Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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6. Pieces of Palmura (Borassus flabellifer) leaves are tied on the<br />
poles fixed on the field, the sound produced by the leaves<br />
scares away the rats (also for birds scar<strong>in</strong>g).<br />
7. To reduce the population, rat holes are disturbed and rats<br />
are held at each harvest.<br />
8. Provid<strong>in</strong>g owl stands near the rat holes will help <strong>in</strong> reduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the rat damage.<br />
9. To catch the rats a trap made up of wire loops on bamboo<br />
pegs is used.<br />
10. Big round shaped earthen pots are buried on the field at<br />
ground level. Half of the pot is filled with mud slurry on<br />
which bait<strong>in</strong>g material is put on a coconut shell. Attracted<br />
rats fall <strong>in</strong>side the pot and they cannot climb up and get<br />
killed.<br />
11. Use of soaked rice as bait attracts more rats.<br />
12. Smok<strong>in</strong>g of rat burrows with paddy husk and dry chillies:<br />
Pungent smoke generated by paddy husk and chilies cause<br />
suffocation and kills rats. It is cost effective and eco-friendly<br />
measure for rat control.<br />
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