, s. --i', i:. 'f i,e Prince of Wales, siaming ,beside Admiral Halsey, acknowledges c et rs from the cunrterdeck U.M.S. Ie2nlsb, voyaging along the coast of A rut is the ;utu-of leaatres!staneo. Africa. -witha visit to SouthAmerica toYellow. • and by reflection it will stake your hall seers very much brighter than before. And now you most likely have room for a "hall chair," but all the same I would not buy one if you have not one already. Who site on them? You don't, your fancily does not, and most oer- tainly your: guests do not, If you must have a chair in the hall, see that it is very plain. A simaI'l- hail -table is always con- venient; one with a drawer that you can keep shoes, etc., in when you are in a hurry. One of 'plain dark oak, oblong in shape—about two feet by fifteen inches, is a good size. Such a table should have no cover and no ornament save a bowl of flowers, and that is where you can bring in an- other bit of color. Get a gaily colored bowl. Pictures, if any, should be black and white sketches or etchings, of ease bright colored prints—don't mix them. Never have big pictures in the hall, two or three small ones are better. You may have a little window that nerds curtains; but do not shut otic all the light. Why not make curtains of plain net? I1 gives you privacy, yet admt s the maximum of daylight. In orange, or leaf green, it will just suit your hall. Have as few things as possible in the small hall. WILD SBA y1 �i BRIE$ BY LUCY RANI)ALL COMFORT, "You are very quiet this evening, i was already so einpleausantiy acquaint- Kitty," said ,Grandmamma Corbin. ed with the nature of.e,ectricity; bat Kitty sat in her usual place at' the the faster and faster she ran, the mare round table, where the,'cheerful light i hopelessly the seemed : to lose, herself of the student -lamp fell upon the in the gloomy depths of ;he forest, pages of her geography; but she was The scared rabbits that . dashed not studying. She sat staring down across her path seemed panthers, or at the red -and -black pattern of the wolves; the I:arsnlees little striped table covet`, with her chin' resting .in, snakes that writhed,themselves into the hol•:ow of her hands, rocky crevices became, in her startled "Yes, grandmamma, I am quiet," eyes, rattlesnakes or poisonous adders; said Kitty, with a sigh. the dense hemlock woods -grew darker "Aro your lessons hard to -night?" and more tangled; and, although - it "It isn't my lessons, • randmamnra," was scarcely;' more than sunset; the said Kitty, with a big sob in her darkness of twi;ight hacl settled over throat; "it's my conscience." everything, as the rain began to pet - "What c the child ter dawn in swift glisteningsheets. earth dos e tat ou , ;Vl •„ �Corbin, Justmontane when r ndmam ma at that v said'. G a Y mean?" moment, n tosink down in despair? wasttofts ccv b spectacles. ver herP eerie o peering blackher wayin She was a nice old lady, in a convinced that she had lost he dress and a white lace cap, with a the tempest,. a cheerful red light. string of gold beads around her; neck streamed', through the etoimiy, dark togo ness Thesoundoa. hum i voice ofn =just the sort. of grandmotherr a .Kitty struck uponears. i le. Se .K st t k her e to,in any sort of trete Y Y r" to "Little1 it said hide her fa girl! little girl!" vn andg jumped doe arg J P , on the old lady's shoulder, "what is the matter?" " , Ps were line mit's the fairies. cried Kttt • "You said our conscrenc.,. ), "1c .,. r ndinunma said breathlessly. a v alarm clocks, B r l ce that erre striking,strik-But it was no fair z i Kitty, aril mine keepfairy-palace ing all the while Oh, grandmatnma! saw. It was a little log -cabin, built I've been a naughty, wicked little girl! there beside the brook, in the thick I ought to bo elates; up by forty bears, :fo •rest, where lived Indian Nita, the like the children in the Bible, or else basket -maker, and little Trudy, her thrown into a lion's den!" • child. - "Tell me about it, nay dear," said And the next Moment, Kitty found old Mrs. Corbin. "Perhaps it isn't herself .seated by a bright fire of pine so b:tcl, after all logs, with Trudy wiping the rain from "Orr, it is!" said Kitty; "it's awful her hair and face, for the little ghig- bad! You know old Nita, the Indian ham sun -bona -net hod somehow gain basket -maker? She lives up in the lost in tho general confusion. forest I don't Icnow where—but she "Don't cry," said Trudy. "You are comes down here sometimes, with, lost, but it's dry and warm here. I'll mats and baskets for mother." give you -some supper, and when it "I know there is such n person," stops'raining I will shove you the way said eld Mrs. Corbin. home. You are Kitty Corbin 1 know „ "Well," pursued Katy, her littler you! it Trudy came to' school to -day, Oh,, At this Kitt cried: more bitterly girl Y, Y she was dressed so funny, in'e red than ever. cloth shirt, einbroidei.•d with white "Yes, Indian Trudy," said she, "I beads, and black leggings and her hair; am Kitty Corbin; 'I am the naughty braided in a long tail down her back; ; little girl who laughed at you ;setter - and she hasn't any shoes or hat." i day, and called .you had names, neer "1 hope you were kind to hero • my threw water: over your poor little teat) dear," said Grandmainma Corbin. 10h, Trudy, I am so sorry and eham- "No, grandma, 1 wasn't," confessed' edi You would serve me right if you Kitty, "They all laugned at her, `and' put me out into the rain again. 