TRAINED RATES.
A large London meat house, which had suffered severe loss through the devastationa committed by ratis, hit upon a novel scheme to abate the nuisance. A regular system of kindness was practised upon the rodents. Food to their taste was left for them at regular intervals. It was given t» them to understand that the management considered it a great" pleasure to have them about the premises. Also felines were banished from the warehouse. At the end bf.six months the va\ s became quite tame, and would eat out of the butcher's hands. The dainty meats reserved for larg-ev animals were thenceforth left untouched, rodent notions of honour being exceedingly strict; with tbe result that although the rats are daily on the increase, with no 'limit in .sight, the firm is many pounds ahead, and on the load to prosperity..
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11796, 2 December 1902, Page 7
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142TRAINED RATES. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11796, 2 December 1902, Page 7
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