RATS AND HOW TO DESTROY THEM By Mark Hovell. Originally published
in 1924, this rare early work on rats and their control is both
expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS
has republished it in an affordable, high quality, modern edition
using the original text and artwork. The author was an expert and
dedicated destroyer of rats who also invented the "Terrier" Death
Run Rat Trap and the Blocking Trap. He was persuaded to write this
fascinating book after fighting a memorable battle in ridding a
friend's house and farm of a long established and numerous rat
colony. Utilising his vast knowledge of the Brown and the Black
Rat, and his many years of practical experience in their
destruction, he penned this, the most comprehensive of all books
ever published on this particular subject. Over five hundred pages
contain forty eight detailed chapters including: - Habits and
Natural History of the Rat. - Traps, Type and Use. - Signals. -
Trapping Methods. - Snaring. - Ferrets and Ferreting. - The
Mongoose. - Dogs. - Trailing. - Poisoning. - Virus. - Blocking. -
Flooding. - Fumigation. - Varnish and Rat Lime Trap. - The Rodier
System. How to Deal with Rats in the House, Shop, Outbuildings,
Yards, Stables, Cow-Houses, Fowl Pens, Pig Sties, Gardens,
Greenhouses, Rivers and Ships. - Rats on Shooting Estates and
Farms. - Sewers. - Notes on Plague. - Cancer in Rats. etc etc.
There are also chapters on the control of mice, cockroaches and
sparrows, with extra detailed chapters on traps and their design.
Over fifty text illustrations are included, detailing trap design
and usage etc. Also retained are several pages of vintage
advertisements for rat traps, poisons, baits, booksetc. This is a
fascinating read for anyone interested in the countryside, rural
conservation, pest control, game keeping etc, with much of the
historical information remaining useful and practical today. Many
of the earliest sporting 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.
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