Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-02-27 | Page 27 | Magpie Flocks Are Wiped Out

MAGPIE FLOCKS ARE WIPED OUT Weber Valley Campaign Successful Mice Drowned In addition to thousands offield of offield field mice which have been de- de devastating de dc devastating tho the alfalfa and other otheT crops of ot the Weber river valle valley I the farmers have another pest a one ono which Is causing them mu considerable n concern How How- n- n ever A L L Bridenstein of the United States biological survey re- re reports re reports ports the campaign for tor the eradication erad eradication cation of the magpies which hav appeared appeared by tho hundreds In tho valley has been eminently successful suc- suc successful suc successful For a time poisoned liver er was s used as a death bait but other birds Including some lome of ot the game variety fell Innocent victims of f the campaign and this was waa dis- dis discontinued dis discontinued continued Pork rind was sub substituted and and and It was ws placed jn trees One One farmer reported 73 78 dead birds s under one tree while while another r said he counted 47 7 cas- cas cas casualties under another and the tho bait was still fast tast In the tree Recent rains are arc declared to have done more toward killing oft off the mice than all the poisoned grain that was distributed The Th I situation throughout the Cache and Weber valleys la Is declared red tobe tobe to tobe be well in to hand