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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0197 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
| Newsgravure Section, THE JEPPERSONIAN, Towson. Md., September 13, 1924. rR.A.KLEIN| FLORIST WOODBINE AVE. Towson.Md. FUNERAL DESIGNS BLOOMING PLANTS CUT FLOWERS Pmone-Towson £5S>] RAVAGES BY RATS COSTS NATION $2,000,000,000 ANNUALLY most exact ratio to human population. In rural districts the losses are much greater than in cities, in proportion to the number of inhabitants. Whereever one turns, however, the damage is too great to be ignored. X f I I T ? ? 1 I t ? ? I 1 i Y Y Y I 1 ? Y I X Y Y Y ? i Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? ? 1 Y Y Y Y ? ? ? t Y Y Y Y % x Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Exhibit Something At the "Upper End's" Great Agricultural Show The White Hall Fair SEPTEMBER 24, 25, 26, 27 Bigger and Better Than Ever Midway Attractions Balloon Assension and Airplane Stunts Daily z The available figures convince the experts that each rat destroys annually property valued at $2—¦ on a conservative basis, easily demonstrated. If the rat population is two or three times that of human beings the aggregate loss would be tremendous. For the sake of conservatism, however, the biologists assume that the two populations are equal— that there are no more rats than people. On this basis, with a popula tion of something more than 100,000,000, the United States suffers an annual rat damage amounting to more than $200,- This is in actual loss alone. It takes no account of the direct and constant expense of fighting, including the very considerable sum paid for traps and poisons, the keep of dogs and cats as soldiers in the battle against the SCHOOL SUPPLIES and School Furniture The Largest School Supply House In the South A Complete Stock of Everything for Use in the >choolroom Pupil's Desks, Commercial Desks Teachers' Desks and chairs Blackboards, Maps Globes, Bookcases School Papers of All Kinds Domestic Science Manual Training and Laboratory Equipment The Dulany-Vernay Company 337-39-41 N. Charles St. Phone Vernon 4!M>8 ERECTED IN LOUDON PARK —BY— F. I. SCHAEFFER. Inc. Established 1879 Merfole, Granite and Statuary 3520 Frederick Avenue Opp. Loudon Park Cemetery BALTIMORE.' MD. Phones 2626 19S2.J. ?»?»?»*«??»?????»??»»»»?<•<¦ pn=ii I 0 i n i i E a o o E o E 1 E E E E E E E E E E E \r^T^r^i^T^r^t^T=J^^r^r^T=Jr=lr=. SJSLfSJcHJSrSJe J© Howard and Lexington Sts. STEWART&iO. BALTIMORE MARYLAND In Connection With James McCreery & Co., New York Men's New Fall Suits with Extra Pair of Trousers Our Annual Fall Sale This Saturday at $31 Fine woolen fabrics. ^ Models that conform to fall requirements Handsomely tailored and beautifully finished. Every Suit with Extra Trousers. Of unusual interest to Men and Young Men is this very special offerihg of new Fall Suits. Typical of the remarkable values to be found in Stewart's Men's Shop. Available in most derirable fall models and patterns. In a complete range of sizes. Worsteds : Cassimers: Cheviots : Unfinished Worsteds Serger: New Fall Novelties (Second Floor, Stewart & Co.) SfS]t=JJc=!J 1 E E 1 E E E E E S E E I T=^r=^r=^r=^r=^r=^ir=Jr^^ rodents, and the value of the labor expended in the undertaking of reducing the size of the enemy forces. The loss of human efficiency resulting from diseases dissemin-( ated by the rats is another factor to be given serious consideration. The total loss is exceedingly great. As giving an idea of the annual cost of rat damage, it may be cited that the constant labor of an army of 200,000 men is required to produce the material eaten and destroyed by the pre-dtory rodents. Assuming half of this loss to be represented by the grain and cereals consumed by the rats, it would take about 5,000,000 acres of land to produce grain to take its place. The active warfare now being waged under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture has the ultimate aim of a ratless nation. The moving-picture film is merely one manifestation of the active crusade against the rats. The Government is cooperating with local authorities across the continent in conducting intensive local battle in the interest of a safe food supply and improved human health. I The cooperation of the Government is open to all communities that will do their own share. Rat-killing weeks are being proclaimed by local authorities in many parts of the country. The crusades thus stirred up are engineered by experienced workers from the department's organization. In these crusades prizes are offered in cash for the person bringing in the largest number of tails from rats killed during the week. Second and third prizes are also given, with the result of stimulating widespread interest. "The work has been made abortive by providing continued subsistence for the rodents by failing to destroy their intrench-ments\ Once deprived of these advantages, and the campaign against them organized along, lines of intelligent cooperation, the rats must wage a losing fight. ¦ "A building can be made rat-proof; why not a farmstead, a street, a village, a city or a seaport? Rat harbors should be destroyed wherever they exist. Di-lipidated buildings, lumber and trash piles, open stone walls and the like should be removed and the premises cleaned up. On the farm small structures should be raised on posts at( least 18 inches above the ground, with the space beneath left entirely open. Rat-proofing by the use of thin sheet-metal or wire netting is simple and effective. Many town cellars may be made rat-proof by a floor of concrete. "Holes in the walls, around water or sewer pipes should be filled with concrete for the full width of the wall. Cellar windows should be screened with heavy wire netting. Keeping food from the reach of rats is extremely important. All garbage from the kitchen should be placed in metal-covered containers and promptly fed to the swine or burned. The rat and fly nuisances are as dangerous in the country as in cities." The town of Astoria, Ore., which was burned a short time ago, is being rebuilt along rat-proof lines evolved by the Biological Survey. Concrete retaining walls are built along each side of each street and all basement walls are also of concrete. Water, sewer, gas and electric house connections are enclosed in concrete tunnels. The sewers are also similarly inclosed. The demonstration of rat-proofing is expected to stimulate other towns to follow the example of Astoria. |> T-KTCaTT-D A TNJ.T'TJ' ¦» |