Red squill, a plant that resembles the onion, is dried and processed into rat poison.
Protein from the sesame supplies the nitrogen need of the body, the squill serves as a mild heart stimulant, and the opium deadens the stomach's hunger pains.
Probably the oldest of rat poisons is about the most effective and also the safest: red squill, from the ground root of a European plant.
Nov. 6 in history Nov. 6, 1947 - Rat bait to be ready Friday: Red squill rat bait prepared by the United State division of rodent control will be distributed from 25 points in Brown County Friday.
Nov. 6, 2013 - Green Bay Press-Gazette