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Show GOOD AS RAT EXTERMINATOR t Exhaust Gases From Motor Proved Efficient Effi-cient by Illinois Farmer Every Rodent Killed. The exhaust gases of a gasoline engine en-gine are said to be fatal to rats. The chickenhouse of an Illinois farmer was infested with them. He attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of his motor car, inserted the other end under the floor and set the engine running. Twenty rats tried to esciipe, but were killed by dogs and when he took up the floor he found 140 rats dead or stupefied, not one escaping. |