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troublesome, it is recommended to rub a 

 small quantity of tar and sulphur about the 

 head and neck. This is particularly neces- 

 sary in the case of geese, for whom foxes 

 have had, from the earliest antiquity, a re- 

 markable predilection. 



Weasels are often very destructive, al- 

 though, at the same time, they rid us equally 

 of another enemy, the common rat. I have 

 found nothing better than the oblong iron 

 cage used for rats, with a spring-door at 

 each end, and baited with a piece of fresh- 

 ly-fried meat, or the head of a fowl. The 

 nature of this enemy may be detected by 

 finding your fowls dead, and the only exter- 

 nal injury apparent is an open wound in 

 their throats. 



Minks only occur near streams and ponds. 

 The best mode of getting rid of these is to 

 place a number of steel traps, baited with 

 meat, and carefully rubbed over with any 

 aromatic essential oil. 



I have known the following to be very 

 successful against skunks"; but it should be 

 borne in mind, that the traps must be laid 



