Moths In Carpets

Moths will work in carpets in rooms that are kept warm in winter as well as in summer. A sure method of removing the pests is to pour strong alum-water on the floor to the distance of half a yard around the edges before laying the carpets. Then once or twice during the season sprinkle dry salt over the carpet before sweeping. Insects do not like salt, and sufficient adheres to the carpet to prevent them alighting upon it.

How To Destroy Moths In Carpets

Take a wet sheet or other cloth, lay it upon the carpet, and then rub a hot flat iron over it, so as to convert the water into steam, which permeates the carpet beneath, and destroy the life of the grub.

How To Clean Carpets

- The carpet being first well beaten and freed from dust, tack it down to the floor; then mix half a pint of bullock's-gall with two gallons of soft water; scrub it well with soap and the gall-mixture; let it remain till quite dry, and it will be perfectly cleansed, and look like new, as the colors will be restored to their original brightness. The brush used must not be too hard, but rather long in the hair, or it will rub up the nap and damage the article.