| Show PROJECT TO START SOON IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE UINTAH BASIN BASINA A project for the extermination extermination extermination exter exter- i of the liver-fluke liver will be started in the Uintah Basin within the he next two we-eks we Reemployment Reemployment Re- Re employment Manager Erne Ernest t W. W Crocker stated today Mr Hoffman district represent represent- representative nt- nt of the State Department of was in Duchesne this s conferring with Mr Crocker on the project Mr Crocker stated that ninety men from Duchesne county and th the same number from Uintah county will be employed The liver fluke he be stated is a small worm which breeds in snails and infests the grasses in swampy i place and in fresh water Str teams eams These pests are responsible responsible responsible sible for lor the loss of thousands of sheep heep and cattle yearly and their will mean a great deal peal to the stock raisers of the Basin in The appropriation will vill pay for the draining of swamps and where drainage is impossible impo copper sulphide will be used I The men employed on this project project pro pro- will be t taken ten from the Ule Relief I i loll rolls oils Mr Crocker stated |
