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Show fi ERADICATION OF RATS AN! y CROP PETS DISCUSSED HERE Project Leaders of County Listen to Lectures of Federal Leaders; Demonstrations to Be Held in Infected Districts f I I Plans for tho control and eradica- tlon of rats and pests of a like nature Thfi .f wr'.i 1Q crop pests that infest fruit i "a-' ' rocs and th th sugar L m beet nemutod. ...r. outlined t m meeting hi id j esterdas al thi federal Eh building attended bj project l( - l- CA era from various communities In We- i4l bsr count. b Richards .f the IH United States biological survey, Ger- old Thorne of the United States su-gar su-gar beet investigations and D. J. itammon, county crops and pest In-PH In-PH spector. were tho speakers. Those in attendance were Lee L -WM bee of Rlverdale, John Ross and EH Thomas R. Parker of Clinton. Frank Thurston of Huntsvillo, O. Graham and G. F. Stallings of Eden V Q -Southwlck of Liberty, Zeno Thlnnes tM and Ruftia Rhees of Tlensant "iew. John Btaker and Joseph Belnap of S9 Wilson, Thomas Glbby of Roy, Jo- seph Bartlott and I'.ivld W Johnson L v ... r.,,,,,, in,-. M ii w n na a gB P. Larson of HarriSVlUe and J. W'H t3M son of Wilson. j TO 1 !-l l N PTU JX Tv w Those that attended the meeting EgS will return to the various conununl- ties, explain the projects that have PB boen outlined and make the necessary tJ-M detailed arrangements tor the con- ducting of the demonstrations, select -ing In each community one farm, aft-nl aft-nl er which the farm will be visited h RB ,Mr. Richards and W Preston Thom- EJ ' ",. i mint) ig.-iit, and Mr Thorn.-. 11" ' and the demonstrations put on during L th.- year r - & Mr Richards explained al the meel IHg the methods to be used to eon- dB trol and eradicate rat. Ho empha- hW ,! ,!" :,l 't tnat ral "111 not stay on a farm Where they can't hide and HL arbor they can't get plenty of food, C but will Immediately go to a neigh- L boring farm. He ru lsed thnt a gen- eral cleanup campaign be conducted EB and completed before April 15 under PH the supervision of the local project EH leader. He stated that each com- munity that made the necessary ar-KH ar-KH rangements would be visited by hlm- self und Mr Thomas and the n sars demonstrations put on. RAT PROOF BUILDINGS RH During the demonstrations th KH farmers will he show n how to m ike barns and all houses rat-proof. He H -aid that the making of a woodpile Bl rat proof merely meant raising It lH high enough from the ground to pre- EH vQt the rats getting Into It. Il He also discussed tho elimination of I ground squirrels, and pocket gophers llr'(n.i field mice. A demonstration la Kr to be put on at Huntsvillo as soon is El 1 be snow leaves tho ground to show how pocket gophers are trapped and I poisoned. He also discussed the ellml- m nation of field mil a 1 CONTROL OF NTTMATODK IfH Mr. Thorne spoke on the control of H t.-he sugar beet nematode, explaining BH that it is an insect of microscopic ats U !j "hat lives on the roots of beeta un-H un-H derneath the surface of the ground H Ho advocated greater care by f irmers In the distribution of the dirt they H haul back from beet plle9 at loading H statlone. explaining that Inasmuch as rl It was Impossible to keop the dirt 1 from the vnriouB fields apart at the loading sL-ttlons. this was a means of Infecting tho earth on their own farm, were they free from nematode In the V beginning. Rotation of crops, he said, jH was the only practical method dls- overed so far to control Infected H PLAN DKafONSTRATIOXe Mr. Thorne expects to visit all of I "he communities in Weber county B during the coming season where beet n ia fields are Infected with nematode ,n j the event that the project leader? make th n arenas ry axrangameuta for I the donfonstratlona and lcturi He will reutrn to the county on February I ';! and remain until March 3 Mr. Hammon said that ho wo.ild j enforce the law relatlvo to the clean-i clean-i ui work and that required of fruit grower In taking proper spraying precautlona. It was reported that 'S per cent Of the peach crop was unfit for sale , last venr due to diseases that could I 1 hae been prevented bv proper spray- 1 i Ing. 1 ll ERE RATS VRK The specialists will train the project pro-ject leaders during the season in the optrol of rodents, the use of poison and traps and the distribution of poison. A recent survey shows the follow- ing Invasion of rats In the various communities of the countv; Rlverdlle, 70 per cent; Hooper K0 pci cent; Plain City, 20 per cent; Mat rvllle, 17 per cent: Wilson, b.'. per cent. Ha rr!s ill. r,n per cent. Kancsvllle, 61 per esi, Pleasant View, 73 per cent; North Ogden '.0 Dr c-nt, Burch Creek, 3S per cent Parr West, 0 Per cent, and Clinton, S 1 per cent. |