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Show Poison for Sparrows A POISON mixture for sparrows that ha proved very effective Is prepared as fed-lows: fed-lows: Put one-eighth ounce of strychnia sulphate- into three-quarter of a gill of hot writer and boll until dissolved. Moisten one cud one-half teaspoonfuls of March with a few- drops of eld water, add It to the polcon solull n and beat till the starch thickens, pone tin- h"t poisoned .-larch solution oyer on.- quatt of wheat and t!r until every k' r-n. r-n. I Is toapd. Sniull-kernt b'd wheat sold a poultry food. If reasonably clean. Is preferable prefer-able lo fii sl-quallty grain, being ch-af?f and more easily eaten by the i-parrows. A two-quart glass fruit Jar Is a good vet-s. I to mix In. as It Is easily .shaken and allow-' the con. lit l 'ii "f the contents to be .seen. If the cite, wheat be spread thinly on a hard, flat -urfa. -. It will be dry enough for use In a .sh-jrt time. It .should be drl-d thoroughly Jf it Is to be put Into Jhis and kept f-r future use, Idshts employe,) n preparlr; pofson rnuy be safely (bunv.-d ..y waslilr;. Th" poison should be w e ll scalier d. so t t--'t many birds may In- able t j partake -el t same: time, since- aft- r a few ;ir' .iff-it'd their actions excite the suHpi.-ion of th'ir comrades. Usually a fe-w sparrows g. t nlJr enough strychnine to paraly7. them f".' a few hours, after w hich the y recover II Important, therefore. t- visit the f.-edln? places two or three hours after distribute j.rlson t pre vent sm h birds from eseflplr-? It Is well also lo remove' dead birds prnnij-llr. to avoid exciting the suspicions of fh"' that are unaffected. In northern latitu Vhe best time to put out pol-uii Is Ju-t ufl'r snowstorm, when "Hut (r Is' coer-'J J 'The feeding p'eee should be rl-U'd ef s.")0'r I and the poison laid early In the iivriilnC. j |