011, I among the rest. Wo pointed at her, Trudy, will you please forgive me?" and called her dames, in the recess, "Of course, 1 will forgive you," and I threw a tin -cup c,l' water ever aald Trudy, patting lien cold hands. her bare, brown feet" "Aud here comes 14lother Nita with "Oh,' Kitty!" the milk, and wen have some supper. "`Yes, I told you it was dreadful, Do you like strawberries and milk?" grandma!" sobbed Kibty. "But the "But I—I've lost all my strawbcr- other .girls laughed, and it seemed as ries, and the basket, tool" If it wasn't me at all, but a mischiev- "Never mind," said cheerful Trudy. ous, evil spirit inside of me, urging "I'11 give you more strawberries. me on, and then she cried, and ran picked a lot to -day, and Mother Nita away into the woods, and said she will lend you a basket to carry them never wanted to come to school any home i.n.' more." So the two little girls ate their "I do not wonder at that," said: old supper side by side, and: when the Mrs. Corbin, gravely, summer shower was over, Trudy went "And, oh, my conscience does ache down the mountain path with Kitty, and smart so!" said Kitty, dolefully. until they caste in sight of the Cor- "Grandmamma., what shall I do?" bins' farmhouse. "If you knew where she Lived, my "Now, good-bye!" said Trudy, "I dear," said Mrs. Corbin, "you might must run back to help Mother Nita go and sere her pardon." gather rushes for the baskets." "But I don't," returned the child, Kitty looked wistfully at the Indian piteously. child. "Then you must wait patiently until "Won't you kiss me, Trudy?" said some opportunity offers itself to set she. matters straight." Trudy kissed and hugged her right "Do you think it will come soon?" heartily. :said eager Ditty—"the opportunity, "And you'll come to school on Mon- s mean,' day? I'll keep a seat for you close to «:'I don't know, my clear," said Grandmamma Corbin. "It isn't often that we can atone immediately for our faults in this world."' The next day was Saturday, a bright, sunshiny day, and Kitty re- solved to go strawberying, up at the mountain. "The Rice children are going, and so are Ruth and Phoebe Hull," said she, "and Mr. Smith's "boys. I'll take my dinner in a basket and stay all day.- Lcan bring -home the berries in the dinner basket, you know. Phoebe Hull says the fields are all red with sooner than I thought it would:" them, up beyond the stone quarries" me, and no one Will dare laugh at my friend." Trudy promised she would come, and, what is more, she kept her prom- ise when the time came. Kitty ran home asfast as she could, and related the story of her day's adventures: "Wasn't she a clear, good little Trudy, grandmammn?" said she. "And, oh! didn't I feel awfully asham- ed'of myself?" "Ah, my dear," said Grandma Cor- bin, "your 'opportunity' has come And so Kitty Corbin started off, in Tack Talk. het little gingham sun bonnet and calico dress, singing gaily as she went. But either she took the wrong path by the stone quarries, or else she had !briny accidents occur which could easily have been prevented if someone had taken time to tack carpets, rugs and other floor coverings properly. misunderstood the arrangements made Small rugs thrown loosely over other by the dther children, for when she carpets to prevent wear should. be res^'red the sunny pastures, high up firmly tacked in place. Otherwise some On the mountain, where the wild member of the family is likely to strawberries blushed beneath their stumble aver then. A few tacks will leave-, as if the whole field was strewn also do away with the repeated` ad - with red jewels, there was no one jiastment of such rugs, since they will therc. stay where they are put. "After all, I don't care much," said Pieces of carpet used as outside doormets will not be tossed about,and berries by myself, and I can think of b' --own laWay if securely' tacked at the all the fairy stories r ever read.' I four, 'corners. Shoes can also be more don't suppose there are any faries up firmly tacked in place. in these mountain rocks, but if there To clean water bottles or -vinear should be" (gazing-wistfu y `around) cruets put some tacks and crushed "they'll be a deal more likely to cone eggahe:Is into .theta, then add strong out and talk to me, alby myself, than soap suds and shake vigorously. After if there was a lot of noisy children they are rinsed with clear water they shouting and screaming around!" will look like neve. However, the fairies did not come, It is easier to ren•loverotrudin* but Kitty picked her basket nearly p b fu' -1 of fragrant, delicious strawberries hefore she perceived that tho sky was clouding darkly over,rand a certain mysterious hush had descended upon the solitary scene es if all nature was holding its breath and Waiting- for seine signal. ' "Oh, dear!" cried I{itty, dropping the basket of strawberries in her con- sternation ; on-sternation; "there's going to he an awful thunderstorm! And the big pins tree by the brook was struck with lightning the last Storni ve had—and —oh, clear! what shall I do?" 8o'il !kei i Dove. She started to run Headlong down v the'steeppath of themountain-side, "Snell a sweet irl---she' sO as gentle her only idea being to get as far as, as. a tree'•" possible from the big lune tree, which ! "And Pi;•eou-toed, 