Show THE DOG PEST becoming a serious problem to the homesteaders homesteader on the former res er erv atlon la Is anat the little prairie dog Is called in polite and scientific society but on the res rea er erv alloin lie he culled called tit all lie he la is shot at and do degoed goed and drowned and in spite of it all barks as cheerfully na as ever and in increasing ri numbers umbers the prairie dog has been a discouraging problem of the reservation whole fields of corn find and acres of hate hale been swept as clean as if there had been an old time grasshopper invasion and altho everything possible has been done by individuals there has been no concerted action and undoubtedly until there is the prairie dog will still go 90 hla his cheerful way migrate from a wet field to a dry one and make hit hie raids from his now new vantage ground the country around fort Du chesno la Is alov with them they have doled in whole droves from the forma sur rounding reminding the mili military reserve onto tt ti and from there lay wate waste the ad joining calda they seem to thrive on tho cultivated farms for they are as aa fat as seals and an indians eye will brighten and his hie mouth nater over the gift ot of one why the indians indiana do not have prairie dog shoots since they are t I 1 fond of them and make a thinning out of the posts pesta Is a question oti the formula given below which was cent from the forestry station in albu querque guerque quer que N M to ed young jr in answer to his request for the samo ought to prove a valuable oble adal tion to 0 ir present limited knowledge conc concerning eining the extermination of tho the pt pl ur esque little rodent instructions for the preparation and use dee of poison for killing prairie dogs tor roe 0 we o bushel of wheat take 3 ounces of strychnine 1 pound do de of potassium I 1 oil 8 anise ice and aad 2 quarts common molasses the heavy new orleans molasses Is the best put the strychnine into one can the cyanide into another add one quart of water to each put ovea the ire fire and bring to a boll stirring so that it will dissolve caro care should be used not to inhale the fautne s of the cyanide the strychnine hlll seldon comple completed tel dic dissolve solve pour the two into one large can large enough to hold two gallons easily add two tit quarts texts of warm water and the two quarts af pf molasses put on the fire and bring to a bol set off alloa allo a it to cool a few minutes pour in the oil of anise stir up thoroughly aly then pour the mixture over the wheat a tatlo little at a time stirring the grain as aa continued on last page THE PRAIRIE DOG PEST I 1 aou ou pour tile the over it so that I 1 every individual grain will bo be chotei set feet tt it aside for a couple of nt hows houis to get dry and put it in I 1 box boxes barcelo or sacks and use lisa as ai deslich if it la is to be hauad or shipped d uba double backs to avoid danger of ilak it ok ag age 0 don t think when you start in diat tills mixture wont go over a bushel for you will ill find it plenty an iron tub to mix the wheat in la Is most eatla factory lac tory or a box such as plater plasterers ers use in which to mix planter stir it over with nith a shovel mixing it cre care lully through and through as you pour in the i ue de careful where you put the wheal 1 after this ibis pet borbee pigs and 1 any number of ch chickens lIkens have been killed by leaving the tub standing around with the wheat in it see that the lutlo little children dout flud find it ly lying ing about after all through talc take 0 MI 1 gix ax and chop up every sin single glo utensil used excepting tile the shovel anc alic burn burl them so BO as to make certain they hlll never nener bo be used again for mothr pur purposes P as s one bushel of wheat will make baits the best time to use tile tho la Is in tile the months of february march and april tho the dogs doai are alir then n hungry and will eit anything As soon as gheen glass comes t they hey me fite not no so liable to eat the wheat tho the best bf st plan for using it t Is as follows follON NS take a light wagon and team as abase a base of supplies put into it about four bushels of wheat dailve out on Pi peairle airle and be ginning beginning at sonic some do finite point a lir system of covering the th country the dalter can leave his te tin in the middle of it u thick ll lage and biking a bucket and teaspoon drop a spoonful at wib wi b ho hol holp l front from one to three feet away and alwa on oil tile tho same side of the hole this prevents pi events duplication of doses tho the rest of the baity on oil horseback each with a bucket of wheat and ephom ride rap rapidly tilly front from liole ho to hole in ili the scattered up tip to certain trails roads oi 01 othea aill natural tural and it la is surprising irig how rapidly you can coi cover er tile the country one can keep a horse on a good jog trot and fire the wheat bilth unerring alin aim at the holes aud and levei stop moving unless the holes axe are too thick nothing seems to be gained by placing the wheat in the hoks bolt s a bioni experience in it j use itse the dogs seldom eat it when thrown inside the holes A most conNen convenient lelit anay ft ay to carry carr the wheat for tills this work la Is to tako take a bunay sack eack and sling it over the right shoulder anti ami resting on tho the loft left hip then slip blip a ten pound laid bucket into it in which to cany the wheat this illis gives sour lour left hand to dulde the and tho the right one to uso use the spoon men c can eaily easily put out aut four bushels per day dav or 10 holes work thus across tilt tha country and back just as a daimer f aimer would sow whet sometimes stakes acet et up tit for guides come in very handy select a period of pleasant weather ieather it if possible as a vet snow sno or rain weakens the poison it acts at once doid dogs ha have e been found lit in thirty minutes bioni tile tho time billic tile tho vas nas put out ou t ou ill flud find lots of them on oil tile the ground and of course the ingest number nur tiber tire are lead dead in the holefka liou ou mi also get a gumbei of skunks and badgers in ift a month after a ildo ilde over the country countr again and you binl signs of tin doss dogs lelio leivo le ivo it a fiah fiche and you ou will kurtly get them it is well inell to nat ot h the ranes dur ing uie the summer luid a beai eai later work over oner tho the same acca and another doso boso spot the holes thit sign of occupancy if ou INO hive any ally unused poisoned wheat thit that want to keep foi an eai it will not ju hi tho least but bo be suie sine anti and maxi mark it plainly POISON and pl ico it chofe the little ones c caa m t find it and elt it for it li la a very iery dangerous pol poison the cyanide of potassium being at al most instantaneous in its iab delely ac tion alon |