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Show .ilOW IS Tillr TO SPREAD SUGAR COATED PILLS FOR DELECTATION OFTROUBLESOHE RODENTS peat. A soon aa the ino la off the ground tn 1h epring th squirrels appeal" ap-peal" and begin to prepar their nts for the raising of a large brood or young At thia urn food la scarce and poison grain ta rilry ntcn. Thar ta no tlma to no lost now, how-ever. how-ever. and anyono who haa suffered any tee tn th past from the pests should proceed at onr to prepar the folio win mixture and apply It thoroughly: Strychnin aulpbat 1 ounce Water I pint Crmtkod wheat or harlay ,. bushel ltaov th strychnin tn boiling water, wa-ter, than stir In tha grain, stirring thoroughly thor-oughly until all of th grain haa been nt tally dampened and all the water absorbed. ab-sorbed. Than pre par th following mixture: mix-ture: Flour 9 pound Vtah farmer In tha drv farming; district dis-trict often loe part of crop on account of the huge appetite of Hie hundred of ahort tailed eo,titrrel. Theae Utile pesta are a constant source of worry to th larmer. tftn aimoxt taking poaaea-smn poaaea-smn of a farm. lr. E- l B1. director of the experimental at at ion at l.ngan, haa investigated the moat approved i,ettHw1f of ridding th land of th n.ulrrel and has issued a circular setting forth hl plan of extermination, lie says: There was an Immense amount of dam age don to grain and crops on th dry farms of tha state last yer hy the short -tailed squirrels, or ground dog. At the time that the damage was being be-ing don, numerous Inquiries cam In as to methla of destroying thla peat. At that season of th year, howersr. when food Is abundant, ft is difficult to do anything; with them, and thos Interested Interest-ed were advised to wait until spring and i then take up the warfare agnlnut these I nugar 1 poundi Pprtnkl th damp grain with this, stirring constantly until ea-h kernel Is coated with the ftour. This will serv to hid ih hitter taat of the strychnine, strych-nine, a ugar-f-oatd pill as It were. This mixtur should b distrlbtited In teaspoonful or more In a place In th holes and runways of th squirrels, great ear being taken to find every "live" hoi and so that th occupants gt thalr share of th poisoned grain. After waiting a week or mora, or .until .un-til after a storm, go over th ground agml n and poison ack freshl r opened hoi a second ttm. Thoroughness In tha two application la th cret of success On hoi mtd will moan a whole brood lft to start a colony for th Bxt year. In aom p)ace th dog sem to crav food that Is ltd, and th best auocaas ha been obtained by salting th poison halt. It would h wetl to aalt a portion of th mixture and try It along with th other and ee which giva th best re suit. Th salt can b added to th flour and sugar and stirred In with rt or a small part of th mixture can be separated sepa-rated after th flour haa been stirred In and rwo or. thro time aa much salt as WnM.rT-ued In Ih kitchen stirred In. no not taat of this mhrtur tn are whether It la salty enough- Tou might find out. but would not lrr to tell It to an yon ls. Th boat time to apply thla mixture is tn th morning of a warm. dry. day. and th. grain should b placed on dry ground. Otherwise th molatur will tend to remove th sugar coating. Th cost of an aatptlcatton of thla kind Is trtfrtnar Tmiaa rwt with tka ru1la k. tained. Th aqulrrvl can b killed at an ex pens of only a few cents an acr. I 'oder ordinary condition, and ven If It 1 la necessary to treat savers I hundred acres, th cot will b small aa compered com-pered with th saving of th crop. In conclusion It should be remembered that ther 1 llttl use in using th poison except In the early spring, and anv community or Individual that 1 planning plan-ning to fight th peats this yar by this method should b ready at one and poison th dogs anon after they appear tn the spring. A pair killed at this time will prvent a whole brood of them from Injuring crop at harvest time. |