100." independent little Kitty.' "I can pick tacks` than to mend tears or heal scratches. See to it that tacks net usefully" employed d, not get into mischief. • , FLOUR MILLING IN CANADA -The report of the flour 'Milling in- dustry of Canada, which gives the standing of this activity at the enc? of 1923; furnishes evidence of a fine growth,, but the 'record,nevertheless is inaccurate, at the!pi•esent time, in view of the notable development has taken place in Western Canada within the past -two years: Occupy- ing, at the time of the last Dominion census, the position of eeent'ier iiranu- facturing''activity front - the stand- point ofproduction, flour milling in Canada continues without much dffi- eulty to maintain this place: The ex - pension- which recent 'years have wit- nessed has been wrought verylargely by the introduction•of British capital , At the end' of 1923 there were 560 flour—mills and 827 grist and feed mills in' Canpdo, -a total of 1,387 mills, with a twnt -four hascapacity o of • 2 rled 1 7 148 ba re s of flour. Ontario e in the industry with 679 ndlle, follow- ed low- ed by Quebec with 486 mills. Saskat- chewan had 66; Alberta 61; New Brunswick 46;Manitoba 37; Neva Scotia 30; Prince. Edward Island 25• and British Columbia 7, The manner in., which this industry is progressing ithe Prairie Provinces is indicated in the fact that while the increase in the number of mills during the year is 23 throughout the Dominion, 18 of them are in the prairie area, and this was before the entrance of the Spill • - ers' interests into the field. A. CROwiNO EXPOO:r TRADE: -- In the year 1923 the Canadian flodr miriliirg industry utilized 85,639,645 bushels Of wheat in the production of 19,075,814 barrels of flour worth $192,571,212. This was approximate- ly 22 per cent. of the Domi nion'a wheat production of the; year 1922-21„ Other products of the industry brought the total for the year up to a value of $154,895,991. tee thedomestic. consumption of .flour in the Dominion is only about one-quarter of this, the industry is largely being expanded with a view to the export trade' Whilst other countries with milling industries of their own find it neves sexy to import certain quantities of Canadian wheat to mix with their own product .for milling purposes,_Canada has built up a large andprosperous export trade in wheat flour due large- ly to her ability to secure an.unlimit- ed supply of the best milling- wheat at a nrinimuin price, and this trade is extending at a gratifying rate: Be- tween 1914 and 1924 Canada's wheat flour exports increased by 153 per cent, in volume and• 218 .per cent, in value. GOES 'f0 50 COUNTRIES of woiena. Canada's exports of flour in the past three calendar years, 1922, 1923 and 1924, have been respeir ively 9,484,725 barrels worth $56,277,522; 11,198,635 barrels worth $62,462,853; and 11,- 476,858 barrels worth $64,295,566. Flour from the Dominin at the pres- ent, time is going to a total of some fifty countries, or practically embraces the entire scope of 'Canadian export trade. In the fiscal year 19.2324, of all- flour exports, Canada accounted for 80.96 per cent., followed by the United States with 26,54 per cent .Ir that year Canada shipped more flour to seventeen of the principal import- ing countries than 'r d the United States and at the plc=est lin.x, I)o• minion millers are ehipping snare floor abroad than those of 11:, Republic. The past year saw nn astonishing ng increase in the export of flour to cer- tain countries, particular:y the Neth- erlands, Italy, China, Greece, Ger- many and others. A substantial order from Russia for Canadian flour 05 ceived in the early months of :1925, amounting to 1,300,000 barrels; placed this cormtry in the lead in the first part of the year as an importer- oC tho Dominion product. The next heaviest buyer was the United Kingdom, fol- lowed by Germany and then by Greece, . Denmark, • Irish Free State and Jamaica. Apart from the enormous purch•soe on the part of Russia, the feature of the situation at the present time would seem to -be the'movemett from the Prairie Provinces out of Vancouver, there being a noticeab.e increase in traffic to the countries of Ile: Orient, " whilst the trade via the Panama to L`urope, particu:'arly Norway, is giv- ing every indication of narnlanency. Beware the Deadly Moth. Moths like to lay their eggs best in soiled woolens and furs, cud it is therefore generally 9rumtab:e to have these materials cleaned ca. efu::y be- fore storing them away. From. May to Jiily and duringSep- tember' and October, the c.:nthes moth may' be seen flitting, neem hunting an.opportun'ty to light on woolen gar- ments and •furs.. dere it lays eggs which eventually ltal.•h into little worms or larvae. These larvae feed on the wool an fur. The moth doesn't lilt r night. For that -reason iL is bei,; L Inas;• c.otlrea' �.' that may -.be utf„sted, aur ii:f cruors in the bright sunaght. - t r ooh ahem with a ;stiff' brush to remov.: any eggs or lerv..e which may he rn-she mateedail. Another habit of the ;olds laarvis is that of eating soiled spots in c1.0.1, - int. They relish dried animal' matte ;•, such as .dried insects, including their own dead, meat casein, arid `the The woolen -"material or fur which is' cleaned before it is' poi; away -for the summer has a better •hanee to :get safely through, the ino'.h semen.