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placed over the joints to exclude light. The upright tile should 

 be fitted with a tight removable cover — Mr. Walmsley uses old 

 harrow disks for the purpose. The projecting end of the small tile 

 is surrounded with rocks, brush, or wood, so as to make the hole look 

 inviting to rabbits (fig. 5), and that they may appropriate the den as a 

 place of concealment and shelter. A number of these traps in various 

 places, and especially in the vicinity of the orchard, have kept Mr. 

 Walmsley's farm comparatively free of rabbits. Rabbits occupy 

 these tile traps, go in or out at will, and may be captured when de- 

 sired. Whenever Mr. Walmsley visits his traps he is accompanied 

 by a trained dog that locates the trapped animals. The cover is 

 lifted from the upright tile and the rabbit captured by hand; if it 













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Fig. 5. — A Walmsley tile trap in use. 



bolts from the side opening it is caught by the dog. A short pole 

 fitted with a 5-inch wooden disk may be inserted in the side opening 

 to prevent escape. 



These traps are especially suitable for open lands and prairies, 

 where rabbits can not find many natural hiding places. Built on 

 waste land, they may become a permanent part of the farm equip- 

 ment and w T ill cost nothing for repairs from year to year. Their 

 first cost may be greatly reduced by use of second-grade or even 

 broken tiles. If one wishes to poison rabbits, the baits may be 

 placed inside these traps and domestic animals or birds will not be 

 endangered. The Walmsley trap also furnishes an excellent means 

 of obtaining rabbits for the table or even for market without damag- 

 ing them by shooting. 



