Show TO COMBAT PLAGUE OF RATS Buildings Must Be Constructed That Will Exclude the Pests From Shelter and Food A single rat remarks David E E. Lantz In a recent publication of ot the United States department of ot agriculture does far tar less harm In a year than any any anyone one lion tiger or r wolf but the time big animals of oi prey are few while rats are deplorably deplorably abl ably abundant There are possibly two or three times as many rats as there are people In the civilized world and the destruction wrought by this vast horde of voracious rodents Is s far greater great great- er than that wrought by wolves tigers and amid all other noxious animals to to- gether To combat this dangerous pest successfully successfully suc suc- says SUS Lantz Is lar largely ely a buildIng buildIng build- build Ing lag problem Buildings should be so constructed as to exclude the time animals from shelter and food When this Is 18 done Individual and community efforts to destroy rats will give glye satisfactory and lasting results The program maybe may mav maybe be bc regarded by many as ns too expensive Will It be too costly What do rats cost now If half halt the money now now spent In feeding anti and fighting rats could be expended In wisely planned and well-executed well operative co efforts for rat repression It would be possible within a few fow years nearly to rid the country of or Its worst animal pest to reduce re re- re- re duct duce los losses s from its depredations by at least 00 90 l per er cent fInd and to free theland the theland land completely from the fear of or bubonic bubonic bu bu- bu- bu bonic plague |