The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-13
Rats-EoW to Destroy Them.

genus Nus is an almost intolerablo nui-
>ance in some porliOns of the United
States They follow man into tic vii.
derncgs When he located on the prai-
rie in 1884, about ffte@n miles from
neighbor<, and forty miles from what
has since .ruwn to he the city Of Chica-
-. there w@S lot 4 rat to ho seen or
herd Of. Fer several years he was cx,
cmpt from the pest 1hcn cane ahun-
dance Of shipping TO Chicago, and with
it abundance Of rats, and they soon
spr,ad over the whole land, IL ulti lying
and devastating Now they are great
pests in the barns aud stacks Of the prai.
rio farmers.
Onr common breed is called "Norwsy
ra - from the suIposition that they
originated IN that county. R-itish nat.
uralists, however. assert that they were
introduced into the BRITISH Isles from
India. If they are tropicaJ animals, Ill
We have to say is that they cnsi1y adapt
themselves 70 Il rigorous climate, where
they multiply at mos: prolific rate
What We are vet to do with them is
problem not easily solved, Al the re-
ccipts to cure the nuisance are only pre-.
ventive. not cradcatve. \ correspon,
dent Of the Gulncr's Monthly says:
II tired the effect Of introducing into
the cutrancics Of their numerous holes,
runs, cr hiding places. small portions Of
chloride of line or bleaching pow der,
wrapped in c,.ico aud stuffed into the
cutrn,lc4 holes, and thrown loose by
spo0rfrl~ into the drain from the house
This drove the rats away for 4 twelve.
month, when they returned to t. They
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ilN' eh@ct' i"e cure was most c'hp.c'e'
presume IL was me cn!"f'he gas En.'h
d'd rot agrte Wl'h the'r o'iAc'orlts
"ave tri' d It, ., d failure, u.'d tor the
purpose ot clearing PREMISES ot rats; be.
cause they are to cunning to partake OF
1t after witnessing tue denth OF two or
three OF the tan'i :. IL Is cIec'u"s II
the vernln Will take tue BAT.
Mrychnlne We consider lar prete. able,
aud although SO much more costly, 1t re-
4ulrc> but few ceuta worth TO 90 the
work of death upon hundred rats. 1t
IS also the very best thing to use upon Il
troublesome dos or cat that comes rro"l
ing about your prlm!ses One grain tor
dose IS sufficient. Nr. Robinson has
killed numerous wolves by inserting one
grain OF strychlre IN the centre OF a
piece q fresh meat, Jn-t large enough
for a tnJut'I.u t"r a wolf. AS rats 90
DOT hu't their food, 1t Is more dlincuit to
get them 70 take strychnine; 1t IS so IN
tonssly ht'"r =. - "'sSrt a. 81 "f ani.r is
aJi"i ,",.1', ".' y ,v;i) rv,ract the bitter.
Iarrioe and featberiD,. rats. and ,hcn
letting them run, has been practiccd 70
give their tribe hint that it would be
v, Il for them to leave. One rather smart
iudlvidull, 70. having tar, used spnits
Of tuypentinc. lie was going to drive
rats out of his house cellar. lie was en-
tirelv succcssful; for when he let the rat
loose in hi, kitchen, with "shoo" to it
to 90 down the cellar stairs, it took the
kitchen fire in its course, aud then a pile
Of fax that iay in the cellar way. In
two hours there was not ra. in the
house, unless i: might be a roasted one
Plaster Of Paris has proved a success
rul poison fer rats; and it has the advan-
tage of being quite harmless to have
about the house. \ TABLESPOONFUL of the
flour of plaster. mixed in a cup of Indi-
an meal, and slightly sweetcucd, Will be
eaten hy rats. and Kill them. A little
grated cheese n.ukcs the food more at
;ractivc. Oil Of anise would be still
more SO. In fact, BY the use OF it, rats
NAV be coaxcd ont of a house to cat poi
son and die where their dead bodies
would not be nuisance.
Phosphorus. owdcred and mixed with
meal, few grams to teacu pful, has Of
ten been used successfully as rat poison.
Powdered potash, strcwn in the paths
freouented bv rats. has been known to
drive them away from house. The the
orv is that it gives them yerv sore feet,
and disousts them with the place,
In Enc]and. rat .catcbipe is profess
sion-sons oft en- follow it as the business
Of their fathers. Tho at.catcher visits
farmer and contracts with him at 40
mnch head for all the rats he DESTROYS
U;s tr,n 10 -, l,rce h,, Which is got with
the month onen' baited with a piece Of
hre,d scented with the oil Of anj.. and
rboa;uu, ,bo scent If which attracts the
rats and ,hus he bays cnonph to Gil the
oon,,.o, Ue do,s NOT dss;rc ,o rid tie
.,;n;sos nc tho, would usno;) business -
4 90. dss,rnrar vnu,d NOT be ,ole,,,o6 bv
10 bouor,;,,e co,nn.ov Of ra,ca,chers
,rnn,, ~, r,,n, ,jcr;s.o for +r,nino
IN ,,''",;, ' g.. of ,ha tos.
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