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Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience

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Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience

Ike Matthews

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After twenty-five years chasing rats through warehouses and cellars, Ike Matthews gave away every trick of his trade. He explains steel spring traps, ferreting, the use of a mongoose, and why you should never set traps by day. Blunt, practical, and oddly gripping, it is the working manual of a vanished profession. Learn pest control from a genuine old hand.

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16 chapters

  1. 1Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher, after 25 Years’ Experience by Ike Matthews.
  2. 2Introduction.
  3. 3PART I. HOW TO CLEAR RATS FROM WAREHOUSES, OFFICES, STOREROOMS, ETC.
  4. 4TRAPPING THEM WITH STEEL SPRING TRAPS.
  5. 5NEVER HAVE YOUR TRAPS SET IN THE DAYTIME.
  6. 6FERRETING.
  7. 7THE MONGOOSE
  8. 8DRUGS AND CHEMICALS
  9. 9PART II. HOW TO KEEP AND WORK FERRETS.
  10. 10WHEN WORKING FERRETS FOR RAT-CATCHING
  11. 11WHEN WORKING FERRETS FOR RABBIT-SHOOTING
  12. 12SUITABLE DOGS.
  13. 13PART III. THE HABITS OF RATS.
  14. 14PART IV. LIFE OF THE RAT-CATCHER.
  15. 15HINTS ON RABBIT SHOOTING.
  16. 16AUTHOR’S NOTES.
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