Show POISONS RABBITS Blick buckhorn horn farmer finds strychnine fich carrots carrot does doe th ehrk it april 1916 in convers conversation aaion with mr lang 10 one ne or of our progressive farmers the matter of p sion nir rabbits was brought up and the gentleman stated a d that he had been quite once successful a in his effort in destroying the posts pesia mr lang said 1 I had a garden fenced to itself and there I 1 pitted some borne of my vegetables last fall and during the early spring I 1 noticed rabbits had begun to dig dighto into the ves veir et eta blea ables especially into the carrots deciding that something must be done I 1 took a carrot and cut a piece out leng lengthwise thise sprinkled strychnine in the cut and replaced the piece taken out making it appear lupear as far as possible as though it had not been tampered with I 1 then laid the carrot on top of the ground and covered the other carrots up thoroughly in a few days upon investigation I 1 found that nearly all the rabbits that had trip imp bested the pit of carrots were poison ed ad concluding that I 1 had found a method of destroying the pests for good I 1 baited some more carrots and placed them near some fall wheat the rabbits left the green growing wheat and devoured the poisoned carrots the bait is sure and I 1 would advise all farmers to try the scheme instructor took his school children for a walk friday last going into the east hills the children as well as mr crocker thoroughly enjoyed the outing the primary organization organisation gave an entertainment last friday for the benefit odthe of the emaciation association an easter easier party will be given saturday at the robinson farm about two and one half miles from here purley parley lang I 1 is at work in the buckhorn valley breaking up land for milt gentry |