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POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



cover will drop. Sometimes a weight can be used on 

 the cover to advantage. 



Cat Trap j A slight modification of the common 

 box trap, as in Figure 91, makes it the best kind of a 

 cat trap. A robber cat in a trap is a desperate tartar 

 to handle and if drowned while inside, no other cat 

 will soon enter. To organize a quiet funeral, have a 

 slide, a, just large enough for the prisoner to poke her 

 head through. Then push down the slide and finish 

 her catship with a mallet stroke. 



FIG 91 : CAT TRAP 



Trapping and Killing Skunks These are a nui- 

 sance about a farmhouse or barnyard, and where they 

 get into the habit of raiding the chicken yards, must 

 be gotten rid of at any cost. Often they are allowed 

 to make and occupy nests in the vicinity of the barn 

 and house and remain undisturbed on account of the 

 disagreeable consequences an interference would bring 

 about. The average man would rather beard the lion 

 in his den than risk an encounter with a skunk. A 

 pair of these animals made their abode beneath the 



