Fia. 1. — An Illustration of the Inefficiency of the Cat as a Ratcatcher. 

 One cat and twenty-four rats, the result of fumigating cabin of steamship. This cat, an 

 exceptionally good ratter, was supposed to have kept the cabin free from rats. In 

 fumigation she was overlooked. (From Public Health Reports, Vol. 29, No. 16.) 



Fia. 2. — Rat Traps well handled beat the Cat. 



Twenty-three rats and about a dozen mice trapped in two barns in three days, with 5-cent 



traps, properly set. The only advantage of the cat as a rat trap is that it is self-setting. 



