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Show I FARM NEWS NOTES I ' BY LEW MAR PRICE 4 County Agent ! I j Control Pocket Gophers Now t This is the time of the year when pocket gophers are throwing up their mounds and preparng for winter, it is therefore the easiest and best time to kill them with either traps or poison poi-son bait. Fields, generally, are cleared clear-ed of crops, so holes and runways are nxre easily located. There is no; danger of livestock getting the bait when placed for pocket gophers. Danger from the infestations of gophers is increasing rapidly, and j control measures should be instigated to check their spread. It is neither difficult nor expensive if started before be-fore the pests become too numerous, but it is next to impossible in the summer when the fields are covered! with crops. Ground filled with the j holes of pocket gophers cannot be successfully irrigated without wast-! ing a considerabls amount of water.) Trapping is much slower and more expensive than the poison method and requires considerable time where infestations are bad. If you have any questions as to the use of poison, or the method of using same, your county agent will be glad to assist as-sist Have You Culled Your Flock? Are you one of the ninety-five farmers who keep an unprofitable flock of hens; or are you one of the five who house, feed, and cull your flock so that they pay for their fe-;d and privileges, and make a comfortable comfort-able profit besides? We are told that 95 per cent of the farm poultry flocks do not pay for their expenses. Xon-uniformity of stock, lack of balance in rations and "nor housing conditons are the principal prin-cipal contributing factors. The next three months should be the biggest harvest season from the noultry flock although hens will not be in production much of that time. Pullets should start laying this month and go right on through the (Continued on last page)- County Agent Notes I (Continued from first page) season, and they will if given the opportunity. We have demonstrations of ade-j ade-j quate poultry houses built in the j county with practically no cash out-j out-j Ia'- ' Start Bang's Disease Control ! The national loss from Bang's diseases is etimated at more than j.Suno3 aaABDg -Anenuue 000'000'0$ ' is standing at least its portion of that j loss, much of which could be avoided ! by following any one of three plans explained in the Utah circular Xo. ! 94. One of these plans is entirely practical for every circumstance, and j its adoption would be worth while as ; an assurance in every herd. ' The germs of this disease are taken j Into the system almost entirely I through the digestive tract. The re- suit is premature birth, retained placenta, sterility, udder disturbance, I and 15 to 30 per cent loss in produc- tion of milk and butterfat. If you have not already received Utah circular No. 04, giving three plans of eradication and control, one of which should suit your conditions, you can get it by applying to the U. S. A. C. or to your county agent. A test is necessary to determine the diseased individuals, and even this will cost nothing, but failure to do so may cost hundreds of dollars before be-fore the nlalady is cleared up. Bait For Mice : At this season of the year mice are coming from fiehls and gardens into out of the reach of children, poultry, etc., will usually hold these pests in check so that no damage will be done. Theie is no charge for the bait. homes and outbuildings for winter quarters. These pests not only do damage to food, clothing, etc., but sometimes carry diseases. An ounce or two of poison wheat placed where the mice can get it, but |