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1. Place a few lumps of unslacked lime where they frequent. 2. Set a dish or trap containing a little beer or syrup at the bottom, and place a few sticks slanting against its sides, so as to form a sort of gangway for the beetles to climb up by, when they will go head-long into the bait set for them. 3. Mix equal weights of red lead, sugar, flour, and place it nightly near their haunts. This mixture made into sheets, form the beetle wafers sold at the oil shops.
Previous to the peas being sown, they should be well saturated with a solution of bitter aloes; or, they may be saturated with salad oil, and then rolled in some powdered resin previous to sowing, and the mice will not touch them.
Drop some quicklime on the mouth of their nest, and wash it in with boiling water; or dissolve some camphor in spirits of wine, then mix with water, and pour into their haunts; or tobacco water, which has been found effectual. They are averse to strong scents. Camphor will prevent their infesting a cupboard, or a sponge saturated with creosote. To prevent their climbing up trees, place a ring of tar about the trunk, or a circle of rag moistened occasionally with creosote.
3732. To Destroy Mites in Cheese, a piece of woolen cloth should be dipped in sweet oil, which should be well rubbed on the cheese. If one application be not sufficient to destroy the mites, the remedy may be used as often as they appear. The cheese shelves should be washed with soap and water.
 
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