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Chinubhai Jiwabhai Bharwad, |
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Udalia village,Vankaner taluko, |
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| District |
Rajkot District. |
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| State |
Gujarat |
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| Title |
Goat’s hair to control rat menace |
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Rats eat away grass stored in farms, houses or godowns, causing huge loss and damage to crops in rural areas. They mostly live in the bunds of irrigated land and destroy maize, millet, paddy, and wheat.
Chinubhai mixes goat’s hair hidden in sweet meats. He makes ladoos from wheat or millet flour, jaggery, water and goat’s hair. He places the ladoos in the farms frequented by rats. The rats eat them and subsequently die from choking as hair in the ladoos block their respiratory canal and intestinal organs. According to Chinubhai, this method controls rat menace and helps in reducing damage caused to the crops.
(We believe that we should not use methods that cause cruelty to animals. We hope that farmers would explore other methods of rat control.– Ed.) |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 14(3): 6, 2003 |
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| Sout |
Dilipbhai Koradia |
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| Call Number |
14304 |
