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each ])ipce of j)apc'r will fly back in place when 

 the liats .strike it and fall thniuj;h. If these thin 

 strips o-f steel are used they should be very light. 



Another kind of a barrel trap consists of a water- 

 ti^dit 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 

 ])latfc'rni can be locked with nails or screws and baited 

 for several days and placed in the haunts of Rats and 

 the 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 they jump upon the platfomi 

 it turns over and the animals slide into the water, 

 and if the revolving platfoiTn is properly weighted it 

 will assume its prO'per place. 



OWLS DO THE WORK WELL. 



\\'liile it is true that these and other methods may 

 be emj)l(ned 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 or Mice and you 

 have a cellar or building which these rodents inhabit, 

 and th*.* jjlace 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 AAhich will, in a short time, destroy all 

 the Rats and Mice in the place. The little Screech 

 Owl confined in the same way will destroy ^iice and 

 sometimes will attack and kill Rats, particulnrly 

 vdimu; ones, 



