Show county agents column RODENTS do you know how much crop damage rodents and insects do each year in millard county after a number of 0 years of careful checking the damage done our state stale entomologists biological survey and the county agents office estimate the annual annual loss through crop damage to amount to front from to this amount of 0 money distributed arao among g the farm families in millard county could do muth much to raise the annual income and provide an adequate standard of living what are we going to do about tills this problem it so much a state or federal or county problem as it Is an all individual farmers problem farmers need to get gel together and work out a proper program to stop this tremendous waste we cannot tight fight ground squirrels and as we are now doing and ever hope to win little or nothing has been done during the past year or two on the part of many farmers to control th tb e abbit pest it about time that ve farmers should make suggestions on oil how we would like in to handle these rodent pests there are few farm programs which will return so BO much to the farm tor for each dollar expended as will a properly supervised rodent control program INSECTS are you watching the insect problem small stink bugs are now showing sli owing up tip in several localities grasshopper Cras shopper colonies should be reported to the county agents office as soon as they are observed we are prepared to tight fight grasshoppers the moment they show up there is la plenty of poisoned bran bait available poisoned bran balt bait Is a very effective method of 0 controlling cut worms I 1 many areas in millard county have been damaged quite seriously during the past few ew weeks by this pest why not take the time to observe more closely what is causing the apparent damage being done to your crops insect insect and rodent help occasionally a farmer requests help on insect or rodent control help given to one oile man may do him dilisi some individual good however the greatest good can be accomplished when a group of farmers request holp help and as a group they attempt to tight fight the insect and rodent problem GEORGE millard county agent |