Show I Ground Squirrels Do Much Damage to Wheat Damage caused by ground squirrels squirrels and other rodents to crops is shown in a letter received by the state department of ot agriculture re- re from flom the agricultural Inspector of Boxelder county He reports that V Walter lter Glenn a farmer used poLson polson poL poL- son Eon on acres of ot wheat land and and- that he had to go over the land and about six times during the season His wheat gave ga an average of fifteen fit j teen bushels per acre and he de declares declares de- de clares dares the yield would have been twenty bushels had It not been forthe for forthe forthe the ravages of the rodents A neighbor o of Mr Glenn who failed to put out any poison lost his en entire en enO- enO tire crop by the squirrels The The- number of squirrels destroyed rat rai up into the thousands but more moe mOte cooperation i Is is' urged In order to rid the section mentioned of the pests 1 it t Is said |