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face. The bail : a fisli, frog, head of a l*heasau1, Tur- 

 key oi' Cliieken, seen ted witli oil of anise, and liuiig 

 about two feet and a half above the trap. The 'Coon 

 can also be caut;lit in the V-shaped pen trap, with bail 

 scented with oil of anise, and placed far back in the 

 pen and the trap covered over at entrance. 



SOME METHODS OF DESTROYING RATS. 



Kats aie found in all sections of the State, and llu' 

 damage they do in the poultry yard, besides commit- 

 ling great injuries in other ways, is frequently far 

 greater than that done by all other preying animals. 



Rats are particularly cautious, which, in conjunc- 

 tion witli their remarkable cunning, oftentimes make 

 il a difficult and, at times, ahnost an impossible task 

 to catch or destroy them. 



Common house cats, like Weasels, that often live 

 about barns and other out-buildings, frequently do 

 great service in i idding tlie places of both Kats and 

 Mice, but sometimes both the cat and Weasel will kill 

 chickens. The Weasel, when it begins to destroy 

 poultry, spares neither old or young and in a short 

 lime will slay a gi-eat number. Some farmers say 

 they like to have Weasels live about their barns and 

 haystacks, but wlien these animals frequent sucli 

 places the poulh-y is always in more or less danger of 

 b(Mng attacked. 



SHOOTING. 



The writer has foi- st^-eral years past been able, 

 wilh llie aid of a shot gun, to drive "Rats away from hi« 

 premises, wliere, a1 irregular intervals, 1h(>y came 

 from neigliboring buildings. About eight y(»ai'S ago 

 Ihe stable at mv liome was literallv overrun wilh 



