ROACHES

Make a roach dough by combining 2 cup and 1/4 cup shortening or bacon drippings. Add 2 cup onions, 2 cup flour and 8 ounces baking soda. Add enough water to make a dough-like consistency.' Bay leaf in flour bin to keep roaches out.

One clove of garlic, one onion, one tablespoon of cayenne pepper, and a quart of water. Steep for one hour, add a tablespoon of liquid soap and spray it around the house for ant and roach control.' Mixing baking soda with powdered sugar and apply to infested areas.

Equal amounts of oatmeal flour and plaster of paris or equal amounts of baking soda and powdered sugar or equal amounts of borax and brown sugar.

Place bay leaves around cracks in room.

Set out a dish of equal parts oatmeal and plaster of paris.

8 parts powdered roach chow, 3 parts granulated sugar, 1 part boric acid crystals. Add water to make the mix about the consistency of good mud pies and add green food coloring to avoid unintentional misuse as animal feed. Roll the mix into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place balls of bait in locations used by roaches for raceways and harborage. The bait needs to be made up fresh every 3 months.

Take a one pound empty coffee can. Place 1 or 2 pieces of bread in the bottom of the can and soak thoroughly with beer - yes, beer. Place in areas known to have roach infestations. Be prepared to view a can 1/4 to 2 full of roaches the next day!

Slices of fruit from osage orange trees for repelling roaches.