. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 320 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES so concreted in cellar and basement as to prevent their entrance. Many good traps for rats are now available. The so- called guillotine trap is perhaps the best. It is on sale in various forms in hardware stores. Each trap should be thoroughly scalded after use, in order to catch new victims. Two ingenious forms of rat traps are shown in the accompanying pictures. The form used in Burma is a large earth- enware vessel closed at the top by a b
. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 320 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES so concreted in cellar and basement as to prevent their entrance. Many good traps for rats are now available. The so- called guillotine trap is perhaps the best. It is on sale in various forms in hardware stores. Each trap should be thoroughly scalded after use, in order to catch new victims. Two ingenious forms of rat traps are shown in the accompanying pictures. The form used in Burma is a large earth- enware vessel closed at the top by a board held in place by a heavy stone. The rats go in the small hole shown, and are unable to get 6ut. Rice or other bait is put in the bottom of the jar. The barrel trap is BARREL Trap readily understood from the picture: the FOR Rats , . ,. , . , , bait IS fastened m place at ^; a cleat is nailed on at a to hold the hinged top from going down on that side. OBSERVATIONS FOR PUPILS Meadow Mice 1. Observe the runways of these mice, especially in early spring. Do you find any holes that go deeper in the ground ? 2. Look for trees and shrubs in which the bark has been gnawed off by meadow mice. Make a list of the kinds of trees and shrubs. â 3. What methods of preventing damage by these pests have you known to be tried? Read: â . Meadow Mice in Relation to Agriculture, Yearbook Reprint 388. Rats and Mice 1. How can you distinguish a rat from a mouse.' 2. What damage have you known rats to 'do ? 3. What ways have you tried to destroy rats ? Read: â How to Destroy Rats, Farmers" Bulletin Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & Co.
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