EASY WAYS TO GET RID OF MICE
An-easy and offectual way of stop-ping'-mice holes is to Hll the openjug with a darge' cork dipped iirst in peppor and then in cayeUne pepper. In places where the. wood has shrunk it is a good idea to. stuff in .flaked carbon or any other etrong-scerited disinfectant. Mice iiitensely dislike these smeils and usually find a home ellewhere. Among the best.foods for baiting traps are friea bacon rinds, .toasted cheese and raw meat. 'Traps sliould be handled by means of sticks as far as possible, -in order -that thev may not have the human seent, and they should be scald. ed each ' tiihe ■ bef ore they are reset. "■ A- method of poisoning that gives excellent • results is to blend one part eacfc of barium (carb.onate of barytes) and gratqd cheese with four parts of cornflour and mix. to a- sti£ dougli with co'.d water., -^catter the dough In the rpiiways of mice and- rats, and take care that there is no water where they can reach it. They. will then leave the promises in their search for drink after eating tlie poisoned dough. .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 49, 20 November 1937, Page 13
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