The Rat - A World Menace (Vermin and Pest Control Series)

A. Moore Hogarth

Description

Originally published in the early 1900s, this extremely rare early work on the Rat is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have now republished it, using the original text and illustrations. The author was an acknowledged expert upon pests and their extinction. He was also a member of the London College of Pestology and was instrumental with others in placing a "Bill for Rat Destruction" before Parliament in 1908. This important book on Rats and their control, consists of one hundred and seventeen pages containing seventeen Detailed chapters and a number of vintage illustrations: History of the Rat. Species of Rats, Voles and Mice. Description of Same. The Domestic Mouse and How to Deal with It. Habits of the Rat, and its Fecundity. Waste of Food, and Damage Caused by Rats. The Rat as a Carrier of Disease and a Menace to Health. Natural Enemies of the Rat. The Rodier System. How to Kill Rats. Stopping. Flooding and Smoking. Ferreting. Trapping. Poisons. Bacterial Cultures. Rats on the Estate, Farm, and in Outbuildings. Rats in Shops, Factories, Warehouses and Dwellings. Rats in Sewers. Rats on Board Ships. Suggested Measures. Deratisation. Also retained are numerous original adverts for Traps, Poisons, Rat Lime and Rat Varnish, Baits and other requisites for the destruction of the rat. This is a fascinating read for any pest control enthusiast or naturalist historian, with much of the information remaining practical and useful today. Many of the earlier Natural History and Rural books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528769471
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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ZELIO PASTE
THE NEW METHOD OF
Exterminating Rats and Voles
Prices, in convenient tubes, 1/6 each; and tins of 1 lb., 7/6; 2 lb., 13/6; 101b., 55/-

Approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

BAYER PRODUCTS LTD.
19, ST. DUNSTAN S HILL
LONDON, E.C. 3
Telephone: Royal 2833-4
AUSTRALASIA
FASSETT JOHNSON, LTD.
Sydney, and Wellington, N.Z.
Telegrams: Bayaprod, Phone, London
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
TAEUBER AND CORSSEN (PTY.) LTD
Cape Town
Before you spend a penny
on a Rat Exterminator

you should first of all make certain that the stuff you buy is going to do what it is intended to do.
Do not experiment.
Write to the British Ratin Company, 109, Kingsway, London, W.C.2-write this Company and say
Prove to me-prove to me finally and definitely that the RATIN system of Rat Extermination does actually get rid of the rodents.

And back by return will come to you documentary evidence-evidence from some of the leading business men in this country-disinterested evidence-authoritative evidence-you will receive by return the proof that RATIN is the one sure and certain weapon for dealing with a great evil.
Write to-day. Simply mention this notice.
Address The
BRITISH RATIN COMPANY L TD
109, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C. 2.
Telegrams:
Kincobil, Westcent, London.
Telephone:
Holborn 0227 8986.
LIVERPOOL VIRUS
is the SAFEST and SUREST EXTERMINATOR.

It is harmless to humans
and to all animals.
It cannot contaminate food.
It causes rats and mice to die
in the open and not under
the floorboards.
It spreads death from rat to rat.
It is no trouble to use, being
already baited.

Write us for free advice upon your own particular problem .

A copy of T HE B OOK OF THE R AT will be sent free, on application.

EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB, LTD.,
56, Hanover Street, LIVERPOOL.
They cared not a rap for the old-fashioned trap .
And they laughed at the dogs and the cats .
But with appetites keen, they ate some Rodine .
And that was the end of the rats .
RODINE- A One-Night Wonder

Mr. S. Lewis, Virginia Road, Shoreditch, E.2, writes: I was over-run with rats and was recommended to try Rodine. I did so and it resulted in a one night wonder. Complete clearance of rats. I tried Rodine again for mice last week with remarkable results. Rodine is a wonderful remedy, worthy of every form of recommendation.
TINS: 7 1/2d., 1/3, 2/6, post 3d.; 5/-, post 6d.
Sole Maker: T. HARLEY, M.P.S., Manufacturing Chemist, RODINE WORKS - PERTH - SCOTLAND.

The
GILPA RAT TRAP
3-in. Traps
19/6 per doz.
4-in. Traps
32/- per doz.
4-in. Improved Gilpa Traps (Brass Catches)
41-per doz.
Exceptionally Cheap. Strong and Durable. Effective and Reliable. Wonderfully Light and Portable So adjusted that they cannot be badly set.
THE WIRE SPRING RAT TRAP
3 in. 4
+ in.
1st Quality (Brass Catches)
37/6
38/6 per doz.
2nd Quality (Brass Catches)
30/3
31/- per doz.
3rd Quality (Iron Catches)
24/9
25/3 per doz.
GILBERTSON PAGE, LTD.,
Game and Dog Food Manufacturers,
HERTFORD, HERTS.
Actual Results
with
Ferry Destroyer
MESSRS. F. J. L., Nurserymen, Surrey, report: We have been greatly troubled with Rats from a Poultry Farm next to us, but have the whip hand of them now . . . The best investment we have ever made.

J. F. B., Lambeth, writes: My business premises (within a few yards of the Thames) are now clear of rats.

G. G., Glamorganshire, writes: I took up 14 dead rats next morning. In all my life I have never seen such a remarkable result.

