Show how he got rid of rats A farmer describes his method of clearing the premises of rats in the following manner on a large num ber of old sh agles I 1 put a halt tea spoonful ot treacle each and on that with my pocket knife I 1 scraped a small amount of concentrated lye I 1 then placed the old shingles around under the stable floors and under the cribs the next morning I 1 found 40 dead rats and the rest left the farm for parts unknown I 1 have cleared many farms of the pests in the same way and have never known it to fall |