3 - . -- | ; : BoBOBLOP HSLIDOBL Chai PRL OBLB EDC BOTTLE oBeRe@He POESELE0620030000¢0000008 © & & $ - : A.J. GARDINER One of the Greatest Menaces to Farm Profits, % ad a Gooeral Merchant Rat-proof Buildings and Cribs a { ° Necessity--Guillotine Traps Best a --Handle Poisons and Baits Carefully. EAGLE RIVER, ONT. x Duties For belt work this tractor drives a 20x36 thresher, fully equipped, » bay presses, feed mills, ete, = ALENT 2G ow fn. Fro | (Contributed by Ontario Department of ; The Case 10 20 is noted for ite = Agriculture, Toronto.) {power. Ownersstate that (heso t i | $ e ® @ < 6 € 1 & : @ ~ 8 ° 9 $ 5 EA 8 & # Ed # % é o @ & 5 8 a e 4 & ¥ HE Tak Is the worst BML always capable in emervency EE an lextra hard plowing or for cra = This 10-20 is recommended for pulling : dwellings and storerooms re he aon a a pollute and destroy human Food. i, aa ; ea Ekta OBE Trois It carries bubenic plague and many it sod or stubble. Sree : | other diseases fatal to man and has It also handles y : been responsible for more untimely usu illy requiring about six berses, cach . deaths among human beings than ail (a8 two 7 "the wars of history. [eliilis, : ! 16, auld ba better able to : In the United States rats and mice to 16 foot donble dise barrow ete, : each year. destroy crops and other - property valued at over $200,000, | i an | 000. This destruction is equivalent | to the gross earnings of an army of F 7. BRIGNALL ver 200,000 men. : : Oxdrift, Ont. HERB VB IRODEE LB AOTST ONS Tranm Cavapntnns w eimura vepeemeeny Por all réund nse this tractor demands your careful consideration. can pull proved its worth. = DOCG IOP ODOVGPEH5OGE SDD It has Jong It is ecor.omicar 1n operation, burning kerosene successfully. Et is built of the fest materials, Yon worth. > : decide ¢ Regular 15e a package. Every : other hmplements family should grab up two or three dozen at this price. C z your tra tor et foot tinders two 20 slice Fou ac ow, J Y 3) Sh Good Quality Western Ha $23.00 per ton, cash. | TCL CROTEDORDLTLDIL iS dealer in Dry Goods Groceries Boots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce i could be sold, the proceeds would | ™= § ' more than pay all the farmer's taxes. \ rma, On many a farm, if the grain eaten and wasted by rats and mice he Agent for ; The cemmon brown rat breeds six Yorkshire Insurance Company | 4, ten times a year and produces an Frost & WV average of ten youn at a litter. Pare yo an i es females ra wil only three Cockshutt Implements or four months old, . : ; At this rate a pair of rats, breed- Ee , ing uninterruptedly' and without | : ; : deaths, would at the end of three TG WEAN TITD years (18 generations) be increased | PRONGER, rm #3 & § 2 ® 2 Loge 2 # Blonsor Swen ; : 7 to 359,709,482 individuals. * NET TQ +1 tim + 1 IT O11 Q 2 4 ou > ; NE be! : + For centuries the world has been | INOW 18 the time to OU youl STO VIS. an 2 Ly ST LUKE'S CHURCH, Rotary Public fighting rats without organization To _ i pei DRYDEN. : and at the same time has been feed- LF ill ia . Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 LOY NTIID AT TT NYE : 1e of GENERAL HARDWARE ing them and building for them fort- - Ce : 2 oe 2 IE f¥X'X resses for concealment. If we are tg | Kent in Stole. a.m. S = i : fight them on equal terms we must | = Evening Prayer and Sermon at - 5 Harm! \ whe Ter eee | deny. them food and. hiding places. | p.m. We must organize and unite to rid | : ai CRRA AS BEART aman communities of {hese pests. The time | Rev. ROBT. WIi. SON, Zane pes! wana . to begin is now. | Rector. i $ Granaries, corneribs, and poultry ; & $ @ &9 = sed F A Pore bade Ferd fd =) {2% 2 D €d 2% = FEnio & Joma] by jo) re 2 fai} 3 Ct 5 Fond oD & = pad Ewin & wn Lids w <4 D [€5] Union Church SERVICES" houses may be made rat-proof by a Was liberal use of cement in the found- ~ ations and floors; or the floors may : & be of wood resting upon concrete. | = HE ' 5 4 It has been found that in poultry / Re : ; > houses, dry soil or sand may be used : y -- I i & as a covering for the cement floor, vo 4 : {$ ¢ and in stables a wooden floor resting ! ii 4 AT Morning : Service at Oxdrift. & 2 on concrete is Just as satisfactory so ee . : fa YJ | Afternoon: Sunday School and 2 { Bai g, tor 10% (the exclusion of rats is con.' 5 LE £332 ] : : 5 " 2 i 4 &° #9" cerned. § Daag : | Bible class (Dryden), eo 3 \ Barrister, Solicitor, &e. / bm. Preaching Service. : . = a 0 Yirened Es] ferned by MD 2 bor = oo oO be in Jd © romacd 02 SV) oe ° = Ca 2 re The common practice of setting J corneribs on posts with inverted pans | : \ By ; : T rs ~ at the top often fails to exclude rats, | } = : Rev. G. E. ROBINS. ONY a . IMPERIAL