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Show I (ill 1 1 Mi rid OF HOUSE MICE 1 By Prof. W. W. HfncJfrscn. In m Charge Department oology 1 and Kntomology, U. A. C. H IikmI supply nml proteased hiding H places in ulnch to ri'iir tlw JTOOtlg UTS H tin moil important (actors contrib H Uting lo t'ii' Inuf II of mice. Mice H will Mil remain when theec provi H 6M nut found, but will nil- H lie to new quarteri whan they H In denjftaic tbaaa obnoxloui an! H main protecteil breeding placet and H an is to food lores, we have a H meant of limiting! if net preventing B thell i' Thin is an item of no H little si!'inlii iiiifc for even in thin H matter of mice riddance "an ounc H of prevention it worth a pound ol HHJ There ere two methods in general HHl effective in destroying mice. ThOM HHV method! are trapping and poisoning HHJ Trapping is much more preferable HHJ for the destruction of micv which HHf have gained access to the home. HHl The common trap with a broad HHa Hut Wooden boat and a wooden trigger HHJ plate having a hole in it for the HHl ball seems to lie among the bent be- HHT cause of the ease with which it may HHl be sprung liy the light pressure of HHl the nibbling mouse HHJ Some .pteferred bait! commonly a used are oatmeal, flour, Vienna win- HHJ sage, tot ted bread with tiutter, Hah. H HH A bait that is different from the HHf accustomed food of the mice is pre- HHJ ferable. It is advisable to use lo's HHl of traps, the more the better. The HHs custom is (o use ton few. The trap HHf are pat In the runs and biding places Bt of the It is necessary to n H IROVe cap! in eil animals every day. re- HH bait aid reeel the traps. It is ad- HH vieabie to use a different bind of HHf bait every few days. H Mice sometimes "get wise" to the HHl traps, but this may be overcome to HH some extent by running the traps for HHJ traps. This may be overcome to HH 'some extent by running the traps for U some days then gathering them up HH .'ii i putting them out of the way for HH a few days. After this put the traps HH out again with a new bait HH Poisoning is a very effective method HH of ridding barns, granaries, anil sim- HH ilar buildings of mice. Barium car- B lionnte is a cheap effective poison. It H is used by mixing into a stiff dough B ' four parts of corn meal or flour to HHf one part of barium curlionate witli Bt the white of eggs or a little water HH Strychnine sulphate is one of the HH quickest and best poisons, but it is m more costly than barium carbonate. HH Strychnine is used in syrup from pre HH pareil as follows: dissolve half an B ounce of strychnine sulphate in a m pint of boiling water, then tit in a m pint of thick sugar syrup. Oatmeal m may Be moistened with the poisoned Hh syrup ami grains should be soaked M over night in it. Extreme care is necessary in handling and using poisons. The poisoned grains should m be placed in the runs and biding HH places of the mice. Small cloth B bugs, containing about a pint of the Bt poisoned grain may be put in out of B the way places, accessible only to H mice. The grain in these bugs is B very D (.tractive to mice when other B food is not abundant anil will be par B taken f as long as any remains. |