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Title: The journal of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture
Subjects: Agriculture Agriculture
Publisher: London : Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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lphur (/)be sprinkled on the glowing cotton waste. The spout (B)should then be inserted into the lower hole and the bellows(d) be used. In a few minutes colourless sulphur dioxidewill be generated, and in about a quarter of an hour or longer,according to the size of the burrow, the rats will either succumbto the gas or try to bolt—in the latter case to be easily dis-patched by sticks and dogs. This gassing has the advantageof killing both large and small rats at a minimum cost, and thefumigated burrows, if not immediately destroyed, will not beused again for some timx. ****** Organised Measures for Rat Destruction.—As a consequenceof the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, whichcame into force on the ist January, theOrganised Hinistrv of Food have revoked as fromRat Destruction. ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 191S-19. Local Authorities have no longer, therefore, the power topay rewards out of public funds for the kilHng of rats. Whatwas previously encouraged by way of reward is now imposed
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Bag of Rats (275) obtained in three days during threshing at a farm inHerefordshire. In this county Rat Destruction is being carried ^out on originalself-supporting lines, under the supervision of a Rat Officer. 1920.) Rat Destruction. 1179 upon the owner or occupier of premises as a legal obligation.Great commercial companies are recognising their duty. TheLondon and North-Western Railway Company, for example,have appointed an Officer to supervise rat destruction overtheir whole system, and a committee consisting of members ofthe various branches of the service has been formed to co-operate with him. The Ministry have addressed a letter toall Railway Companies informing them of the action of theLondon and North-Western Railway Company and suggestingthat they should follow this example. The County andUrban Authorities have also been very active. Since thepassing of the Act many counties and boroughs have appointedofficers to administer the Act. In Leeds a Rats Officer hasbeen appointe

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