Farming Advice and Folklore: Mouse Trap Tricks, Potato Wart Remover and Pet Feeders

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Each pan is anchored by driving a stake into the ground through the center hole. Our pets can't tip these bowls over or carry them off, but it's easy for us to lift them off the stakes to clean them.

MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers share their farming advice, fun tips and country folklore, including mouse trap tricks, potato wart remover and pet feeders. 

MOTHER’s Country Farming Advice and Folklore

Mice Demise

After having a mouse drag a trap right into its hole, we found the thought of rodents dying inside our walls to be unappealing, to say the least. Our preventive measure was to nail the mousetrap to a board (use large-headed nails placed around the perimeter of the base, rather than through it, to keep the trap from splitting). Added benefits are that it’s easy to hold onto the board while setting or emptying the trap, our hands are less likely to get stung if the trap is sprung accidentally, and, by using a long, thin board, we can place the trap in hard-to-reach areas where the mice prefer to roam.

–Tom and Susan Dinkledine

  • Published on Sep 1, 1987
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