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Show How to Control Rats Is Problem Temporary Measures Include Use of Poisons, Traps and Gases. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Rats cause losses amounting to not First Year Alfalfa Is Preferred for Pasture Results reported from experiment stations where sweet clover and al- falfa were used for hog pasture have been compared Indicate that the alfalfa is to be preferred. Sweet clove-make- s a fairly good substitute for the alfalfa during the first year of grazing if it is kept grazed rather closely During the second year the crop is apt to become too woody and stemmy to make satisfactory hog pasture. Ex periments indicate that alfalfa, rape, red or alsike clover are all to he pre forred to sweet clover as a hog pas lure. m FOR SAXE In Roosevelt, 7 lots, with house, rut bulidings, lots of shade, lawn, fruit trees, some in alfalfa, cellar, etc. Ideal location. Address RAE GAGON, Roosevelt, Utah. 49-- tf ot insects, such as the white grubs, wireworms, and cut- FOR SALE Old newspapers In worms, are always present in sod 15c and 25c bundles. ROOSEVELT They frequently destroy corn and othSTANDARD. er row crops. A number less than $200,000,000 each year in the United States, according to the biological survey of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. This, enormous damage occurs in homes, stores and factories, and to a large extent on farms. Temporary Measures. Temporary measures or rat control include the use of poisons, traps and deadly gases. These devices merely eliminate the animals for a short time and do not In any way prevent others from reinfesting premises. Nevertheless, temporary measures are the first consideration in dealing with the rut Permanent control consists problem. primarily in depriving rats of one or both their necessities of life food and shelter. Attention to such community places as garbage dumps and city abattoirs will keep down the rat population. Every community in terested in preventing disease epidem ics that may possibly be spread by rats should make it a point to provide for proper maintenance of dumps and similar places for garbage and refuse disposal. Changes in the construction of buildings can be effected to make them rat proof, and building codes of cities and towns can require construction. Effective Poisons. Barium carbonate and red squill are effective poisons for the temporary eradication 01 rats. Barium carbonate has neither taste nor odor. It is mixed with various foods and, if prepared as recommended, is usually effective. Red squill has an advantage in being relatively harmless to animals other than rats. If taken accidentally by cats or dogs it acts as a powerful emetic and is thus eliminated. A small quantity of red squill v ill kill a rat, however, and it is therefore an ideal poison for use on farms and in many places In towns or cities There there may be danger of poisoning beneficial animals. Calcium-cyanid- e fumigant has been widely and effectively used to kill rats that live in burrows In the ground, under concrete, or in other inaccessible places. It comes In powder form and is applied with a duster or blower. When the dust comes in contact with air It forms a poisonous gas. Calcium cyanide is a deadly poison and should be kept out of reach of children, Irresponsible persons, and live stock. rat-pro- Ifs Hem at Last A Picture That You Take to Your Heart at the Beginning That Takes Possess You to The End of cresote, or crude acid make the best spray material to use in poultry bouses to keep down red mites, Carbolineura, car- pi IF YOU HAVE A SOUL It will be stirred to the. depths and you will rise from your seat in the theatre,, a bigger, stronger, tru-e-r man, woman, boy or girl, than when you entered. It does not preach It INSPIRES!! SEE IT Tues., cincl WcdL It is better to feed silage to dairy a day over a longer period than to feed it twice a day for a shorter time if no other succulent ed can be had. cows once . and walls drench them with a strong disinfectant 3 per cent creotin or iysol reat the fixtures in the same nap- - J I July 24 and 25 AT THE ' To disinfect a brooder house, scrub flour and side walls with a strong so ution of hot lye (one pound of lye t 40 gallons of water),-usina stiff room. When the floor are hJfe w bolic IJT f THEATRE i V y w |