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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 25, Issue 40, 26 May 1914, Page 8

HOW TO CATCH RATS. —. —f- , Rats may readily be induced to drop or jump into any receptacle, especially if it a'.lords them adequate concealment, and they do this without one H r ' r- yu ; g suspicion of their inability outlet v»l proaches. Thus readily ly prefei the only existing mo for retreat apon this principle may ;k,ned, and are obvious--16 our rat traps where the animals are numerous. In Burmah, where the rats are a perfect pest, they use a jar trap, which is thus described by a traveller “The common Pegu jar I used was about li or 2 feet deep, and 14 or 15 inches broad, and a bole was punched in the shoulder just large enough for a rat to enter. “There was about 6 or 7 inches of paddy (rice in husk) in the jar, which , was then buried to. within about Sin. of the top. The mouth of the jar was t!i i! cl (.wed with a board and a m dd timber joists > outli.mse, and ; o-mvwhore.’’ w he caught ,i night. The u;. they can.a oidiw of the THE Pelorus Guardian The Best Advertising Medium n MARLBOROUGH In Job Printing we lead the way