Show POISONED DOGS thousands of prairie dogs hays hav been destroyed on the reservation Pr prairie atrie dogs doga axe are far more mora numerous and destructive on n the reservation atlon than one would belleve believe and the settlers have hae been using various means of killing them one method that has worked quite effectively is the of pol wheat on the ranches report fian reservation and other parts of the country state that thousands af hese little animals have hae been kill ed there are arc other methods used but the one above mentioned seems to bo be the best while it Is hard to say eay just what amount of teed feed a prairie dog will consume in the way of grass it has been estimated that 32 prairie dogs nill consume as much grass as one sheep and that dogs will consume is much as one cow based upon an average of ct 25 dogs to the acre it Is conservatively estimated that the logs ins in texas will eat as much grass ally as would be eaten by 0 cows the value of the land it a declared by la 16 reduced ully olly fifty per codih by their inroads apon the teed feed not only because of hat thoy they oat eat but because they dig 1 p trie vety very roots of tho the grass and thus lemo leave the ground perfectly bare whon an area is pretty well clean I 1 off they mi mcgrale gralis to another spot i rid id repeat the same destructive pro ess nith ith tho the result thalta in the urse gursc of years entire townships of nd are aire cleaned as bale as a floor i lid iid id it takes several to restore I 1 e old conditions ater after the dogs hav cne ono man from the valtion said e other day he haded the isred Is ls red rid and that he had aired up three good sized towns rae state of kansas has been carrying on the fight for years and tho the to it bently foi the purpose the work has 9 so well blat today to day kansas la 13 free from the pest |