Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 3

| % &kj’? ~ 13 ¢ i g } A STATE WIDE WAR ON RATS Food Administration and College of Agriculture Urge Public to Fight the Pests. THEY COST STATE * $3,000,000 A XEAR Agricultural College Issues a Bulletin - as Guide for Local Rat - Campaigns. \ A campaign to rid Minnegota of rats has been begun by the federal food administratioh for Minhesota and the division of entomology and economic -soology of the Minnesota College of Agriculture, Rats ‘eat about $3,000,000 worth of Minnesota foodstuffs every yesr. This means an annual tax on every resi- dent of Minnesota of $2, for which there is absolutely no return. Be- sides, rats are carriers of disease and ,,/ there is no telling to what extent they o increase the burdens of the people in this respect. What Rats Cost the U. 8. The figures for the whole United States are still more striking. Rats cost the United States annually not less than $200,000,000, to say mothing of disease spread by them. Rats eat valuable foodstuffs; thly cause disastrous fires; they spread bubonic plagus, trichinosis, and other maladies; they eat grain in the fields | and in warehouses; they take unpro- tected food from stock; they eat eggs and young chickens; and the eggs of meny birds which are exterminators of insect pests; they destroy fruits and vegetables, and they multiply with tremendous rapidity, imereasing the annual toll of food and life. These are the reaspns behind the action of the food administration and the Minnesota College of Agriculture. Campaigns Must Be Co-operative. A campalgn must be widespread to be effective. One fartier or one mer- <chant cannot rid his premises of rats i his meighbor harbors rats. A war against rats must be co-operative. For this reason, local campaigns are to be+. encouraged and it is suggested that county agents and county chairmen of the Counocil of Defense, boy scout di- rectors, school authorities, commer- cial clubs, school clubg, and similar organizations organize to extermina s the pest. Bulletin as a Guide. . The College of Agriculture has just issued a bulletin as a guide to those promoting local campaigns. This bul- Tetin is by F. L. Washburn. It urges that prevention is the best method. Prevention can be effected by cover- 11\. basement windows of buildings !fih one-fourth inch galvanized s¢reens and the bottom of enmdn doers, particularly of -m;{-p aad of ‘msrkets, groceries, and foed - ware- ses, with similar wire netting. s of such buildings may be made proof. ‘cribs may b€ protpet- of by ratitng them at least three feet the ground on posts with project metal guards over which the rat t climb. Rat-holes may be closet camant containing bits of breke: gites. Breeding ‘plaees may e broke: . or destroyed by the remeval r ‘Fabbish and Hiter of all sopts. . Thes 288 other methods are re¢ommends 7’ the bulletin, copies of which ma: be. had by addressing Office of Publi wations, University Farm, St. Paul. ] Traps and Pals Where rats are already well estab- ighed and doing their vicicus thieving and gorm-spreadthg, rats may be drapped or poisoned. What is known as the lullloune trap, made entirely of metal, is re- ‘gazded as the best. -A large mumber -of traps should be used at once, not Just one or two as is eommonly the prictice. By using a considerable number at the outset a big. eatch is more likely than after the rats learn te be suspicious of anything like a trap. Barfum carbonate (barytes) is rec- ommended as a poison because it acts slowly and rats which have takem it with their food leave buildimgs to go in gearch of water. This prevents their dying in buildings and causing objectionable odors. Bartyes is cheap and may be used by mixing it ground fme with cornmeal, 1 part of barytes 10 4 parts of cornmeal with sweet ofl added. It may also be made into a stiff dough with oatmeal and water or may be spread on buttered brédd or on fish. Other methods of peisoning are outlined in Mr. Washburn’s bulletin, Rat-Proof Buildings Needed. Having made plans for the extermi- nation of rats, measures should be adopted for preventing their return by rat-proofing all buildings. This may be done by constructing concrete foun- dations and by the use of wire mesh aiready referred to. Farmers’ Bulle- tin No. 461, issued by thé United States Department of Agriculture, on the “Uses of Concrete on the Farm,” tells how to comstruct such founda- tions. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 898, by the same department, contains furthes IllermnuOn 2s to rat éttermmmation THE SUGGESTION. Miss Caustic—These men who eriticize so severely the wearing of overalls and trousers by women at work, amuse me. Mr. Curious—Why so? Miss Caustic—Because the men who are fhe loudest in denunciation are sure to be the ones whose wives wear the breeches at home. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1918 The Extreme Penaity. George, the colored porter, was tell Ing about a negro gambling club. “It shuh is some place, dat is,” com- mented George. “Any tough colored gamblers ever there?” ~ “No suh, no tough buhds, only nice gen'men.” “Any of the boys ever get rough?” “Oh, no suh, not mugh.” “Any ever pull a razor on you?” “No, not on dis baby.” “If one did, some real tough fellow, what would you do?” “Tuhn dat man right. ovah to de¢ law.” “And supposing that he would cut you all up, just hack ygu to bits, what would .you do then?” “In dat case dat man wud be bahd frum de club aftah dat!” ‘THE MEASURE. * Hun—I thought you Americans loved peace. Yank—So we do; we love it well enough to fi;zht for it. BUSINESS | & PROFESSIONAL| DOGTOBS DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. ¥l A ORI AND SURGEON Thertson Blogk Office Phone 163 DRS. GILMORE & McCANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS THE BEMIDJI i A V.GARLOOK,W.D. | SPECIALIST BYE EAR NOSE THROAT Glasses Fitted DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Block Tel. 230 THORWALD LUNDE DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC Acute and Chronic Diseases handled with .great success. 1st Nat: Bank Bldg. Phone 406-W Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-6 7-8 p. m. DR. E. H. SHITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Bleck DR. E. A, SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block - Phone 39¢ Res. Phone 397 DR. EINER JOHNSON - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. DENTISTS DR. J. W DIEDRIGH " Office, O’Loary-Bowaer BIld, | Oftice Phone 376-W Res. 876-R* DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER DAILY PIONEER D. R. BURGESS, D. V. M. 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