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results were good. The method is as follows: Boil 151b of oats (Cartons preferred) with 21b of molasses or treacle and sufficient water until the oats are soft, draining off any surplus liquid. The oats are then ready to lay for feeding purposes. Run light ploughfurrows about 2 chains apart on the . land where rabbits feed principally at night, and lay baits of a dessertspoonful every 4 yards apart in the furrows. In country too rough for the plough lay the baits in scrapes or spade-chips. Continue this for three nights, and if the rabbits arc then eating the sweetened oats well, proceed with the poison as follows: Weigh out 241b of boiled oats treated as before mentioned; pour into a wide bath or tub; grind loz'of strychnine into fine powder, and sprinkle a teaspoonful at a time over the oats, stirring well after each sprinkling, until the strychnine is all mixed; after which add 21b of sugar to give a sweet coating, as the rabbits having been fed on sweetened oats it is advisable to cover the taste of the strychnine. Allow the oats to stand for two hours before laying. In laying the poisoned oats one teaspoonful is sufficient every 4 or 5 yards. The furrows used for feeding purposes will also do for the poison. Special care should be taken that all utensils used in the preparation of the poison are perfectly cleaned, and personal cleanliness should be observed and the baits handled as little as possible. It is held by some that the addition of a small quantity of oil of aniseed to the poison immediately before laying is of advantage in attracting rabbits to the bait, and also in destroying all traces of human handling. The strychnine- should be ground as fine as possible, no grittiness to be observable. As strychnine is highly poisonous, the hands require to be thoroughly washed after the poison has been handled. I Dead rabbits should be buried or' burned at once. J. MOORE, | G372 County Chairman. \

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