Show = d Damage Done by Rats The western farmer Is waking up to a realization ot the fact that bois bo-Is as tho agricultural department told him some time ngo losing not loss than 100000000 a year from rats says J H Van Burden n Milwaukee grain merchant It costs about BO cents a year to feed n rat Wo know this because we have boxed them up and fed them as much grain as they would cat for a year It Is a conservative conserva-tive estimate to place our rat population popula-tion at 150000000 About one tltlyd of them live In tho largo cities whore they do not got so much grain |