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steel traps, smallest sized ones, hidden in bran, mciil. 

 or covered lij^btlv with dirt and placed in runways arc- 

 often very effective. When a Rat is cauj;bt in a steel 

 trap it is well to smoke it by holding it over bninin^ 

 paper or chicken feathers to remove all traces of (Ik- 

 first victim before you set it a second time. 



THE WIRE NOOSE. 



Kats are sometimes caught with a noose, made from 

 tine brass wire, fastened at one end by a nail above, 

 with the noose hung over the hole they come out of. 

 If this method is employed it is best to have a piece 

 of wire without a noose for several days over the hole 

 and allow the free end of the wire to hang in front or 

 at the side of the hole so the wary Rats will become 

 accustomed to it. They will then be mucli more likely 

 to get ensnared in the noose when it is set for them. 



THE MILK CAN TRAP. 



A faiTner in Bradford county employs the follow- 

 ing method in killing Rats with good success. Con- 

 cerning it he says: Take a large milk can — such as is 

 used to sTiij) milk— which will hold forty or fifty 

 quarts, place a board alongside of the can, so Rats can 

 run up to the toj» or mouth of can. and put a piece of 

 board inside of can long enough to reach from top to 

 bottom of the vessel : then scatter corn, wheat, oats or 

 meal over bottom of can. The bait should be replen- 

 ished for several days so that the Rats will become 

 accustomed to it and know where they can get a good 

 square meal. Tlien remove the board from the inside. 

 The Rats will run up the outside board and jum]) into 

 can and cannot get out. As many as eight or ten (»f 

 these animals have been caught in one night in this 

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