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Show jPOiSON PilAIRIE j Now is the time lor fanners and others to get busy on "prairie d"g.s. They will soon be coming out for Ihe spring and will be greedily hungry. J'hey will gr;rb at anything that looks good and poison will do ils mosi r.ip'd work. These Utile pesis de-No.. de-No.. I'lousnmls ol dollars voiih ol' ;raiji in a season and do other dam-.igc. dam-.igc. Killing llicui now will prevent leeding anil will be much more effective ef-fective than if lelt until a pciv crop s lioiii. Both the federal and state authorities cniiorte the tol'o'iiu-; method and County Agent Wallace Sullivan iciiuesis the. tanners ol I'.ii-bon I'.ii-bon and Finery county to baud together to-gether in a Ii;:hl which will mean Nasi, sums to the counties if won. 1 1 ere a re t he d ircct ions : 1. Mix thoroughly one ounce of strychnine alkaloid and one ounce of baking soda. Sift this into ihnc fourths pint of thin hot t U-t-.i: ;-;i ' ' stir to cool mass. 2. 'I'll is starch paste is made hv dissolving one bcaniug (able snoon- ful of dry glo's starch in a .,,,( . ., , water which is'lhen added to Ihree-fourlhs Ihree-fourlhs pint of boiling waiej,-. Roil and stir constantly until a clear pasle is formed. I!. Add .one fourth .pint .heivv corn sirup and a table spoonful of glycerine and slir thoroughly. 5. Pour this poison solution over la cuarts of clean plump oals and mix thoroughly so that each grain of oats is coaled. Prepare, it 21 to -IS hours before using. For mixing small miaul itles an ordinary small wash tub is convenient. C. A tablespooul'iil of the poisoned pois-oned oats should be placed near each ' prairie dog's hole on clean hard ground, letting it scatter as i( rails. Do not put th,. poisoned oats on I lie loose dirt about the hole or into Unhide. Un-hide. KhHi iiuarl- of poisoned grain is sullicienl to feed ;,liout fifty holes. News-A d voca I r. |