Orkin, the pest-control company, for example, recently formed a housecleaning subsidiary in Atlanta, where the company has its headquarters.

The senior Couhig thereafter formed his own pest-control company in St. Francisville.

The test can be carried out either by the owners, if they are knowledegable, or by a pest-control company, which normally charges about $50.

Many pest-control companies insist on spraying the outside and inside of a home once a month for a year at an annual cost of about $400.

Most of the reports are collected from pest-control companies, local authorities, and hotel chains.

Business directories, with ads from plumbers, pest-control companies and other small businesses, have become a staple at many small papers.

Of that, $150,000 is reimbursable through her pest-control company, which they are suing for misdiagnosing the problem and for improper repairs.

The Government also agreed to allow pest-control companies and distributors to use or sell stockpiles they had in storage.

Today's agreement does not affect the pesticide supply that distributors or pest-control companies already have on hand or in warehouses.

His father is the chief executive of J.C. Ehrlich, a pest-control company based there.