| Show POISON THE run cornia pocket gophers which burrow under nilder the surface of at tho the ground eating tho the rots of the plants planta and throwing tin owing up Il lounds of dirt take an ali enormous toll front from farm farin crops annually tile il amount lOunt of irrigation water that Is carried oft off by these theao underground ground runways run ways causo cause an all onor enormous loas they can call be easily controlled by poison poi as lias has been successfully demonstrated by a great many farmers throughout the state the sevier county agricultural agent reported the following which gives a good idea of the results that can call bo be hied A certain farrier had an all 80 aero acre held which was wag bad baal infested with pocket gophers gop liera 78 acres of this 80 acre held field was treated at 1 a I total cost coat of labor and material or of 1000 10 00 2 acres was waa loft left untreated as a check plot the following season Bt ison by actual count it was found that on oil the 2 acres that had not been treated there were 6 active gophers and on oil the 78 lic acres res that had been treated there w were e re only IG 15 active pocket gophers tho poison bait la 13 prepared b sitting sifting strychnine stich nino on oil carrots which have been cut into small pieces about I 1 Vs inches long by 38 3 8 inches square this i poisoned bait is placed in the runway run i tin way of at the pocket go gopher to I 1 locate wis underground runway an all iron probe Is used ono one end being about the size of a wagon end gate rod arid and tile the other end being about tho the size of a broom stick it is essential that a good probe be used as it makes the work easier arid and better results are arc obtained an iron probe fiobo made in fit tho the following manner makes a very satisfactory tool take a 12 or 14 inch piece of 38 3 8 inch steel rod anawald and weld it into a piece of 34 3 4 inch gas pipe that Is about 36 inches long blunting the other end and of the gas pipe runway ran call bo be located in ili the following manner taking tailing tile new mounds wo we know that those mounds alternate with tile the underground runway so by lining up these mounds wo we know that the runway will be about midway between a series of ino mounds with tho the small end and of tl alio to probe wo we locate tile runway and then use tile larger end to make a larger opening so that the wit bait can bo be dropped into tile the runway after which the holo is closed so no light ean can enter the runway thus wo we liano hae the poison before the pocket gopher so that it la Is impossible for him to miss it and satisfactory dusults are obtained bach pocket gopher makes from 10 to 20 mounds and two halts balts at different locations in fit each system give the best re requite milts in cooperation with tho the U S biological survey prepare prepared poison tit in sitter tell lop t artona artons liaa boon been placed with all county agricultural agents tor for distribution boiling belling at per carton tile amount in fit one carton Is sufficient to treat a good man y acres of if infested land darly spring when the pocket gopher Is and before tho the hay and gra grass gs hado to tile alio mounds lounds I 1 h an all ideal time to kill hill this destructive post peat |
