Show PRAIRIE mm DOG CONTROL IN SAN JUAN COUNTY fi field tests by government experts develop absolute Als lutc need 0 04 poisoning i I 1 A for a number of seasons experts exper ts from the biological Hi survey hae made careful field tests on the feeding habits cf the particular a dog interline agricultural areas a aaa of sun san juan county the first of testa was c non mon ced in I 1 n may 0 1 1928 binder the supervision of S E piper 1 all I lop ty by careful cm ful field tests and oblations se made by F EL Garl cuth ol 01 the eradication methodi method I 1 abara ary of the biological survey dul dm rg r 7 uly luly of anis year meair shafer lilius lili us and V L johnson of thu io iu hu icu acu vu verified the ronilus i conclusions I 1 ons of and arlough Garlough in III their fil tests about montice I 1 to n aid d bart aing wa much ns thu the zuni prairie fc tk cog w ir 1 infests san juan count county is s not a giacin eating rodent S ir necessary vec essay in order to acconio acco nip lp m I 1 ip 1 I ailts with raison ti ison methods sing lising I grain eruin as a base that we must acm ci i vote vate the feeding habits by rf out clean grain treated tuil with all of f tile the ingredients in the formula for with the except of poison pois 0 awl 0 d leave it exposed for from 24 tj ta ab 4 1 hours ni field eld tests show that in all likelihood the pre bait would be consumed in this time 48 to 72 hours after pre baiting operations a careful I 1 baiting bailing of the area with grain poisoned brought desired results I 1 tests showed that by using a steam ed crushed oats of first quality as pre p re fait then followed after a day or two to three day period with crushed oats poisoned gave much better result 1 than any other bait tested in using us in g a steamed earned r crushed cats tile the crua hinc I 1 process expose the kernel leaving ulf th apkaw the poison pot on solution th OW e kernel as well as thull hull becomes poisoned the extra last anc 1 l trouble of pre bailing bahi ng before poisoning may ma y appear to be objectionable from rom the psychological 1 standa pint the none too ambitious farmer may argue why waste time and feed on varmints var mints but if worthwhile results can be obtained through tin this method the f farmer aimer ahn ho follows fellows the findings of the scientific field wort work will be money i ahead there have been a number a 0 formu las tried tiled in in sin san juan county surl suel as shorts and strychnine strich whole oats and strychnine and a formula linon known as the salt bora the lantei method is is conc conclusively lusi ely a sei sec dional and a seasonal control met liol at times of the year prairie biame logs dogs arf an quite easily conti ailed riled with mth the salt alt borax strychnine mixture in a gen pral eral way this may be used with a fan fair degree of success iu cress duricr early eaily spring months in ol at the cownty free from alkaline salts but where heie the rodent obtains a suf focient quantity of cf alkaline salts salt elther from plants or 01 soil this formu la falls fails to give results n particularly as the season advances this dethor itle thor I 1 peonies c on continually less successful the method is not discouraged as r means cf controlling the prairie dor dop during tho the towing pang months but ther then is one objection that we must guat agn int and that is the baiting cl cf a field with pool unattractive native bait which at the best only poisons it a fe bev dogs and educates the rest lest to tb fact that the bait is injurious with a rodent that reeds feeds as a spasmodically as the zuni prairie dog a poor will kill a few cf the younger rodents and warn the majority to leave th bait alone this particular log dog ir feeding eats a little of the grain arrain an aw jtb f elsts 11 w ar bild other plant life if he hm has takei of the poison to ivam him bim and perhaps becomes sick it is tin that he mill ft ill not readily par bartoli toli i of any more of the bait all wild life have certain well defined tahiti of living and bre breeding cling in order to control these wild creature when afy they become a mena e we must tard tar d the nature bif if the hpe ling habits habit ft cf the ho animal if our schemes cannot fit in with their customary hal haklits lits we must just educate them to take such fiodi as will be practical in con controlling trilling the animal over a large area the carbon disulphide method does litot act offer a very promising solution to the problem of control on Fir count cf the cost of this material even at manufacturers prices at best it is but a means of oc controlling the few I 1 close in alop stock pastures past and as a final cleanup of the few stragglers gleis over a laige abarge area the use of f it docs not carry the recommendations tio ns of 0 f the investigators observation reveals that th atthe the heaviest infestation appears to be about mont T I 1 cello extending in a general way from froin carlisle to verdure A slightly less extensive iniesta infestation tien but quite as serious due to more intensive farming is found in the agricultural lands about blanding tendency of this species of prairie dog to concentrate in cultivated lands and particularly abandoned areas adjacent to cultivated lands is more evident than in any other species of prairie dogs 0 control operations to be successful cess ful ul will necessitate close adherence to the methods recommended lecora mended we lannot cannot impress too strongly this need ina inasmuch lucli as this species 01 is unusually wary and suspicious us of artificial leeding feeding unless county organizations will arrange to furnish funds with which ii earey to tire hire a field crew we must carry on a campaign by way of Instruct loi 0 the individual land b towner aner the imperative impel active need is for a thoroughgoing operation careful treatment of the area with grain as a pro pie bait followed religiously by a poisoned bait it is recommended that the control operations erat ions be a geneal movement throughout the county commencing in one community as a unit and f following at up by adding new territory from time to time as cooperation can cal be secured it will be effort wasted as well ns as expense for one former farmer to attempt to accomplish permanent re suits unless his adjoining neighbors treat their fields in a like manner at the same time the pro scribed ascribed formula resulting from frodi s several evi years of careful experimental work |