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keep grain constantly before the fowls probably feed nearly as 

 much to rats'and sparrows as to fowls. Poultry should be fed 

 indoors; every poultry house should be rat proof, and all open- 

 ings should be covered with cellar wire netting which will keep 

 out rats, mice and sparrows and save the poultryman more than 

 its cost in a single year. Where poultry foods are thus pro- 



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Fig. 8. — Diagram for cutting out the parts of a funnel trap 48 by 24 by 15 inches. 



(After Biological Survey.) 



Fig. 9. — Receiving box for removing sparrows from trap, 

 (After Biological Survey.) 



tected sparrows may be caught with ease. Any poultryman 

 may catch large numbers of sparrows in winter by closing all 

 but one opening in a henhouse and enticing the birds in by 

 means of grain. After they have been well fed in this building 

 for a week or two, and have become accustomed to feed there 



