The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

or dough composed OF four parts Of meal or
-four and part or tho mineral. a more
convenient bait Is ordinary oatmeal with
about one-cighth OF it's bulk of tho mineral.
mixed with water into stim dough 4 third
plan is to spread the barlum carbonate upon
FISH. toustcd bread (molstened) or ordinary
bread and butter. The prepared bait should
be placed in rat runs. about a tcaspoonful
AT place II single application OF tho
poison falls To Kill drive away all rats
fro-1 the premises. it should be repeated with
a change OF bait
Strychnnc is too rapid in action 10 make
It's use for rats desirable in houses. but
elsewhere II may be employed effectively
Strychn!a sulphatc is the best form to use
The dry crystals may be inserted in small
pieces of raw meat, Vienna sausage or toasted
cheese. and these placed in rat runs or bur
rows.
In the United States there arc few laws
which prohibit the laying Of posons on lands
owned controlled by the poIsoner Hence
1t is all the more necessary TO exercise ex-
tremc caution to prevent accidents,
For poisoning rats in buildings and yards
occupied by poultry the following method is
recommended: Two wooden boxes should bc
used. one considerably larger than the other
and each having two moro holes In the
sides large enough TO admit rats The pois-
oncd bait should be placed the bottom
and the middle OF the smaller box. and
the larger box should then be inverted over
the other. Rats thus have free acsess 10 the
bait. but fowls excluded.
Among domestic animals employed TO Kill
rats arc the dog. eat and ferret.
The value of dogs as ratters cannot he ap-
precated by persons who have had no cx-
pcrlencc with a trained animal. The ordl-
nary cur and the larger breeds of dogs seldom
develop the necessary qualities FOR ratters.
Small Irish. Scotch and fox terriers when
properly trained arc superior to other breeds.
and under favorable circumstances may DC
relied upon to keep the farm premises reason
ably free from rats,
However valuable cats may be as mousers,
few of them learn to catch rats. The or
binary house cat is too we'll fed and con-
sequenty too lazy to undertake the capture
OF an animal formidable the brown
rat Birds and mice arc much more To its
liking
Tame ferrcts. like weascls. are invcterate
foes of rats, and can follow the rodents into
their retreats Under favorable circumstances
they useful aids to the rat catcher. but
their value is greatly overestmated For cf-
fective work they require experienced han
ding and the additional services Of dog or
two. Dogs and fcrrets must be thoroughly
accustomed 10 each other. and the former
must be quiet and steady instead Of noisy
and cxcltabe. The ferret Is used only to
bolt tho rats. which are killed by the dogs
II unmuzzlcd ferrcts are sent into rat re-
treats they apt to make Kill and then
lie up after sucking the blood Of their vic
tim. Sometimes they remain for hours in
the burrows or escape by other exits and
lost
The necessity of cooperation and organ
izatlon in the work OF rat destruction should
not be overlooked. To destroy all the ami
mails on the premises of a single farmer in
a
since they soon replaced from near by
farms. If, however, the farmers Of an cntir4
township or county unite in efforts to get rid
Of rats, much moro lasting results may be
attained. III continued from year 10 year
such organized efforts are very effective