Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience
By Ike Matthews
()
About this ebook
Read more from Ike Matthews
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFull Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience
Related ebooks
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher After 25 Years' Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScram to Rats and Mice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDealing with rats and mice in your home: kill or humane methods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPesky Critters!: Squirrels, Raccoons, and Other Furry Invaders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDragonolia: 14 Tales and Craft Projects for the Creative Adventurer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadfalls and Snares: A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaxidermy without a Teacher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Make and Set Traps: Including Hints on How to Trap Moles, Weasels, Otter, Rats, Squirrels and Birds; Also How to Cure Skins Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCats - Long Haired and Short - Their Breeding, Rearing & Showing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadfalls And Snares - A Book Of Instruction For Trappers About These And Other Home-Made Traps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaxidermy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoonflies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFree Fishing Worms for Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadfalls and Snares Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEinstein in My Garden: Photos and Reflections on Bugs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCleopatra's Confessions: A Feline Guide to Coping with Dogs, Humans, and Other Pointless Interruptions to a Good Nap Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdorable Beasts: 30 Pin Loom Animals + 4 Playscapes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSnares and Snaring Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrapping Coyotes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRats and How to Destroy Them (Traps and Trapping Series - Vermin & Pest Control) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaxidermy Vol. 5 Small Mammals - The Preparation, Skinning and Mounting of Small Mammals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCall of Nature: The Secret Life of Dung Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBad Kitty Gets a Bath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaxidermy Vol. 4 Insects - The Preparation, Preservation and Display of Insects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTotal Per Cent Lambing Rules Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLessons in Taxidermy - A Comprehensive Treatise on Collecting and Preserving all Subjects of Natural History - Book V. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reference For You
Art 101: From Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anatomy 101: From Muscles and Bones to Organs and Systems, Your Guide to How the Human Body Works Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legal Words You Should Know: Over 1,000 Essential Terms to Understand Contracts, Wills, and the Legal System Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Do I Do If...?: How to Get Out of Real-Life Worst-Case Scenarios Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Emotion Thesaurus (Second Edition): A Writer's Guide to Character Expression Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bored Games: 100+ In-Person and Online Games to Keep Everyone Entertained Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Buddhism 101: From Karma to the Four Noble Truths, Your Guide to Understanding the Principles of Buddhism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5THE EMOTIONAL WOUND THESAURUS: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51200 Creative Writing Prompts (Adventures in Writing) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51001 First Lines Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Sign Language in a Hurry: Grasp the Basics of American Sign Language Quickly and Easily Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Useless Sexual Trivia: Tastefully Prurient Facts About Everyone's Favorite Subject Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Everything Sign Language Book: American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Show, Don't Tell: How to Write Vivid Descriptions, Handle Backstory, and Describe Your Characters’ Emotions Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Card Games: The Complete Rules to the Classics, Family Favorites, and Forgotten Games Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmily Post's Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5U.S. History 101: Historic Events, Key People, Important Locations, and More! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience - Ike Matthews
Ike Matthews
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience
Published by Good Press, 2022
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4057664628664
Table of Contents
Introduction.
PART I. HOW TO CLEAR RATS FROM WAREHOUSES, OFFICES, STOREROOMS, ETC.
TRAPPING THEM WITH STEEL SPRING TRAPS.
NEVER HAVE YOUR TRAPS SET IN THE DAYTIME.
FERRETING.
THE MONGOOSE
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS
PART II. HOW TO KEEP AND WORK FERRETS.
WHEN WORKING FERRETS FOR RAT-CATCHING
WHEN WORKING FERRETS FOR RABBIT-SHOOTING
SUITABLE DOGS.
PART III. THE HABITS OF RATS.
PART IV. LIFE OF THE RAT-CATCHER.
HINTS ON RABBIT SHOOTING.
Introduction.
Table of Contents
In placing before my readers in the following pages the results of my twenty-five years’ experience of Rat-catching, Ferreting, etc., I may say that I have always done my best to accomplish every task that I have undertaken, and I have in consequence received excellent testimonials from many corporations, railway companies, and merchants. I have not only made it my study to discover the different and the best methods of catching Rats, but I have also taken great interest in watching their ways and habits, and I come to the conclusion that there is no sure way of completely exterminating the Rodents, especially in large towns. If I have in this work referred more particularly to Rat-catching in Manchester that is only because my experience, although extending over a much wider area, has been chiefly in that city, but the methods I describe are equally applicable to all large towns.
Yours truly,
IKE MATTHEWS.
PROFESSIONAL RAT-CATCHER,
PENDLETON,
MANCHESTER.
PART I. HOW TO CLEAR RATS FROM WAREHOUSES, OFFICES, STOREROOMS, ETC.
Table of Contents
In the first place my advice is—never poison Rats in any enclosed buildings whatever. Why? Simply because the Rats that you poison are Drain Rats, or what you call Black Rats, and you can depend upon it that the Rats that you poison will not get back into the drains, but die under the floor between the laths and plaster, and the consequence is that in a few days the stench that will arise will be most obnoxious. And there is nothing more injurious than the smell of a decomposed Rat.
Having had a long experience in Manchester I am quite sure of this. As an instance, I remember a private house where I was engaged catching Rats under a floor with ferrets. I went as far as possible on my belly under the floor with two candles in my hands, and I saw the ferret kill a large bitch Rat, about six yards from me against a wall, where neither the dog nor myself could get at it. I finished the job and made out my bill for my services, but in about two or three weeks after they again sent for me, declaring they could not stay in the sitting-room on account of the smell that arose from beneath the flooring boards. They had in consequence to send for a joiner; and as I knew the exact spot where the Rat was killed I ordered him to take up the floor boards just where the dead Rat lay, and the stench that arose from the decomposed Rodent was bad in the extreme. I disinfected the place, and I was never sent for again. This was under a cold floor, and it is much worse where there is any heat.
Now to deal with the different methods of catching Rats. The best way, in my opinion, is,
TRAPPING THEM WITH STEEL SPRING TRAPS.
Table of Contents
Whenever you are trapping, never on any consideration put bait on the traps; always put traps in their runs, but you will find Rats are so cunning that in time, after a few have been caught, they will jump over the traps, and then you must try another way. A good one is the following, viz.:—Get a bag of fine, clean sawdust, and mix with it about one-sixth its weight of oatmeal. Obtain the sawdust fresh from under the saw, without bits of stick in, as these would be liable to get into the teeth of the trap and stop them from closing. Where you see the runs put a handful in say about 30 different places, every night, just dropping