Show iron county farm I 1 bureau news by A L price acting county agent JACK RABBITS DYING cox box elder co farm bureau news during the lat later er part pan of the winter and early spring county agent stewart Stew artof of box cider county assisted by dr R C lambert tan ran a series senes of experiments with several diseases on two bunches of rabbits shipped in by the east promontory farm bureau to determine if rabbits could be de destroyed stroye d under range conditions with certain diseases which could not be contracted by other livestock the experiment proved successful and last month dr lambert with the aid of mr stewart and a group jf if farmers on the west side of pro inon montory tory inoculated a small bunch if f rabbits and turned them loose on the range two farmers from promontory recently reported that they believe the disease is getting a good start as ethcie e are now many dead rabbits in districts where no hunts have been made ond and they have the symptoms of the disease as determined by the discharge from the nostrils these diseases work v ork rapidly as soon as a sufficient number of rabbits contract it so as to early cany it to other rabbits the tests were made in an inclosure east of mckrell mill in brigham city to determine whether or not these germs could be contracted by other animals ar imald the disease geir gen were smeared over hay bay inoculated rabbits were permitted to run in the inclosure and the sheep and calves which had been placed their for experimental peri mental purposes never showed and signs what eer er of being in infected feet so that it will be safe to place the 1 inoculation tion fluid on bate in the winter time if that is thou thought wise and range animals will take no from it within one years time it is hopeck to exterminate tha ilia jack rabbit from box elder county |