The pest controller and gamekeeper, both amateur and professional, will also find much of the information contained in these pages still useful and practical, even today. This is a fascinating read for all with an interest in the countryside and its wildlife.
The Habits and Natural History of Rats. The book’s sixty four pages contain ten detailed chapters: - How to Clear Rats from Warehouses, Offices, Store Rooms etc.
During this period he not only studied the different and the best methods of catching rats, but also took great interest in their ways and habits. This book details his extermination methods acquired over some twenty five years as a full time rat catcher. His services were much in demand by local corporations, railway companies and merchants. Ike Matthews was a well known pest controller in his home town of Manchester over 100 years ago. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have now republished it in an affordable, high quality, modern edition, using the original text.
Originally published in Manchester 1898, this rare early work on rat catching and control is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.
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