A Sure Rat Exterminator

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 13, 1916

A Sure Rat Exterminator

(Republished by request)

WE had rid our yard of moles by using carbon bisulphide; and as our chicken houses were overrun with rats, I thought of trying it for exterminating them. We soaked cloths with it and poked them into the rat holes as far as possible, so that the chickens could not pull them out. The rats left and have never come back, although it is over two years since we tried it. We felt this a great victory, for we had tried everything else we ever heard of without success. Care should be taken, however, to keep all fire away from the sulphide fumes, as they are highly inflammable.—Selected.