PLAGUE OF RATS
Mysterious swarms of rats which are over-running Selby steadings, at Selby. Yorkshire, where previously rodents were practically unknown, have been providing a puzzle for the farmers. Of a brown variety, much bigger than the ordinary rat, they are collecting in huge colonies. Mr. J. Bradley, of Selby, stated lately that when he cleared a few sheaves of straw from the corner of bis barn, out bolted a whole battalion of rats. "In ten minutes." he said, "we killed over 100. In one nest were 21 young n.ts. Last year there was hardly a rat on my place. We've had a great kill, but it looks as though we could do with a Pied Piper."
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 155, 28 March 1932, Page 7
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117PLAGUE OF RATS Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 155, 28 March 1932, Page 7
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