Show FIGHT THE SPARROW AND JACK RABBIT BABBIT wh while Is war practices in agriculture have emphasized the economy of the control of crop pests and while during this time iron county has suffered iff tred losses from not less jew than a dozen down kinds of crop pests each reaping rasping a heavy toll from the various crop no organized campaign hat has been w wak 94 d against any of 0 them then are the local farmers able to c compete with th farmers of other Zu counties we beart mir these losses or is IB it p possible stable that we are not aware of the extent of the da damaged damage magel 1 the english sparrow I 1 IB a lull full year thief many farmers do not see me them taking their oat in n the t co 0 the extent I 1 in sima isma early fields of one half the crop they do it by pinching out the milk while bite in n the dough stage this leaves an empty hull and white bite chaff then vou ime few who raie muse emall it fr fruit ahti in a the t he garden do it to let in the sparrow haw have first choice of all of it incur winter work wark la is easy to see T try ay iy hlo h lo the chickens chic kena pigs hot hoisea see rad and all it other farm livestock with in their r reain am rations but do not wait fo for the he ration they get out before the farmer does doea pick the grambry lock and help th to the ain full the then fur for ahe h ao 10 nir fahr no ciame their economic importance it is sufficient to say that the county agent its has a quantity ut of chrt poisoned ready for to bit all who will take the time to use it reporting reporting theresita there the results sits in approximate pro ingate number of sparrows par ws ki killed tied the poison boal ahat ah at IS IB in small pit paper bars labeled poison and havi havice tiff printed instructions fur for it its use david davia sharp has a small supply on hand which supply will be replenished as needed lie he may b be a good committee man fur for farm bureau bureau work when we are am able to meet and organize so try him on this the jack rabbit is still limiting crop p production induction in parts parta of the county ty like the sparrow they are poisoned most successfully during the winter montas when the farmers have the most time to do it they take lake re readily s y to alfalfa making makine it possible to ta f feed eed them until they co come a in from a large area to stations after which poisoned alfalfa leaves ism are placed out for them this is quite inexpensive of both time and money the leaves do not keep long after being poisoned as the moisture causes mold and decay but it can be rm mixed e d readily and like the sparrow fight figh t I 1 the he county agent is ready to assist farmers who will cooperate to control the pest peet our county commissioner commissioners commissi onera have appropriated liberally for the purchase of at e june me and we owe them olry a report of w what habit it does if we kill sparrows and rabbits we can repay the debt se ao why not count up what we do and thus be able to secure favors as aa we need them our in strychnine stry chine 60 from state and 60 from the county county with a little of each farmers time mold could return by means mean of increased crops crop etc to the county ALMA ESPLIN county agent |