smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) (05/20/86)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > The best mole trap is called a cat. Killing rodents is the thing > that cats were designed to do in the first place. I have a dozen cats in my yard and they have driven the voles into tunnels in the lawn which are a real problem. I have no results from the cats and am trying the juicy fruit gum.
mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker) (05/21/86)
In article <763@mhuxl.UUCP> smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) writes: >**** **** >From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > >> The best mole trap is called a cat. Killing rodents is the thing >> that cats were designed to do in the first place. > >I have a dozen cats in my yard and they have driven the voles into >tunnels in the lawn which are a real problem. I have no results >from the cats and am trying the juicy fruit gum. So I was reading my first copy of "Family Handyman" the other day, it's not a very good magazine, it contained some advice that I felt was just plain wrong, but..... The was an advertisement for ORTHO Sevin pesticide, thinly disguised as an advice column. In answer to a question about moles, they said that moles live on grubs ( little white things you'll find an inch or so underground ) and that if Sevin was sprayed on the lawn to kill the grubs, then the moles would leave in search of happier hunting grounds. Of course, I think you said something about avoiding things dangerous to children, and a whole yard full of pesticide isn't exactly a great playground. Mike -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Banana Junior 6000 Buy one before it's too late. Gene's mother wishes she had. UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!mike ARPA: amdcad!mike@decwrl.dec.com