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a dozen or more young per litter,
The common rat reaches sexual
maturity in three to four months
and has a geStatiOil 1)erlOd of 22
to 24 daYe,
Miner favourable inniditionS. a.
pair of Pats conic'" produce
350;000,000 ottsfirio thre8
,y640:
Nline re ki eh sekuai hiaturitY„ at . six, weeks, of age, have a gestation
period of 16 to. 18 days and bear
bear ,five ,to eight young per litter.
Although rodents are night
lovers; it's not too hard to detect
their presence.
They can usually be heard
Squeaking, gnawing: or scampering
about. They leave tracks on chitty
etirfaces or in the snow. They also
leave dreppings and a Olen of
urine, and they leave greasy rub
marks along walls and pipes,
There may be evidence of burrowe
Or holes.
Hoinea add hulidingg Pall
fie blade rodent-pi:oaf through flit:
use of concrete flotirs atiid toatitigh
tigeit:fitting doOH.
and "Wire ecreeiiiiiik nier:
Meat icitidons and venth:
Detailed
trol of rats, and mice arg gtven in
the Canada .Denartnient
Agriculture Publication '1370,
"Control of Rats and Mice." rt Is
free of charge from the the .Infor-
mation Division, Canada. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa 3.
At the North Pole they say
"mush" to their dog teams, At the
South. Pole they say "grits".
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IsleCISSitiA 110i ARuktila" OMAN° THURSDAY, M.A,ACTI 18th 1971
RATS A.NO. MICE
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alma it! Rat* and Wipe are the
most widespread and destructive
pests in the world:
Thes', '!c-tilittlininate vast
qr!it!tWilas of food and other mat-
'erials, destroy builudings and
property and spread numerous
diseases They are useless
wasteful and filthy animals and
should be destroyed at every
opportunity.
You can learn more about
them and their destrtictiVe..l,30,h10.
in a new (Ia1ia.riiai3 il teparini,ent of
AgnitruliitAWitblibaila which
Vakiiis. with the control •
Of rodents. It is available without
charge from the Department's
Information Division.
The booklet„ says rats and
mice occur just about everywhere,
with only one exception mention-
ed. There are no rats in the pro-
vince of Alberta.
It is the only province ,or state
in North America f ree of rate.
Provincial authorities Wage a
relentless War on the rodents,
8.aving re.sidetits ah estintated.
$25,000,000 annually. , In a sense roden'tS 61,n be
"compared \Vit/ii iCeberis, You. see
bitiY a S'thall Part of an Iceberg
beCanee its bulk is well hidden
beneatht the sea, Rats and mice
are the same, If you see one about
the house or barn, you can assume
scores of rodents ate scuttling
about,
They' often live undetected in
burrows under the floors and in
the walls of buildings, coming
out only to forage, usually at
dusk. They will eat practically
any food and will gnaw at alm.ont
everything including the insul-
ation of some types of electrical
wiring,
They will raid granaries and
feed bins, undermine stables and
sheds, kill poultry, eat. eggs and,
damage or destroy fruits and
'vegetables.
A single rat will eat, spoil or
damage about $20 to $.25 worth of
goods per year,
In Canada, they destroy
thousands of tons of grain. feed
and supplies worth several
million of dollars annually.
Rats and mice like garbage
dumps manure piles, sewers, pig-
pens and other unsanitary places.
And then they move on to homes,
restaurants, bakeries, marketing
places and warehouses, contam-
inating everything they touch.
Their feet, tar and tail carry
millions of disease-producing
germs and what they don't eat
they pollute with their droppings
and urine.
They are responsible for the
spread of many diseases. 'Bubonic
plague, typhus, dysentry, tulare-
mia, ratbite fever, leptospirosis.
rabies, trichinosis and salmotten
losie are a. few. And the often
carry such parasites as fleas;
lice, mites. and ticks,
They have been known to bite
sleeping babies and Invalids and
to feed on dead animals.
And if they are really hungry
the will fight and kill each Other
and eat their own young.
Rodents reproduce at a surpris,
frig rate. Rats have as many as
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