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Show GOPHERS KILLED WITH AUTOMOBILE FUMES Using automobiles ns gopher killing machines Is tho novel sorvlco to which cora have beeu put by Oregon far-mori far-mori who havo set about to kill gophers go-phers and othor burrowing animals that damago tholr crops. A car, preferably pre-ferably ono that is light, is rtjiivon in tho field whero tho gophers llvo. The cnplno Is allowed to contlnuo running and ono cud of n hoso Is attached to tho exhaust while tho other end Is Inserted in a gopher holo and packed about with a cloth nnd a llttlo dirt. Ii ti short time tho fumes penetrate the various: passages and isiud trom j other holes. These aro then plugged up; after this has been dono tho gases gas-es penetrato to tho remotest chamber cham-ber and tho Inhabitants are suffocated. suffocat-ed. -Popular Mechanics Magazine. - - |