To prevent Moths
In the month of April beat your fur garments well with a small cane or elastic stick, then lap them up in linen without pressing the fur too hard, and put between the folds some camphor in small lumps; then put your furs in this state in boxes well closed.
When the furs are wanted for use, beat them well as before, and expose them for twenty-four hours to the air, which will take away the smell of the camphor.
If the fur has long hair, as bear or fox, add to the camphor an equal quantity of black pepper in powder.
Source: The Cook’s Oracle and Housekeeper’s Manual, W.M. Kitchener
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