Show To Destroy The editor of the Utah Independent has been trying to get rid of the English sparrows about the has succeeded well with the following which is therefore recommended to Feed the sparrows in some secure place for a morning or two with while you are preparing the poisoned Exposure to moisture lessens the effect of the poison and enables the birds to detect its So put out in a dry place just enough of the poisoned grain to be eaten by the birds in one It is best to have several feeding supplied alternately with good and then with poisoned and to poison many birds at one since sparrows that take less than a fatal quantity or that become frightened at the death of comrades will forsake a feeding place if poison is kept there Visit the feeding places within a few hours after the bait has been spread in order to remove the dead birds and to destroy those that have only taken enough of the poison to be paralyzed for few after which they will Dead birds left on the ground excite the suspicion of the The preferred formula for preparing the poison is as follows one-eighth of an ounce of powdered strychnine sulphate in one half-pint of boiling Pour this while hot over two quarts of small wheat cracked stir and continue stirring from time to time till all the liquid is Dry without and put away in some safe receptacle One kernel of this grain will kill a and a quart of wheat contains about or enough to kill about Expose the grain where poultry and tame pigeons cannot get is the best season for doing this work and the early just after a heavy is the most favorable moment to put out the |