Show PT Game Birds not harmed by poisoned bait by john E 1 blazzard blazzard Bla izard district agricultural inspector recently ertly reports have rome came to thit thi i office that sportsmen in it ai the dietr districts ts lit in ulan are voicing objection to the uio uie of 0 poisoned baits for the destruction deduction 0 of rodent pests the most mort recent of thesia are against the aas u of poisoned hayl hay leaves caves tor for jackrabbit Jark Jack rabbit control while no definite literature mav be cited us as to the effect of oc 1101 polain 11 hay leavea leaves citations can call bl 13 glam as to to the effect of polson 31 I 1 grabits which are arc prepared with wilh the lic saine bamo rate of dosage a tile the ha ba leaves which are supposed to cause the trouble in order to set the men right N v lit ho make inake these contentions fonten lions as to so file ot of game birds the fol follow loin ins Is quoted ironi front vol 6 5 and id no io J ot of the pled kliper ot of utah for the ot of those who may doubt M e repeat that poisoned krain grain baits used lor for the control of 0 ground eivir aels and prairie dogs which is re d liy by the U S biological Biolo giral iril survey state department of u agriculture and extension ser searce ce 1 not to giouse alicaba 1 s or quail every now slid and tile then some colne reporter breaks with a story on oil tile tho subject ot of poisoned bait being responsible tor for the decrease ile creasa in game and song birds with ith the claim that the fa are arc responsible tor for tile the statement in iv ev ery case we have failed to find ill tho farmer invariably somebody body csc told somebody else that Ml someone lelle else reported it space will not lot pir per p ir nit ibe presentation PC ot Pid enco obtained frem repeated repeat ert field ants made by it ali IT II S c urvey curvey on ahn s ot of ef c feriss of p poison used ir fr rodert control on grouse pheasants phe asanta and quail A leaflet no bi 1028 of 0 tile the U S department ot of agriculture j showe conclusively that testa madu in ili call fornia and prove that although the birds of the group partook of tho the grain adit put pill out for ground squirrel control no harmful results were noted lit in many of the tests force feeding had to be resorted to in order to determine the effects which might follow A few years ago tests were made at the Spring springville ville hatchery in cooperation alth ith the utah state gamo gains dopart department part ment and U S biological which resulted in proving that the chinese ph is 1 not tible to strychnine POil in ill alic proportions used in making up bait tor grou ground d s squirrel and prairie doit doc control arol in 1 I the lit state 0 of utah |