ISSUED BY THE DEPT OR HEALTH KILL EVERY RAT? With the cooler weather, rats begin to move in- doors into your premises, into your home: Don't under-estimate this enemy: Rats are cunning and very destructive: Rats can live any- where ; they can climb or swim: And rats carry INFECTION: Rats have caused plagues and fires, and today in New Zealand they are piling uP a huge bill for damage: A Pair of rats can, in nine months breed 0 progeny of 880_ There are millions of rats in this country and they are increasing: PREVENT? DESTROY? Keep all food and waste in rat-proof containers: Remove all rubbish from the yard: Fill rat bur- rows with concrete which incorporates broken glass: Scatter powdered glass along the rat run- way: Keep changing your methods: Try Epsom Salts (dry) in containers where rats can get at them: Use dogs and cats, or traps, or poison (e.g. barium carbonate) Fumigation may be necessary where burrowing is extensive: Poison is free from your local authority ; they will advise you further. Don't let uP: The Rat is eating into your money and health: FIGHT To KILL: FOR A HEALTAIER NaTiON
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 246, 10 March 1944, Page 23
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194Page 23 Advertisement 2 New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 246, 10 March 1944, Page 23
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