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Show lllllliS OF ROOEsIT PESTS KILLED Estimated That Campaign " Costing $33,803 Has Saved $1,250,000. Special lo The Tribune. " POCATFLLO. Idaho. Nov. :M. According Accord-ing to a report just made public by Y. 10. Crouch, assistant stale biologist, farmers of Idaho saved, more man 5 1 .L'aO.OuO in farm crops through the intensive rodent pet campaign I iia t w;i s w d by (he state and county ntiicbils (hiring the pf'.-t r-pascn, under the supervision of Mr. Crouch. Han nock 'ounlv was really beudderi through the camp.Mien, and tboiiMi nds ot dollars were saved lo ihe farmeis here thrfUEth the assist a ucc of ihe .niiuly commissioners com-missioners in furnishing poison witn which to kill ground sipiirivls. In I he state ''H'2." fa niters co-opera I ed in I ho rodent con t n a in paign. a nd the total acreage treated was 2.7,011 under cultivation, cultiva-tion, and loo. noii acres of public domain were treated by the. state. Thousands of ground squirrels were killed, and in some sections, according t'Nte-the t'Nte-the report, were actually exterminated. To carrv on this big task required an ex- pendlture of Su;j for poison. Twenty-two Twenty-two counties participated in I he campaign. The expense of the campaign was borne .-jointly bv the counties and slate. A total of 22(3.496 pounds of bait was necessary to cover the treated area. It was estimated esti-mated that tho value of tho campaign t each farmer was $"00 for the season nf IMS, or an a vera g'- of $l..-0 per acre. The bait was furnislu'd hy I he. county coin-lnissioticrs, coin-lnissioticrs, and the fanners assisted in the distribution. Assisting -Mr." Crouch was a rcprosen-tativo rcprosen-tativo from the bureau of biological survey sur-vey of the depa rliueiiL of agriculture, "Washington, I. i '. |