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Show IEW PEARSON ingress Must Control Rats HE United States probably could save 400 bushels of grain 'I annually by two measures alone control of rats and elim- Ing weevils from grain bins, elevators and freight cars. Few people realize the tremendous waste from these 3 fees alone. Rats and other rodents, for instance, eat or II around 200 million bushels of grain annually. The waste in some 4 sribs is terrific, and in order to undertake an effective rat-extermina-Osampaign, it is almost necessary for every farmer in a community to jSwminate at the same time. Otherwise, the rats leave one farm for W Last year congress so drastically cut the funds of the bureau sjW wildlife that Its campaign against rats was knocked cold. Weevils and other insects in grain bins and grain elevators destroy Lier 300 million bushels, a loss which could be eliminated by proper jring and fumigation. Plant diseases also take a tremendous toll, but can be partly con-8d.;The con-8d.;The wheat crop in Montana was increased 25 per cent by spraying MVkbX congress should do immediately is to pass the appropriation Wptiei by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson for insecticide control and Conservation. This should be voted hand in hand with foreign relief. In j one is essential to the other. |