What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 240
or open from theinside, but as soon as the animal makes its appearance inthe room the door falls back into place, thus cutting off allretreat. In a short time the room will be overrun with rats,and if allowed to remain undisturbed for a few hours they willall escape through new holes made by their… … Fig. 136.—a Mouse Trap, 212 Autumn, paper, tightly binding it with a string or elastic band. In thecentre of the paper cut a cross as shown in the illustration(Fig. 136). Set the jar in the closet and suspend by a string apiece of toasted cheese over the centre of the jar. If there areany mice in…
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