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Show America's Rat Population. Tlu hoard hill for American ruts is about S1S-, 000,000 annually. Dr. Indian Indi-an 11. Creel, who lias earned big laurels lau-rels as an expert in figures, estimates the rate population as equal to the human hu-man population. But unless proper preventive measures are taken speedily, speed-ily, the rats in the country will make a charge on our resources far in excess of the present figure. As rapid breeders, breed-ers, rats leave the guinea pigs far lu the rear. From ten to eighteen rata arrive in a litter. Litters are bimonthly bimonth-ly events in rat nests, and the young rats begin to multiply when they are from three to six months old. Rats have become a real national menace. Boston Globe. |