BANK BLOCK a - ana > Er 3 ; o "GRRE Saas JKENORA te a Ont. a Cordial Welcome Awaits ¥ ot. da . because the bosts are not high ° : 5 'enough to place the lower cracks of | x ; the structure beyond reach of the, i animals. Ag rats ave excellent jump- = 2 = : = Tt tems, the pants should be tall enough | f to prevent the animals from obtain- | | Ing a foothold at any place within ; three feet of the ground, A crib built | In this way, however, is not very | : i satisfactory. : For a rat-proof crib a well-drained ; : 8ite should be chosen. The outer | - Walls, laid in cement, should be sunk ! about 20 inches into tihe ground. The See within the 'walls should be * grouted thoroughly with cement and | . ; 3 yo, 7 : ; broken stone a with rich tiaDeering and McCormack Seed Drills can be had in 14, 16 or 20 SOMateto for u floor, pon this the myirhey mingle Disk, Double Disk, She or Hoe, with or without structure may he built. Even the Tans cand nin, ont walls of the crib may be of concrete. Brass seed attachment. Corn will not i i i Bes mold in contact with SPECIAL FEATURES. ton Ad Tho here 1s 200d ventila- Two lifting levers, two chain drives, which are thrown in and E ater-tight. r x 1 = ls However, there are i ways ©Out of gear automatically when marke tiers are lowered or raised: of excluding rats from either new or long foot boards, wheel scrapers, land measures; grease cups on all old Dn Rats, mice, ang Spar- Jarge bearings; all steel bo TOWS may be kept out effectually b checls - Slittis 251 the use of Cithor an inner or an i checking or spling, oe covering of galvanized-wi i Li : hl vot of half-inch La SR pe Lor prices and further particulars apply to to resist the teeth of the rats. The ) --~ n Bm | ED edi netting in common use in screening 2. 5. CORR B. 0) Cx ds itl. cellar windows is suitable for cover r write t 4 oy or lining cribs. As rats can climb. : pats © netting, the entire structure must TTT NT / ARVIESTE Ninnipe . be Screened, or, if SParrows are not INTERNATIONAL Hamre =e L. Ta 2 en : to be excluded, the Wire netting may be carried up about three feet from the ground, and above this a belt of sheet metal about a foot in width may be tacked to the outside of the building, Owing to their cunning, it is not always easy to clear rats from prom : ises by trapping; if food ig abundant, it is impossible. A few adults refuse ' to enter the most innocent-looking * . trap. And yet trapping, if Dersistent- ° ly followed, is one of the most effec~ tive ways of destroying the animals. For general use the improved mod. | Swecinl Tule ern traps with a wire fall released "PC€Cial naie by a haiteq trigger and driven by a xX covers prevent warping, twisting, des making the grain box rain proof. ed ZA SUPPLIES Fanterns are most useful, alae ---------------------------------------------------------- AAMAS SRR M1 SE Ti SI SU] 1 Al a SARE A A fa ARTY I T JTTRNQ i coiled spring have marked advan- , STABLE LANTERNS { tages over the old forms, and many ! a pI.: ; of them may pe used at the same , : ty 38 : ys time. These traps, sometimes called are a bargdin at the Pic i "guillotine" traps, are of pany des signs, but the more simply construct- : or : ed 'are' preferable. Probably those (GI ASC WASH BOARD made entirely of metal are the best, as they are more durable. Traps with tin or sheet-metal bases -are not i recommended. A small section ; is an excellent ba, ' not present. Other excelient baits for rats and mice are oatmeal, toast- ed cheese, toasted bread (buttered), fish, fish offal, fresh liver, raw meat, Eine nuts, apples, carrots, and corn, and Sunflower, 'Squash, or pumpkin seeds. Broken fresh eggs are 800d pr ~ bait-at all Seasons, and ripe tomatoes, fied | 8reen cucumbers, and other fresh 4 Vegetables are very tempting to the Sd@ . animals in winter, When seed, grain, or meal; is uged with a guillotine = : trap, it is put on the trigger plate, i Sn re Lhe Apdlications for or the 'rigger wire may be bent out- : Se ward 'and the bait placed directly : J it. of an ear of corn it if other grain is membership and the principal poisons that recommended for kiiing i rium carbonate, phosphorus, and itor mafion cons cerning jelnprned en, write Poison «for praise should ne 0 ver be ; HM. Davison. : slaced in open or uasheltered places. Sec'y-"I'reas. This applies particularly to strychnin | | ©r arsenic on meat. Packages con- taining poisons should always bear Regular meeting at 2.30 p.in, & warning label and should not be | i FIRST SUNDAY every month. ; . "kept where children might reach | 5 i 5 | = them --Condensed from U. §, Farm : : : ; es' Bulletin No. 896. = > : - ) ~~ - ; . i 5 ) 1 ! or | a Rs .