Show RAT PROOFING FOR BUILDINGS URGED Rat proofing buildings Is the tise best form of rat Insurance In a brick stone or cement foundation all openings where rats may enter should be closed with metal sheet sheet- sheetIng ing or concrete Basement win wIn- wIndows dows does or other large larce openings should be covered ered with strong durable screening such as mesh 8 hardware cloth Ventilators and sewer openings should be protected with gratings Such buildings as us corn cribs and amid granaries should be elevated 18 16 Inches or more from the ground and kept open on oms all sides and free from accumulations underneath |