Show Ridding the Country of Prairie Dog Dogs I Washington Attempts Washington Attempts made last spring pring at poisoning prairies dogs I In national forests on an nn extensive scale seem to have been highly successful in ridding selected areas of these small pests and plans panr are aro now being made tc to carry on the work ork much more widely next year ye The first experiments in this line ling were ere made in New Mexico by a stockman stock stock- man who has since entered tho the forest for for- r est ost service In 1901 Dr C. C Hart Bart Merriam chief of ot tho the division of ot biological bio bio- logical survey Bun of the department of or agriculture made mado a report upon Tho Prairie Dog of ot the Great Plains In which the damage done by the tho do dogs s c was ns pointed out and various methods j s. s f of poisoning them were suggested f i f This report of ot Dr Merriam Merriam's may be said t to Y have blazed tho the way for w f fIcal lea leal work in prairie dog K lw tion Prairie dogs are arc very cry obnoxious to the stockmen for they devour much grass and undermine the surface of or j tho the ground with their burrows Where they establish themselves the de- de of ot the range is only a ques ques- v d lion of or time Th The poison polon is prepared by coating J Jj wheat heat with a preparation of z i- t vine rine cyanide of ot potassium a anise lse oil and lInd molasses t When hen a sufficient quantity is ready tho the poisoned wheat f is carried to the field of or operations c. c J |