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Show , fHOUSAND DOLLARS v FOR STRYCHNINE This Sum Expended by Iron Co. i During Past Few Weeks to Kill Rabbits. I BUNNIES GETTING LESS, ! BUT STILL PLENTIFUL. I I U. S. Assistant Biologist Gives Data on Operations, and Valuable Formulae for Farmers. J. Ray Wilson, assistant U. S. Biologist, Biol-ogist, was in Cedar City again last . Wednesday, having spent some weeks in this part of the state in the in-torests in-torests of the extermination of the Isentativc of The Record, Mr. W son stated that while there were still a cood many survivors among the rabbit rab-bit family, at the same time they had received enough of a check this winter win-ter so that a marked difference will bo noticablo next summer. According N to the figures furnished by Mr. Wil son, when we include 250 ounces then on the way for the county commissioners, commis-sioners, Iron county will have used i a total of not less than 935 ounces of strychnine this season in an effort to rid the range of the rabbits. This I . has cost not less than one dollar an I ' ounce in any instance, and in some r ' few cases, considerably more. So we '. - can safely estimate that more than n I thousand dollars has been spent in 1 this work by the people of the coun- ty. Of this amount the county com- ! . missioncrs have provided 400 ounscs; " Lund and Nada, 200 ounces; Beryl, M 100 ounces; Cedar City 100 ounces; 1 Parowan, 60 ounces; Summit 25 ounc-f ounc-f es; Kanarra 25 or 50 ounces, (Mr. Wilson was uncertain;) and Entcr-1 Entcr-1 prise, just over the line, 35 ounces. " In addition to these there have been .' .a number of purchases by individuals J . , of small quantities. - ,IZ?XS6 -v&CoTfects-WronKlBiprefirien-. . 3 f While here the Biologist took oc- J casion to refute the advice accredited to him to feed the poisoned rabbits to A , hogs. Ho states that he never ad- 3 vised this but has stated that it was idono in many cases without any apparent ap-parent injury to the animals. He did not consider jack rabbits a very ap-' ap-' propriate diet for hogs, whether pois oned or not. We are indebted to Mr. Wilson for tho following advice or plan for the keeping of rabbits that cscapo the winter poisoning from tho growing crops next summer: At regular distances of about fifty yards, around the edge of the field, plant small patches of oats or wheat one foot square; protect these from ', the rabbits until they have attained a height of a few inches, then mix I ono ounce of strychnine (powdered) i and one-tenth ounce sacharino; put in ' pepper shaker or similar vessel and shake over tho blades of grain until SJ they are coated. It may bo necessary M to dampen tho grain slightly in order m that tho preparation will adhere. In W this way a great many rabbit3 can bo M "' killed as well as taking their atten- 3B . tion from tho other crop. IB How to Exterminate Prairie Dogs. M . The government man also gave us . a formula for tho destruction of prai- M lie dogsmnd chislors, which are very B " troublesome and destructive in cer- m tain parts of this county: Heat one quart of water to the V boiling point Dissolve two heaping 'M . tablespoon fuls of dry gloss starch -in m a little cold water, add this to the hot water and cook until there is a thin 3 puste formed, stirring constantly to ' avoid lumps. Take from fire, add one M ounco powdered strychnine, two tca- 'JM ' spoons soda, one-tenth ounce of sneh- arinc, and a little Byrup, Mix this paste over sixfeen quarts of clean m oats and let dry for twelve hours with 'ys occasional mixings. Place very small quantities of this poisoned grain in .., tho burrows or scatter lightly about 1 J the holes. Whore there is danger of "1 poisoning birds, the poison should be " placed inside the holes. |