A Hertfordshire Nurseryman reports: I was overrun with rats and mice but now there is not a trace of one to be seen.
Ferry Destroyer is particularly attractive to Rats who eat it in preference to anything else. Swift and deadly in effect-one bait will kill the biggest Rat. Yet it is HARMLESS TO MAN, ANIMALS AND POULTRY.
It is not a Virus, and therefore does not contaminate foodstuffs. Equally effective for Mice, of course .
When all other remedies have failed, Ferry Destroyer will quickly rid you of the pests.
PRICES:
1/2 pt. 4/- ;
1 pt. 7/- ;
1 qt. 10/9 .
Special quotations for larger quantities.
Ferry Destroyer is obtainable from Chemists, Ironmongers, Stores, c., or carr. paid for cash with order, from the Makers:
THE BRITON FERRY CHEMICAL AND MANURE Co., Ltd. (Dept. A 6),
BRITON FERRY. (Established 1886.)
THE RAT S
WORST
ENEMY
IS
The NIPPER
RAT TRAP
Of all Ironmongers and Stores
10 D. each.
MADE IN ENGLAND.

THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF DESTROYING THE RAT PEST

Full particulars of this effective method, together with prices of the apparatus and powder will be sent on application to Geo. Munro, Ltd., Technical Department, Hertford Road, Waltham Cross .
is by means of poison gas. This penetrates into all parts of the run and kills this destructive pest, together with the parasites with which it is frequently infested.
DAK Ratlime
What Users Say
Fred Griffiths, Esq., Lockhill Hall, Ashcott, writes: The results are wonderful . . . nearly a hundred rats with two tins. Neighbouring farmers are sending for supplies. Messrs. E. Bacon Co., Ltd., write: The results have been truly amazing . . . it seems possible that rats on the Grimsby Fish Docks might be almost exterminated. It is the finest rat catching material we have ever experienced and we have tried a good many.
Tins at 1/6 (for one trap) 216 (3 traps) and 14/6 (20 traps) at chemists, ironmongers or (postage 6d extra) from the Sole Makers: KAY BROTHERS Ltd., Manufacturing Chemists, Stockport .
DAK Ratlime will quickly trap the rats and mice which feed, breed and plunder at your expense.
Spread on a sheet of cardboard or tin, this amazingly tenacious birdlime ensnares the wiliest and holds the strongest as easily as a sticky flypaper traps flies. Read the letters quoted. Then decide to try this modern and most effective method without delay. It pays for itself in the first few nights and then goes on catching rats for months on end.
NO POISON :: NO GERMS
NO DANGER :: NO DEAD
RATS UNDER FLOORS c
RATCATCHING VARNISH
AS SUPPLIED TO
H.M. Government Departments, County and other Authorities, c.

Manufactured by
DANE CO.
(Estd. 1853),
91-2, Shoe Lane,
London, E.C. 4.
Central 6904-5.
3, East Register Street,
Edinburgh.
Phone 24026.

HUNDREDS VANISH IN A NIGHT.
LLOYD S RAT EXTERMINATOR.

This is a new discovery embodying the use of a powerful Eastern Drug, which has a specific action on the peculiar structure of the rodent.
IT KILLS and also PREVENTS BREEDING.
It is extensively used by County and Municipal Authorities, Borough Councils, Hospitals, Shipping Companies, Port Authorities, Caterers, Hotels, Millers, Oil Mills, Breweries, Poultry Farmers, c., c.
1. It is NON-POISONOUS.
2. It will not affect domestic animals-
3. It will not contaminate food.
4. It is not a germ-carrier.
cats, dogs, poultry, c.
Sold in tins at 3/6, 6/6, 12/6, 24/-, 36/6, 72/- , carriage paid.
Small size for mice, 1/3.
Manufactured by - Lloyd s Chemical Co., Ltd., 68/70, Newington Causeway, London,
Telephone-4436 Monument. Telegrams- Jogador Fen, London. [S.E.1
THE COLLEGE OF PESTOLOGY.
(INCORPORATED.)
52, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON
(Laboratory: 233, Pentonville Road, N.1) .

President:
THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.
Deputy Presidents:
Sir THOMAS HORDER, Bart., K.C.V.O., M.D., F.R.C.P. The Hon. HENRY MOND, M.P.
Hon. Treasurer:
GEORGE MADDEN, M.B., Ch.B.
Hon. Auditors:
JAMES WARD SON, Chartered Accountants.

Quite frankly nobody now denies that the various types of insects that make man their host, can and do carry the possibility of lingering illness.
If any doubt existed, Mr. Justice Swift s classification of Bugs as dangerous insects capable of causing assessable injury should dissipate that doubt.
But the point is would you willingly offer yourself as a meal to a disease-carrying, germ-laden insect?
You should know and know quite well that these horrors cannot be confined to their incubating grounds-Slums and the like.
Would you allow your child to play on a grass plot lately the bed of a vermin-ridden tramp for example?
Would you willingly allow a flea from a cancerous or tuberculous person access to you or to your children?
Flies are harbingers of death, and should not be tolerated by a sane people. We have taught this since 1908.
Fabulous sums of money are lost every year through Rat and Mouse depredation. Cockroaches cost thousands of pounds, Furniture Mite is a nightmare; it is a matter of life and death that is now the issue between man and his insect foes, and we can support this assertion by unchallengeable statistics.
It is not the other fellow s business, it is your business, and we invite you to co-operate with those whose voluntary work on your behalf is already substantial, in safeguarding your home, your kith and kin, and all you hold dear by co-operating with us
It is no use being squeamish in these matters, the evils exist and they have got to be tackled, and it is the College of Pestology