Show POISON ROCK CHUCKS Farmers of ot Duchesne county will be interested in the following following- report of Wood Chuck poisoning poisoning- as aF submitted to the Count County Ag Agent nt b by Mir Mr tr Baum of ot Duchesne Duehesne Du Du- pu- pu chesne cheRne For the benefit of ot the Uintah Basin farmers who are bothered with the Rock Chucks I believe I had Imd as as ninny many as any other farmer furmer In the Basin Ba Ba- sin The They near nearly took six Hix acres of alfalfa for m me I tried the grain nin poisoning that was furnished by the Farm Bureau but hut never had Imd ver very good results but hut I tried the treatment that is us used d on the alfalfa tops topi which Is IR as follows t Dissolve one ounce of strychnine sulphate and one-eighth one ounce of saccharine in one gallon of balling water water wat Vat Vater er allow to cool and sprinkle over 15 lr pounds of green fresh alfalfa tops The bait hait should be distributed immediately imme Imme- after being prepared where the rock chucks are likely to eat it it- I used this treatment about two times and I have hae nearly cleaned everything everything ev ev- that was working on this tract t of land Mr Baum Daum feels that he has haR been p very successful in the control of rock chucks with the use of ot the alfalfa tops as explained above He reports that he has very few rock chucks left leCt Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps another baiting would kill out ont entirely entirely entirely en en- the thc rock chucks In this thiA particular particular partie- partie ular location on County I Extension Agent |