The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-12
TO OEsIpOYr&Ts
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ING RAT NUISANCE.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
. Review Of The Work q the stats
Government 4 ths CAPITOL ana
q the various ss9te 81. Il.
SIT institutions. f*f
ING RAT NUISANCE.

by traps or poisons, II you leave food
for them scattered around promiscu,
ously, says II. C. SEVERN, professor Of
at State college. Neither
will they be extermihAted easily II
they are given places In which to; hide
and rear their young-.a. rat may pro
'duce four or Ave broods per year with
SIX to seventeen young in a litter.
Professor SEVERN suggests as meth
DDS of control: Making all buildings
rat proof; keeping food and garbage
from rats; trapping and poisoning;
and least: value Of al. the use Of dogs
q cats. IL te1s ~n43usJ9s;
A liberal use 1of concrete, not only
In foundations, but also in plugging
up holes around water pipes, etc.,twill
aid in making buildings rat proof.
Then keep all basement windows
screened and doors closed. Farmers
Bulletin 369, u. S. Department Of Agri.
culture, gives valuable information
concerning this subject.
Poorly fed rats are poor breeders
and are far more easily destroyed.
Foods Of all kinds, including garbage,
must be taken care of. Merchants
may protect their -four, / seeds, and
meats by placing these goods in wire
cages OF half inch mesh and thick
enough to prevent rats from gnawing
through.
Trapping and poisoning sometimes
tail because the rats have access to
abundant food. Guillpttne ) ) traps,
strong, wire cage traps. figure-four,
steel barrel and pit traps are efec.
tive II properly used. A good barrel
trap may be- made by covering the top
OF T. barrel with coarse brown paper.
Feed the rats several nights with
food on the paper; then when the rats
are familiar with the place. cut 2 Cross
In the paper. The next night the rats
will fall into the water when they
jump onto the barrel A swinging Gov.
er on the barrel Is also sometimes
used, tItf I q g :
fTrhe, use Of poison is the best and
most, practical method Of Kidding
houses .and barns oflrats, and yet this
hds IT'S drawbacks. BariurnI carbon
ate. s~trydhnine. arsenic and phdsphor.
mi Ill give good results BaraaM car
,bonste = one Of the cheapest and
most, effective, being without taste or,
Anell,a pd doses smal1 enough Tor rats
and mice are harmless to domestic an
FINALS. Its action is slow, giving rats
time to leave the premises In search
IL water. 100 ttIa 40
sBafiun.. carbonate may BE fed In the
form Of dough competed Of four parts
Of, meal Or hour and one part OF the
mineral. A more convenient bait Is
ordinary oatmeal with about one,
eighth OF Its bulk Of the mineral mix
ed With water into the stir dough. A
third plan Is to spread. the barium
carbonate upon ifsh.1' toasted bread
moistenedl: or ordinary bread and
butter The prepared bait. should be-
placed m RAT rnAs. about a teaspoon
fAl alta place dffs sissle applicatfnm
II the. spdisoPs fails 70 hin o, adrive,
Away. an rats from the premises. It,
should BE- repeated With 4 change Of
~ - -
' By ~ ,t.rysndiis sailbsAaiiss crystals
may Be inserted m'1mAn pieces Of raw
meat. .Vienna sausage .or ,stodsted
c66e8i&and 4aaced d rat fuilsser buk.
rows; or oatmeal may be moistened
WithsA strychnine syrup and used in
The sa,1s manner ,stfyfhnIne II 1tqpf9'
'h6ssesr1dt It may be employed ef-
fefAiV1ly ,~Glsewhdre. 1f-t .s.e1l 1T
s5oA1senie ~ srobablt The s1f6st popu.
lsf sefJAt, roasons ION account Iof lis
,cheapRAs1i bgtmaasured3 by TssulSe
obtaipadi II y, deeser thea strychnine..
III en3ctt upon rats r extremely W.
nAblA9..!n the, rodents survive q frst,
i diftcd1t e inasse' them "a
j m sssssheat that xhsa pSosphot.
uueb es&1h " rats their bodies dryi
,vnyhaot 20 1d6ndstion sfA,.facx Bqualt
y misleadinEN the stakemAnu that
.rate poisoned with phosphQrus do not
RXIGA1n the premises, although 4 larger
.proDoruop doubtlAfGokcsa6Deei6M d3l
Ind thai when strychnjne Is used. :.
6tlon: s,foisth for FATS should
z0etef 81. pl69sd IA opeifa6f s6hshei.1
nd fek6es-Allh apDalss particularly
- stfgfchnins isr: arssnic a nGat.s saj
syMtU0n1Doptae ra>s inhn6ldingpand
ysaaa1hM1piee By poaltxy IA iAtsec.
rsnme1da5l fh9t iva Enodag9,,;hexes,
,G6qplAibe used. one considerably larg-
e t6aA. tie other. and each. having
10 III Ihbfs holes In the sid4l IaykS.
ef6Uth 10 admit rats Shs5siH
.Sft ss coz:
ofoSnlzsd Municipal Mar&st..5oss
Dean Frank +. Stockton, OF the Unl.
versity Of South Dakota. was one o.
the
,uaunisiRal market WHICH has ATTRACTED
much NtaatlM "a ths .lsst tn. Ksets.
bscSas3 81 I'LL skoaS 81 Indiana nni.
fea1ty III ddf az. COIL Of iiv}hg, Is ibe
lEaff0fisM In. 9xf6nsiohf X6lIetin bblR
nj t3afn1e ~ Indiana which
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