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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
5
The control problem in a farm setting is likely unsolved across time. Each farmer can address rat damage individually using well known rodent control methods without needing cooperation from others. If losses persist, the farmer is not applying effective measures.
The article outlines practical methods to control rats by eliminating hiding places and food sources. It covers rat proof construction with concrete foundations, minimal gaps, and woven wire barriers in barns and cribs, plus elevated blocks for isolated cribs and routinely moved portable poultry houses to deny shelter and feed access. It notes predators like hawks and owls also reduce rat numbers.
Advice outlines reducing rat harborage by threshing grain early and clearing underbrush and rubbish. Encourages moving haystacks away from food, securing lumber, and using carbon monoxide from exhaust to flush rats from burrows, with terriers trained to dig and expose holes. Ratproofing and clever traps recommended. warns no single solution.
All lands owned and centered by Schorlemmer brothers are posted by law against trespassing shunting wood hauling or other dependent activities.
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