304 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 
be baited with small pieces of German sausage 
(Wienerwurst) or fried bacon. A small sec- 
tion of an ear of corn is an excellent bait if 
other grain is not present. The trigger wire 
should be’ bent inward to bring the bait into 
proper position to permit the fall to strike the 
rat across the neck. 
Other excellent baits for rats are oatmeal, 
toasted cheese, toasted bread (buttered), fish, 
fish offal, fresh liver, raw meat, pine nuts, 
apples, carrots, corn, and sunflower, squash, 
or pumpkin seeds. Broken fresh eggs are 
good bait at all seasons, and ripe tomatoes, 
green cucumbers, and other fresh vegetables 
are very tempting to the animals in winter. 
When seed, grain, or meal is used with a guil- 
lotine trap, it is placed on the trigger plate, 
or the trigger wire may be bent outward and 
the bait sprinkled under it. 
The old-fashioned barrel-trap may often be 
used to advantage. For several nights rats 
are tolled to food placed on the tops of barrels, 
or a barrel, covered with stiff brown paper 
tied over the top so as to not be displaced or 
break under their weight, Then two cross- 
