Millard County Chronicle | 1931-12-31 | Page 15 | Rat-Proofing the Farm

BAT RAT THE FARM man iman has resorted to many devices to control atts trapping snaring trailing flooding digging hunting ferreting poisoning and the use of limes lures repel lants and bacterial viruses but there are probably just as many rats in the world as ever the only permanent solution 0 of the rat problem says the U S blo logical survey Is rat proofing by which is meant not only excluding rats from buildings but also elemi bating their hiding and nesting es and cutting oft off their food supply the use of concrete or masonry Is the best aid in excluding the rat from farm buli buildings dings foundations should be made of good concrete or brick or stone laid in cement mortar ex tending at least two feet below the surface and a toot foot or more above keep the farm tree free from places in which rats breed such places are ii usually bally beneath wooden floors set too near the ground in piles plies of lum her ber or refuse in straw hay and in manure piles and inside the double walls of buildings burn trash as often as possible aid ai d keep all garbage in tightly cov bied cans store lumber on a plat term 18 inches above the ground rats reed breed and take refuge only in places near food