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General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster: with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, from the communications of Mr. John Holt, of Walton, near Liverpool; ... / John Holt
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Sparrows, and ſmall E del

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and ſums of money have been

bourhood, towards the A deſtru&tion, for many years paſt; and

although the amount of the ſum, from the number of years the

cim has obtained, is become pretty large, no decif

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have been produced; the As paid may have been too

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trifling to ect a total cure, and the meaſur Ss, Bitheito talen,

too languid, In this work, there ought to be an aſſociation, to declare war againſt the common enemy; and VIZOrous exer- tiens ſhould be enforced, by ſufficient

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ſtruction occaſioned by theſe ſmall creatures is of

greater CX tent than many people could im agine. The amount of a hun-

dred loads; ſacks of whe cat, have been calculated to have been deſtroyed by theſe diminutive devourers, in the courſe of one

ſeaſon, in a townſhip of no very large extent, beſides the oats

and barley, Magpies, carrion-crows, kites, las wks, and jays, fnould be included 2m ongft the cemmon enemy.

Dogs are in general a nuiſance. The butcher freguently ſuſ- 18 Inf OPes, through you, to obtain, from the w{dom of the Honourable B>20: as ¿ome ſuggetiions 8 tne Inoult eilg ible pian EX TEeI ndin o the empioy-

i O) for the extirpation of this molt deſtructive

E Es STR WIGAN, zn the County of Tour very humble Servant, FEANCASTER Dec, 155 ée CSKILL SUMNER-

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The ſurveyor hath employed Mr. E mun A HIESRE tioned 1n the N. ipace fime, tl

ery ſober and attentive to h!s

the has been en NPioy le A E

ne!ghbourhoo: Ît 15 greatly to De lamented that Mr. Heathcote rats and tnice 1s not gener ally known and pradétiled; if

be à total extirpation of tROole CODNOXIQOUS and One EEN he tot 1/ ſs them(wher j be the S AR EN+ 3 ERA 1 St NE RE 1 NUITCIOUS, aS CAN atteſted by hundreds in the neighbourhood of :: n

EEE SSS OrmíikKir<, who have emp

The compolhition he makes uſe of he puts in their Ne Ss Or UTO and from the very ſmall quantity he uſes, it 1s aſtoniſh

3g ut ſhould have ſuch

an effedt« it will keep good two years. A farmer COn Tende for the deſtruCtion of rats, one ouncz of pounded quick-lime to four oun tallow cake, to be beaten together and mad r runs, which has cleared many]

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experience, that an ounce of aerated

ces of e into balls, and Placed in \Gings. But it has been proved

4 41 y Li) E> 26 »arytes finely powdered, mixed with è!

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the tallow, 1nplace of lime, 1s more effeétual,

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