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Show Rodent Control ControlWork Work Progressing ProgressingI Pro ressm ; I I ( Contributed Contnbuted ) Considerable damage is done doneeach doneeach donieach ' each year to the range in li-i li i - south south"astern southastern south"astern southastern "astern astern " Utah by the kangaroo rat ratThis ratThis ratThis This animal is not seen very sery serymuch ver ; much 11uch ' because cause b he dees does all his work work'lt workit worlit 'lt lt it ' night mght He will b seen Slen at time tImes tImesU111 timesun ; un uni U111 ing mg across the thf ' highway at atnights atnights anights nights in m front of vour lour our carTlus carThis car carTins Tins Tlus This rat is tvice tIce tsice t \Ice Ice \ the size of Efield a afield afield field mouse and gets its name fronthp from fromth fromth ' 1 th " ' Austrail an kangaroo becallSe because becauseif becausiif ' ' ' ) if f its similarity slmllanty in m looks long tail taillong taillong talllong long Mnd rind 1-md 1 md - legs and : , short hort , front frontlegs frontlegs fronilegs legs \ which hich he uses as hands rands lands to to"ather to'ather t t"ather < ' "ather ather 'ather " seeds and put in his pouche pouches poucheson ; on each cach side of his mouth He Hethen Hethen H Hthen < then carries carfles the seeds off to hIs hIsnest hisnest hi ; nest to store them for vinter inter tinter ThIs ThIspartIcular Thisparticular Thi ; particular type of rat likes llkes all alltypes alltype.s altypes types type.s . of grass and v is . weed eed seeds seedsThere seedsThere seedsThere There has been found enougtseerls enough enoughseeds eer.s eers seeds ! . m 1'1 11 i-s i s ' - his nest to tQ plant tqo t0 two t\\ t \ 0 01three or orthree orthree three acres of land in grassPoison grassPoison grass grassPoison Poison oat bait has proven very verysatisfactory verysatisfactory vensatisfactory satisfactory m in killing the kangaroo kangaroorat kangaroorat kangarocrat rat Up to date Dalton Well Wells Wellsamp Wellsamp ; amp GS OS 32 has put out 10000 10000uounds 10 OWsounds 000 000ciounds uounds ciounds of poison polson oats covering coveringscm coveringsoma coveringseme scm soma ! ' 22 22000 000 acres of groundThis groundThis ground groundThis This work v.ork vork . has been done by a acrew acrew acrew crew of 23 - rren n-en n en under the super superIS superS supervis \IS IS S \ 15 on Ofl of Foreman Dell H YoungSo YoungSo Young YoungSone So Sone l1e ne of the areas treated in inelude indude inelude elude dude the country south scuth of Moatto "foab foab Moab "foabto Moabto " to San Juan county line Ime the TenMile Ten Ten1I111e TenMile 1I111e Mile 1I111eVash ; \ wash \Vash Vash country the territory territorysuncundmg territorysuricundmg territorysuncundmg suncundmg suricundmg Thompsons Thornpsons and Sager Sagerreservoirs Sageireservoirs reserVOIrs Crescent Junction and andthe andthe andthe the Big Flat aiea tea rea |