Show wb W b 19 pocket ar U gophers K 7 t 0 0 and co X uis JUL pocket gop sophera liera which burrow under the surface of the ground eating the roots of the plants and throwing wini up tip mounds of dirt tako take an enormous toll oil from farm crops annually the amount of irrigation in gallon water that la Is carr carried iod oft off by these underground runways causes an enormous loss they can call bo easily controlled by poison as lias liar boon been demon by a groat great many farmers throughout the state the sevier savior county agricultural agent reported the following which gives a good idea of the results that tha can bo be obtained A certain farmer farmei had an 80 acre hold field which was badly Infest edwith with pocket gophers soy sev onty enty eight of this 80 aero acre field was treated at a total cost of labor and material fal of 1000 two acres were left untreated as a check plot the following season by actual cl count it 11 was s found that on tho the 8 2 acres that had not been trea treated there were 6 active pocket gophers and on tho the 78 acres that had been treated there were only 15 active pocket gophers the poison bait to la prepared by sift rift ing bt strychnine nine on carrots which bavei beon cut into small pieces about 1 12 1 2 inches in the runway of tile the pocket gopher to locate this underground runway an iron probe Is used i ono one end being about tho the size of a I 1 I 1 wagon rod lod and the other end being about the size of a broom stick it Is essential that a good probo probe be used as ai it makes tile the work I 1 easier and better results aro are obtain 1 j ed an iron probe made macle lit in the following manner makes a very c tory tool anko a 12 or 14 inch piece of 38 3 8 inch steel rod red and wold weld it into ti it piece of 34 3 4 inch gas gaa pipe that Is about 36 inches long blunting the other end of the gas pipe with this probo probe th runway can bo be located in the following manner taking the new mounds amounda wo we know knew that these mounds alternate with the underground runway so by 1141 lining ing up tip these mounds we know that the runway will bo be about midday between a series of ni with tile tho small end of tile the probe we locate tile the runway and then use tile the larger on en ato make a larger opening so that the bait can can be dropped indu the runway after which the hole Is closed so no light can enter the runway thus we WB have the poison befera tile tho pocket gopher so that it Is impossible tor for him to miss it and satisfactory results are obtained 11 each ach pocket gopher makes 10 tu 20 iti mounds and two balta baits nt at different locations loca tlona in each system give the bost best results in cooperation with the U S blo jolial 0 survey prepared poison in sitter alfter top car cartons tons has been placed with all count county agricultural agents tor for distribution selling at loc per carton the amount in one carton Is sufficient to areata tr eata good many acres of infested land early spring when the pocket gopher Is active and before the hay nna grass brasa tilde hide tho mounds la is an ideal almo to kill pest |