Popular science monthly . ll 1 uuk a 1 liiii^h I il , ol tCal ti i t < -iiM i U 1 1 in . 1 iuilding and Advertise the F,k t , Tennessee, Considers Coal to be One of Her Greatest Natural Resources Popular Srioire MoiilJiIi/ 3(1:5. The Rat-Guard Is a Circular Disk of Galvan-ized Iron About Eighteen Inches in Diameter A Guard for Mooring Ropes to PreventRats from Landing TO prevent rats from bringing thebubonic plague into New Orleans acity ordinance requires all boats fromtropical zones to fend off abouttwenty feet from the wharf and to puta rat-guard on each mooring rope.
Popular science monthly . ll 1 uuk a 1 liiii^h I il , ol tCal ti i t < -iiM i U 1 1 in . 1 iuilding and Advertise the F,k t , Tennessee, Considers Coal to be One of Her Greatest Natural Resources Popular Srioire MoiilJiIi/ 3(1:5. The Rat-Guard Is a Circular Disk of Galvan-ized Iron About Eighteen Inches in Diameter A Guard for Mooring Ropes to PreventRats from Landing TO prevent rats from bringing thebubonic plague into New Orleans acity ordinance requires all boats fromtropical zones to fend off abouttwenty feet from the wharf and to puta rat-guard on each mooring rope. Therat-guard is a circular disk of galvanizedIron about eighteen inches in diameterwhich keeps the rat from using the ropeas a bridge and making a landing onthe wharf. In the accompanying photograph onerat-guard appears as a white circularspot near the bow of the boat. Othersma>- be seen attaciied to nearby boat at dock is the HighlandPrince with a cargo of coffee fromBrazil. Formerly these incoming ships broughtas great a cargo of rats as they carriedof grain, figuratively speaking, whichproved to be a nuisance as well as agrave menace to the health of the portand of the surrounding countr\-. Sorting and Packing Applesby Machiner
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