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each pii'cc of paper will llv back in place when 

 the Rals sdikc it and fall through. If these thin 

 strips of steel are used they should be very light. 



Another kind of a barrel trap consists of a water- 

 tight barrel with a platform, which is fixed by hinges 

 inside of the barrel so it will fit the opening near the 

 top but not come in contact with the sides. This 

 platform can be locked with nails or sci-ews and baited 

 for several days and placed in the haunts of Rats and 

 (he screws or nails can be removed and the bait, fast- 

 ened to the board platform with fine wire, will attract 

 the Rats to it. When lliey jinnii npou the platform 

 it turns over and llic animals slide into the water, 

 and if the revolving plalform is properly weighted it 

 \y\\\ a^^snine its proper place. 



OWLS DO THE WORK WELL. 



^^'hile it is true that these and other methods may 

 be employed with more or less success in destroying 

 rodents, experience proves that none of them are su- 

 perior and few are equal to Owls in ridding cellars 

 and other buildings of both Rats and Mice. When 

 your premises are infested with Rats ci- Mice and you 

 have a cellar or building which these rodents inhabit, 

 and the place can be kept closed so the bird cannot es- 

 cape, you can soon get rid of the unwelcome inhabi- 

 tants by getting a live Great Horned Owl or a Barred 

 Owl, either of which will, in a short time, destroy all 

 the Rats and Mice in the jilace. The little Screech 

 Owl cn.nfine(l in the same way will destroy Jlice and 

 sometimes \\ill attack and kill Rats, particularly 

 vounir ones. 



