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Show Big Rodent Poisoning Campaign Will Soon Begin In Sanpete Co. Federal rodent control specialist R.' Scott Zimmerman, was in the cnmty two days recently, adjusting p'a-n.5 and making final preparations for beginning the rodent poisoning campaign on the range lands north and east of Fairview and Mt. Pleasant, Pleas-ant, which will include -an area of both private and forest lands of from 50,000 to 75,000 acre3, depending where the rodent infestation is found Work will begin about June 20th. i Mr. Zimmerman will use mostly local men in his poisioning crew. In addition to poisoning this new area Ihe 79.000 acres of land that wai poisoned in 1926 will be re-baited whri e infestation is found. Private la.nd owners in the disllrict are expected ex-pected to poison their own holdings, jmany of whom have already begun the work. The State and County are f.wrnishin.g the strychnine free for this campaign. |