Show W Q KILL SQUIRRELS TO SAVE CR OMPS idaho farmers saved in 1918 by successful war on rodents POWDERED strychnine USED poison acts very quickly through the mouth and cheel chee pouches Pouch ca saccharin and corn make rait palt palatable ily by combating ground squirrels idalie idaho farmers saved over in crops during 1018 twenty two counties and j farmers banners operated cooperated co with the biological survey of tile united states stales department of agriculture in stamping out the squirrel pest anti and nis as it result acres were cleared of the rodents it Is 19 estimated dint this ground squirrel eradication work in idaho idalgo saved lit at least 5 per cent of tile the total crops of that state which formerly went to pay the yearly rodent tribute As ono farmer phrases lt it 1 I used to consider that tho the b had biad a mortgage on oil 25 percent of my crops as aa tile they y devoured oue fourth of nil all I 1 produced olt iced now after I 1 have cleared rny my farm of squirrels I 1 bar harvest nail and save per cent of all tile crops I 1 grow in bonneville county idaho call farmers distributed pounds ot poisoned oats over acres a and lid as n direct and immediate result saved worth of farin crops which otherwise would leavo been consumed by the squirrels in tho the eradication campaign ono farmer lu in tills county distributed poisoned bait over one of his fields nud and less than one hour later when lie he returned to the held field ho he counted dead ground six rat rabbits and ten rock chucks which hail had fallen prey to the deadly bait poison used idaho farmers formerly used strychnine inc sulphate prepared in ili a variety ot of ways to poison ground squirrels but because tills material proved unsatisfactory tile lithe of powdered nine alkaloid Is now practiced in tho the organized campaigns tills this poison acts very rapidly through tile tho mouth and cheek check pouches instead of through the sto stomach ninell it Is prepared by mixing one tablespoonful of gloss starch in one half teacupful of cold cola water and then stirring tills this combination into one half pint of bolling water to make a thin clear paste then one ounce of powdered strychnine alkaloid to la mixed with one ounce of linking baking soda in a little water and stirred with the starch into a smooth creamy mass free of lumps then alion one fourth p pint lilt of heavy corn one tablespoonful of glycerin and one scant teaspoon ful of saccharin dissolved in a little warm wann water are stirred boget together h er tilt this f franklin ground squirrel solution is spread over 12 quarts ot oats and mixer mixed thoroughly in order to coat edeli each kernel one quart of alila till lionson olson Is sufficient n t for 40 to CO 0 baits the material scattered one teaspoonful to a place should bo be distributed along thi clean hard surfaces near the tha squirrel holes where it will not endanger live stock and and where there la Is no chance for the ants to waste tho the material by tramping ng over it or fly cO covering it with refuse from their holes as aa would occur were the bait to bo be placed directly in their burrows cont control rol columbian squirrels columbian ground squirrels are arc sot not conti controlled tilled by till tills method of er adlea ti alon n na as they hull oats viry very carefully before eating them and lie hence n cc avoid lie lt e poison therefore it special method of preparing bait for thesis ghesu squirrels ll Is used so that as they lull hull the oats tile the flukes flakes off in the rodents mouths months and kills them the lilan lan squirrel halt bait la Is prepared by combining jn in dry mixture 0 one no ounce of powdered strychnine alkali Jd and ono one ounce of baking soda boda one teaspoonful of saccharin und and three tablespoonfuls of ilour hour adding n little cold water and stirring thoroughly to a ali creamy paste this mixture ta Is distributed uniformly over 12 quarts of oats as in thu tho former case and tile the poison bait scattered as previously described tills this poison should b bo used within 10 to 14 days after preparation its as otherwise the material will dust off the grain poison ground squirrels reis as early in tho the spring na as possible cs as in tills this way the natural increase in creaso 0 howg squirrels Is IA eliminated the poisoning campaign cal should be continued the year until the section Is free of these pests the rodents will oat eat the polson poison baits at any time attention should he be given to destroying tile the squirrels in all their laun baunta ta in pas abes uncultivated fields field fence enve rows land i roads ts lis well us as from tho the culli lynsted fields where complete e aton of jhb tho pests Is sought |