THE JOURNAL OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.— Advertisements. 



The Food Production Dept. 

 used Agficastfol *^ in their 

 . 3,700 TRx\CTORS . 



NO TRACTOR is COMPLETE 



WITHOUT 



WAKEFIELD 



r4Rn TRACTOR OIL 



Lubricating oil which prevents the 

 paraffin from getting into the sump— thus 

 giving proper lubrication to the rubbing 

 surfaces, less friction, less wear and thus 

 longer life to the engine. Ten gallons of 

 Agricastrol is worth twenty gallons of 

 ordinary oil. 



C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO., Ltd., 



Wakefield House, 

 CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, EX. 2. 



THE RAPACIOUS RAT. 



£40,000,000 damage per annum. 



■D. The subject is 



READ this testimonial from the Health Department of P- 

 worth a moment's thouglit — Rats cost this country forty million pounds per 

 annum through damage. 



" The experiment was carried out at the Horse 

 " Slavqht^ring Prt-nnscs, and the snrnvi ndhuj land 



" at U B . The land is rerij thiekhj wooded 



" and in parts hoggy. The ivood is divided from 

 ''the field by a hedge in which there are 

 " hundreds of Rat runs. On March 28th 

 " 100 tins of ' Liverpool ' Virus were tahen 

 " doinn to U B aiid used in the runs 



" and around the outside of the sh-id 

 " About ten days later a 

 ''few tins loere used in 

 " the shed, as there was 

 " insufficient left to cover 

 " the whole area. On 

 '* April 15th I made a visit 



" to the shed at U B and walked over the 



" whole if the area covered, and saw ABOUT A 

 " BO/.EN RATS; only one was found in shed 

 " which I kill I'd easihj. I irill say fron my own 

 '* oh-ser ration that the number of Rats hare been 

 " greatly dim m i. slit d.'' 



" Liverpool " Virus is not injurious to human beings or 

 domestic animals. It ii expressly urged that the Virus be 

 usei regularly, because its periodical employment will ensure 

 a lasting result. " Liverpool" Virus can be obtained by post 

 direct from Evans Sons Lescher & Webb, Ltd., 



Hanover Streec, Liverpool, 

 and 60 Bartholomew Close, 

 London E.G. 1, or from all 

 Chemists. "Liverpool" Virus 

 is not a poison, and therefore 

 overcomes the acknowledged 

 difficulty with other extermi- 

 nators. 



The Manufacturers will be 

 pleased to give any advice possi- 

 ble regarding the extermination of rats, and correspondence 

 as to the procedure in special circumstances is especially 

 invit-d. " Liverpool " Virus for Rats is supplied on bait 

 ready for use in 2/6 and 6/- tins, for Mice in 1/6 tins ; in this 

 form the Virus involves no trouble in use. It can be obtained 

 without bait if required in 2 6 and 8/- tubes for Rats, and 

 1/G tubes for Mice. 



"Liverpool" Virus ^T.s'^'TnTS.IS 



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