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Show Rat Eradication ! Campaign to Begin Dec. 19 The annual campaign to rid property of rats will be carried on in Utah county December 19 to 26, according ,to announcement by Joel C. Barlow, assistant county agent. Rat bait will be available at Harmer's Grocery in Mapleton and in Springville, at the Utah Poultry and at the Springville Feed at ! reduced prices, during the speci-! speci-! fied time and property owners are ; asked to cooperate in the county j campaign. Mr. Barlow pointed to the facts that rats are most wasteful pests, costing a farmer about $5 per year to feed each one. They are also disease carriers. Instructions on the use of the bait will be on the container, Mr. Barlow said. Cooperating in the campaign are: the Extension services, ser-vices, State Department of Agriculture, Agri-culture, the City, county and Fish and Wild Life Service and the City-County Health Dept. |