Show expert outlines best rodent control methods actual feeding tests show that pound squirrels will consume as much gheen teed feed RS as ft a pound steer or 32 ground squirrels will consume its as much preen cheen feed as a sheep heep weighing pounds according to R scott zimmerman in chat chaice be of i adent control in ili th s bbate on the U S biological survey it i eguires prane ie dogs to eat the same amount of green feed as a steer and 25 prarie dogs to const me the feed of a sheep in the cis case of the jack rabbit 59 will const me Rs as much green feeo as a pound steer and 12 lark iak lab iab bits N vill ill eat sufficient ra rien em feed to cue hiie foi one head of sheep mr zimmerman Zim pointed out th s does docs not nob take into consideration the amount of dimase caused bv bli loving anti inti the soil oi 01 the loose ground excavated aiom the burrow aich covered up vegetation on the suffice the te testa ta earl can led on by the I 1 to logi logical cral survey further showed that pocket gophers consumed as much gleen deev as a steer while 25 pocket gophers ate Rs as much as one held heid of sheep thus when ca chops aps cps 1 and I nd colage alone are con coil ed nathl alth nn an avei tin creasing n ambli of cents lo in a local ty the cabal cai iv g capacity capaci tv of the range is cut down IP in proposition to the number of rodents rodent the acre niclas fall short shor t of normal and ili hi many cases plant life is cle destroyed desti ti oyed to the extent th thit it it sears of ef folt to deplace zimmerman Zim sas sans IImA homeier eier mr lar zimmerman a woid of warning to the formers farmers conc concerning eining the poisoning of i orients too early in the spring 1 here it Is in the words of the expert eaily bitting has two cradvan first the bait is not read ih incepted by the rodents that are out second because not all of the ground squi nels or prairie dogs corne come out of hibernation at the same time many ale aie not nofa out to accept the bait when offered so the farmer who mho attempts to take advantage of an early season be coi comes nes ap ed fol foi if he be has I 1 put ot t the bait without re resulting in the control of rodents infest t ng liis its faim his first conclusion is tivit tint the bait is no good A good rule to follow in controlling these animal pests is to vilt mait until the grass and other neg eg elation is well ell up ano anc the leases and stalks of plants hae become acre woody anc adf tough by this time ahne all the rodents will have come out of hibernation and are ready i to accept a heavier diet then with one or two applications of bait the dedred results villi 1 be obtain therefore as the spring beason advances id iti vances it is well to make trial tests choose a good marin arm day with scarcely any breeze or chill in tl e air to keep the ro rodents it un dr covet if the bait is not being accepted delay deay baiting for a few das dabs perhaps for a week or two then when you vou find the bat being accepted make preparation to theat bleat our fields fence lines pas atutes and ro roadways I 1 |