Show HOW TO KILL THE GROUND DOG following up nume ous r cell ceded ed last fall by dr E B D ball diree tor ter of the utah eap expo ment bt atlon at ai to methods of mg short tailed squi squirrels or ground round cogs ecks dr ball has prepared the toll foil nong ing for the in formation of farmers throughout the tate state there was an all amount of diA d linage lage done to grain lind end crops on oil th all dry farms of alii thio onte last year by the short tall 2 J squirrels or dogs at t tic L time that the damage was being done numerous in julles jul les came cagie in as to nit nii thoda of destroying this pest at that season af the th year however food Is aban dant it asvery difficult lodo anything with and thon thoin interested vere ached to wait until spring and then take up the ni against chuse As so as the snow te is off the around round li 11 the spring they app appear ar ana b 1 sin ain to ie paie their debts f foi oi th the i alsing if ic t a large brood of young at f miss t food is scare ant auml i poison gala is eaten WHAT TO there Is no lima ime to ro be lost now however and anyon who has suffer ed any loss in the 1 p tt lot from these pests should proceed lit at once to prepare the following matare and apply thoroughly strychnine nina pl fate oil one ounce vater ater three apts cracked choat or barley one half busher bushea dissolve the in boiling water then astir in th alii stir ring thoroughly tho roughly dantil all of the grain has been equally clamp dampened ened and all the water absorbed rhen prepare the following 10 pounds sugar suar two pounds sprinkle the damp ebli with this stirring constantly each kernel ej ea with tho tiu this wu serve to hide the ibe b tt tir r taste of the strychnine a coated pill as it nere ft ere A tah mixture should be distributed a teaspoonful or mo ino c ir in a place in the holes and anway runways s of the aels great taken to find every clery live ilie hole and see that tile the occupants get their share shard of the polson poison grain after waiting a week ox 01 mole moie or until after a storm go over the ground again and polson poison each freshly opened hole a arond rond time thoro ness in these two tina applications I 1 is the secret of success one hole mis sed will mean a wh ahil brood left to start a colony for tho the next year in some places tho the logs dogs seem to crave food that 4 is and the best beat success as boin obtained by salting the poison b bait it it would be well to salt a port li of 01 the mixture and try it dt along willi the other and see which gives the bet results the salt can be added to the fe flour and sugar and stirred lit in N ith it or a small part of the m ture can be separated after the salt alt has been stirred in and two or three times as much asala as would be bc used in tile the kitchen stirred in do not taste of this mixture to cw hether it Is salty enough you nicol t lind find out but would not liv e to ali t to an one else elec the best time to allay tails mix ture is in the mornin of a warm adly diy da and the grain should be placed on dry ground aki E the mois turo ture will tend to smove the sugar coating the cost of an application of this kind Is 13 very nery it with the result ss ottah d the squirrels can be killed at nn an expense of only it a few cents cent per acre under or binary conditions and ami even if I 1 it Is necessary to treat mccral hundred acres the cost will je iu small as compared P ared with the saulny havlat oc 01 tile the crops |