| Show jA DGADDEN Mtn t wJ xrw I I I TO DESTROY GOPHERS If Lds Recommended by the Agricultural P Agri-cultural Department at Washington district west of the every any river Is more or less Infested I 55 Ippl isfessle orwith 1 fested with the pocket gopher so very destructive to crops Gophers Go-phers may be destroyed rtt de-stroyed by poison l poi-son by traps and by the use of carbon bisul r phide Polsonfng with strychnine it Is the most effective ef-fective means as It may bo done at the lowest cost As recommended recom-mended by the I r United States de 0 eat of agriculture Dissolve ounce of strychnine sulphate O one pint of boiling water a pint of thick sugar syrup jtir Preserve In a close vessel quantity Is sufficient to poison half bushel of shelled corn or r grain Steep the corn In hot fcr and allow It to soak over night q n drain and allow It to soak for p ral hours in the poison syrup p n may be ruboed in meal to remove ui excess ot moisture Is poisoned corn may bo Intro d d 1 into the runways by the use of Ipple and a spoon This dipple at wn In the sketch may be made i a spade handle with a metal a t t and a strong bar upon which of lace tho foot In forcing U Into the nd The bar should be about 15 fies from the point A hole is made nth icntul of poisoned corn dropped can It and the hole left open The h ofcourse must be put in or near I 0 main runways aptrapping Is a good method If fol ulhi pad ed I persistently It Is adapted to I 4 r t r I I I I t I I I I i i II 1 1 II II II lit I I II I CKET GOPHER AND ITS BURROW all fields where only a few gophurs i present A small steel trap muy employed but there are a number special gopher traps on the roar t These traps must be set In the In gopher tunnel arbon bisulphide has been used enshely for klmng gophers If the rows are large In dry soil however i gas evaporates so rapidly thatch > that-ch of the liquid is required to kill animals and the methods is expen e If the burrows are small In 1st soli an ounce of the liquid to th burrow is sufficient Pour tho boa bisulphide over a bunct of cot i rags or other waste material and sn this quickly into the burrow and Ie the opening All the farmers In community says the Orange Judd finer must cooperato in order to terminate the pocket gopher Un 3 they are eradicated from the TOorhood they will soon com in 1 l restock the territory |
