Show DESTROYING RATS THE NEED FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION ON THE FARM AND ANDA A AFEW FEW METHODS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED TO ro ACCOMPLISH THIS DY BY DAVID E LAITZ Tho rat Is the tho worst post pest known to man Its the result in losses amounting to hundreds or of millions or of dollars annually nut Dut theRe losses great as the they rare nrc are arl or of less tanco than time tho fact that rats cary carry from h house u o to from flom seaport to seaport diseases of nil all sorts OIts rew lew attempts have been ma e to collect statistics of oC done IW by rats In America but It Is known to be ver ery greaL Farmers enormous lo losses ses both before and after aHel theIr crops are harvested from these Amon Among methods for or drIving away rats lint havo hao useful under some come are arc the tho I Freshly slaked lime placed dry In all and 1 runs of rut rats 2 Freshly thin whitewash poured into time tho rat 3 A 4 strong solution of copperas ferrous fellous sUlphate sprinkled In runs nd entrances 4 or of limo loose or In iii old rags rass placed In burrows find and runs G 5 Gus Gas tar daubed about ito tho entrances G 6 Powdered red pepper scattered In rat runs and burrows 5 Gas Gns tar daubed about tIme burrow entrances 7 Caustic tiC potash placed In tho bur burrows rows and runs Time best bait to use In trapping Is usually rood food of a kind that rats do not HIt get Sel In iii tile the vicinity As far as food other tItan than tIme tho bait should be while trapping I 2 I TItUS TIUS I Io o paper COTor Xu No hinged barrel COTer conr Slop Is In progress Thio bait should be kept fresh anti and attractIve and time the kind changed when hen necessary Baits and traps should ho handled as little as possible Ordinarily traps should be frequently cleaned or smoked About sixty years ars ago a writer In tImo tho 1 details or of a trap or of which It was claimed that rats were caught lit In IL a In a single night The he plan Involved toll tolling Ins ing the rats rall to the he place and theta for several nights on tim tho tops tOils o of barrels covered with coarse brown paper Afterwards a cross was cut In ha tito tho paper so that lint the tho rats rat fell Into the banel Many Inn variations of oC the Ito plan hut ew it fl have heen suggested h by writers since that time lime Reports are made of large catches oi of rats by means of a barrel Jilted fitted with a light cover o of wood hinged on a rod so 0 as to turn I wIth 1 time he weight of oC IL a rat as shown In I No 2 Time Burmese use uso an Ingenious and simple method or of trapping rats A large Jar with a weIghted cover coer Is sunken Into the ground A hole holo Is punched In the sl side e of the jar on tJ a level leel with the surface or of tho ground I I I I 1 A A THAI and to lo admit a large larse rat nl RIe e Is used In ima the tho Jar as bait baitA A writer states that ho saw seventy two rats caught In ono one such trap tire lire fir first l night It was sas set setTo To 10 rats on forms place n a little fresh milk each ach whon the cows arc milked In n a shallow pan where the tho rats call camm g get t it Il Continuo this for Cor a week until the rats get Sel bold and Impatient to gt get nt at time thc milk Then mix arsenic with the milk and await re results This plan Is saId to entirely clean a barn larn or of rats |