Show SERVICE ANNOUNCE AN NOU WOE INTERESTING RESULTS interesting re results have just been announced hr by lie forest senco as n a result of the conducted In southern California b by Stanley H E Piper ex expert perl of the tho biological survey of the department of agriculture to exterminate and gophers Extensive experiments were were tried to t determine the best means or of killing off these destructive little animals and It was found that the most five results vere obtained bl b using poisoned green or ripening barl barley r heads The squirrels squi are exceedingly fond ond of this greM and eager Ir by ate ale the poisoned food placed along thou runways Tests were also male made with oats wheat wheal barley barler raisins prunes dried apples and corn but these did not o 0 successful Barley While green barley barler proved most successful for poisoning ground sQuirrels yet yel the difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply In all localities led to dried barley barle grain being tried The rhe grain was treated with strychnine sul suI sulphate phate saccharIne and eggs and al although although though this combination proved er ery destructive to tile the squirrels It has practically no upon doves doo and quail In fact il a attempt was made to poison polson these birds nt at their watering places s but no ha bad of feet resulted The Tho poIsoned grain was also used In fields grazed over oer hy by sheep and produced no lii effects Fruit as Lures The rho experiments also proved that gophers were vere partial to raisins and dried and these wore success successfully fully ully used In the poison polson experiment It urns found that by sprInkling the apples or raisins with the str strychnine solution as effective results were pro produced ns as bo obtained by Insert InsertIng Ing the poison polson into Inlo the tho fruit The ts for of squirrels also resulted In the death of a considerable number or of rabbits and In other experiments It was found that poisoned oats prove proved von eQ tivo lIvo In killing both jades jacks and cotton collon cottontails tails Green a was also used with good gool results for the same samo pur purpose purpose pose |