4th  December  1997

I am helping with a display in which we want to show some sheaves of barley,
wheat and rye, plus loose grain.  The museum concerned is an old distillery,
parts restored and used for tours, the rest still quite dilapidated.  Our
worry is that, though the gallery used is of an appropriate standard, mice
will eat the corn and be attracted in, to the alarm of visitors, especially
those who have just visited the adjacent coffee shop.  It is not possible to
seal the area completely from the rest of the building.  Poison does not
seem to be the answer - a dead mouse is just as upsetting as a live one -
and ideally we want the display to be quite open, rather than an enclosed
vitrine.

Any help, on or off list, would be much appreciated, especially if based on
direct experience.

I write in my personal capacity.

                        Robert Heslip