How to get rid of Rats.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 22 July 1890, Page 2

How to get rid of Rats.

A RECEIPT THAT KILLED, 3,000 IN ■ - 1 '' AN IGHT. " - 1 ' ' . , tH{ In view of the detajitatirig rftTtfee'f of rats and mice in the Eastern Gouri^ *'-■*' tits, it may b« worth while to repao* due* the following receipt ter ext»i«» •:' minatins; tbt jtodent.: iVom the g«s*•iny article on " R«tp " ifcth«>C«rn■JK»:— i #it*rminajbioß of* e^tony pkrattf> be- • " comet n»c,eMJty., i» to: Db»k» ifa«it ,• < 'hi\p to dtitroj on* another in tjbt foUowiDgmanntt A numbtr «f tubf proportionate to the quantity of rats in the plaet which it itj desir«d to rid of th»m, «ho«ld be placed about, the " middle of each oeougifji by » bri^ic i tandinjf on : end. Wkm ' .bottom" *« ' • theß» tube ahould be coTeied . with .water to such a dtpfth tlntV*>KJirt >n - inoh 6f the brick projeota fbnvt{ it - The top of ttie'tub should be corere^a with stout brown p»fiet r upoa. which a dainty meat of bacon' rind and, : other leraps dear to the rat palate rfi^urta — a sloping board swag thf . the rodo^ :^fliti»f Vpstaki«je, pf 'v it. T^efftastshituild^e renewed--forth>#ral tiftfitit; fa :.tyS-M'"-^i^ ' rats in "tlie neig^Jibu^^obd mjkji,f»t v to know of the good food which is • placed' within , siwh .awy,» 4e*cJ»,r When ftjf.jcrigrttbrt'i&f -poKef. "/■ hag- been pursued long enough, the eentre'ef tb* browa paptt fhlc*lff b* T r ent so that *ny- rat yentttriflff mpo* > it will b* precipitated ratt <hr 6ftH •; wnter be^w: 2 . . The Hrst ? tftf 'tk : \^ ( . find his trust abused jw4 J^ipAlill. rtrfi jglinf i* the w«t»V at fa* . bp£torn of the tab, soon recovers sni6<)ir ■; ■> •dtly from the shqsk v tf>. ajicerAaia „ . tnat th»i c is* little Ufrad of refng*, ? v? Ort to' which nil clambers, atod eqtttftli ■•■''] hid Toudeit for help. New, th» '" squeal of a rat in., trouble- «Hriet| r ' ' «very on# of kind' within 1 betrjojf .; and. Very few moments will elapse ' before the-rictim of mUplaoefl'eow ' dence is join* d by one of hw friends. The new comer is as M dis • 'coV*r the chance' of escape from a watery grart that ( the , brick «ffm , r o was the" original victim ; , bat .. when he att#mp*i fco *taH bimeelf ifki it* pretence, it bseomes appareol that there is not room'for more than one upon it. The first comer rt-

•i*ts with tooth and nail the efforts •f his oouxpanioti in troable to dispossess him oThif I&iga oi vantage, and tht •fueals which form »n aowMßpaaient ko the fight for a fodbug «pon th« bricV attract more rats to the ««eue of the tragedy. The conflict/waxee more and ttt<w* Ntioui as t*\ after jrat toppples into the wat«f v aud by Snorniuf , bedjafgled j corj^s'la plaaty will gladden the j •yeraf the mau waot e lo3se»' at the ts*th of rat'ei kaTO induced him to adept jtyfrxaea&a of thinaibg their numfiiera.' Mowe jwursaga the plan described above vtas tried' in a City warftiiouflt, With alie result o»at more tua^" three tßyuß and rats '\frere ; dsß* troyjjd in jk singhe mcht. - '

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