Show COUNTY AGENT Column Pest Control What are you going to do about control of insects rodents and noxious noxious noxious nox nox- ious weeds this season These pests arent aren't waiting to see what you are going to do They keep on feeding Why wait to see how much of the crop they will destroy before starting control measures You know the pests do damage each year Did you know they usually take 25 per cent of or all crops and cost the farmers more than 3 billion dollars annually Your crops are not We cant can't afford this loss in War times Community or neighborhood action is needed now Plenty of grasshopper and mormon mormon mor mor- mon cricket bait balt is on hand The time to bait is n now o w. w Watch for these insects and bait balt on the hatching ground cutworms can be controlled In Inthe Inthe Inthe the gardens by applying poison bran bait In the fields they can be controlled by using the barbwire barbwire barbwire barb- barb wire drag but the work must be bedone bedone bedone done from 11 pm p.m. until day light At this time of night they come to the surface to f fee feed e e d. d During the day they burrow down below the depth of the wire drag Garden guard and other good dusts should be used on the garden crops Rodents can be controlled by byuse byuse byuse use of poison polson grain or gas Rabbits can be controlled by poison polson oats or salt and strychnine Ask your neighbor to cooperate And be sure and save your own crops The County Extension Agent will al always always always al- al ways help Chemicals for weed control can be obtained from the County Weed Supervisor Oren Bliss of Hinckley or at the County Extension Office Fillmore A supply is on hand on both sides of the County Dont Don't let leta a small patch of white top or morning glory grow into a farm mortgage |