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so concreted in cellar and basement as to prevent their 

 entrance. 



Many good traps for rats are now available. The so- 

 called guillotine trap is perhaps the best. It is on sale 

 in various forms in hardware stores. Each trap should 

 be thoroughly scalded after use, in order to catch new 

 victims. Two ingenious forms of rat traps 

 are shown in the accompanying pictures. 

 The form used in Burma is a large earth- 

 enware vessel closed at the top by a board 

 held in place by a heavy stone. The rats 

 go in the small hole shown, and are unable 

 to get out. Rice or other bait is put in 

 the bottom of the jar. The barrel trap is 



BARREL TRAP readily understood from the picture : the 

 FOR RATS 



bait is fastened in place at b ; a cleat is 



nailed on at a to hold the hinged top from going down on 

 that side. 



OBSERVATIONS FOR PUPILS 



MEADOW MICE 



1. Observe the runways of these mice, especially in early spring. 

 Do you find any holes that go deeper in the ground ? 



2. Look for trees and shrubs in which the bark has been gnawed 

 off by meadow mice. Make a list of the kinds of trees and shrubs. 



3. What methods of preventing damage by these pests have you 

 known to be tried? 



Read : 

 Meadow Mice in Relation to Agriculture, Yearbook Reprint 388. 



RATS AND MICE 



1. How can you distinguish a rat from a mouse? 



2. What damage have you known rats to do? 



3. What ways have you tried to destroy rats ? 

 Read : - 



How to Destroy Rats, Farmers' Bulletin 369. 



