. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. AROUND THE FARM. 261 if he misses it, will go searching around for it. A knowledge of this fact led to the invention some years since of the trap we now illustrate. It is un- patented and our readers our free to make and use it. The trap should be three feet long, one foot wide, and one foot high, out- side measurement, and may be made of ordinary faced pine boards. Nis the on\j solid part of the top, to Avhich is hinged the lids L and D, and also in which the standard S is mortised. The lid L is held up by the rod A, in which
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. AROUND THE FARM. 261 if he misses it, will go searching around for it. A knowledge of this fact led to the invention some years since of the trap we now illustrate. It is un- patented and our readers our free to make and use it. The trap should be three feet long, one foot wide, and one foot high, out- side measurement, and may be made of ordinary faced pine boards. Nis the on\j solid part of the top, to Avhich is hinged the lids L and D, and also in which the standard S is mortised. The lid L is held up by the rod A, in which are one or more notches to elevate it the desired height, catching or hooking over the pin B, and projecting a few inches beyond. Under A, and hinged into the standard by the pin P, is the lever T, also pro- jecting an inch or more beyond. C is a treadle board, hinged at Y to the bottom of the trap, and connecting by the Aviro W to the lever T, elevating it about two inches when set. H is the hail box, separated from the main trap by a wire screen, XX. O is a window, of which there should be one on each side about three or four inches square, also covered with wire or wire cloth, and D is the Ud of the bait box, fastened down by the pin E. If you have a chicken or fowl that has been killed by the mink a night or two preceding put that into the bait box and close the lid, placing the trap as near the spot where the dead fowl was found as you can. If a Uve fowl is put in, no harm can be done to it, the screen effectually protecting it. The mink enters the trap, and as soon as his weight gets well up on the treadle it pulls down the lever T, the projecting end of which dislodges the rod A, and drops the hd L. It is best to have a weiglii upon L, or else a catch to hold it down when sprung, as we have known an old mink to pry up the lid and get out. We have never known this trap to raiss when set immediately succeeding the depredations of one of those varminls. Next to the mink, th
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