Show KILL THE GOPHERS tw two 0 practical tien 1 methods of killing pocket gophers are poisoning and trapping poisoning is the more mom effect effective iv e and practical method for ridding 1 large a rge areas e ii of these then pests the baits bail v consist t of f poisoned sugar beets sweet potatoes potato potatoes ea parsnips par snips carrots placed in the underground tunnels runnels strychnine chrime powdered alkaloid 13 1 3 oz saccharine 1 80 oz mr vegetables 4 quarts directions the vegetables should be cut about I 1 inch long and 12 1 2 inch square washed and drained the strychnine and saccharine should be ground around together dry in a ri martar artar or dish then slowly sifted from rom a pepper box over fiver the dampened baits stirring the while to distribute the poison evenly the tunnels of pocket gophers may be located by means of a probe this toot tool may be made from a shovel or pitchfork handle by fitting in ta 3 one end a 38 inch iron rod md protruding about 32 12 invites and bluntly pointed A toot rest fitted on the handle about 15 or 16 inches above the point is very helpful by probing this thia tool into the ground near cipher workings or a foot or two back of fresn freim mounds the open tunnel can be felt as the iron point breaks into it the hole may be enlarged by pressing the probe against its sides or by bv using the opposite blunt end of the instrument one or two baits baita are dropped into the main tunnel not in the short laterals literals late rals which lead to the mounds a dt he hole is 13 closed |