DESTRUCTION OF RATS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18018, 17 February 1922, Page 5

DESTRUCTION OF RATS.

A NOVEL SUGGESTION.

A correspondent of a Sydney paper forwards the following, .referring to " the best method of destroying rate," 2700 of which were, it is said, caught in a warehouse in one night by the «se of tubs and water, as follows :-~Get old tubs, take away the tops, and supply their place with parchment or stout brown paper. On this for two or three uights in succession leavo a few fragments of cheese, bacon or other dainty dear to tho rat palate'. Lean a piece of board against the side of the tub to serve iui a ladder, and allow the rats to become thoroughly accustomed to the future trap. After a few days place a brick upright at tue bottom of each tub, fill with water to a depth o 6in., so that the top of the bnd is just hieh and dry, and cut tho parchment in slips, in such a manner as to give way at tho slightest pressure The first rat that ventures on this a Is, of cour into the water, and quickly, make its way to the brick, which alow it stajidnK room and ™ more ' Be ore lo ? g lt f * nmedbyasecond, which also makes foi accompanied bv much squeaking, flow hec-Vo a rat in distress, invariably ttrS every other rat wit hill hearing, with a view to a possible meal upon their nnfortunate relation. So, others quickly hare tißta of the imprisoned rats, and large numbers are thus caught.