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Silverfish
SILVERFISH have been causing, havoc in the National Library at Canberra, and leading scientists were called in, and they succeeded in wiping out the pest with a poison paste which they compounded. The recipe is now made public. Here it is:— First spray with fly-spray.
Then make a poison paste, comprising a mixture of 4 oz. flour and 6 oz. sugar in 40 oz. (1 ouart) of warm water, add ing and stirring in soz. barium fluosili cate.
Spread the poisoned paste with a naint brush-on large sheets of thin card board, nainting the paste on both sides.
When dry. cut the cardboard into pieces about 2 in. by 3 in.
In an average room between 10 and 20 baits should be set in places where the silverfish abound —but out of reach of children. Leave undisturbed for some time.
Barium fluosilicate is a poison, and should be handled with care.
Mr. H. Hulek, of the Lands, Mines and Survey Department in Fiji, left Suva in January on six months’ furlough.