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Show I'di i in; i'i k i : r I'd. k.-i ...ii.'i's hirli burn, .v u::-il.-r t!i" .. ir..f of !!.: :'U.I 1 ". I I... r; i l.f III.- plan I I it. 1 1 1 1 l!i! II ...II! .; up i.i..ii:.!.-i of d.rt i-ik-- an cnuniiuui lull r i 1 1 firm cops annually, tin-uinmini tin-uinmini of ii rbcit.i.ui uati-r lliat li fa-ri.-.l i l.y t ) 1 1 s 1 1 i" K ro u n .1 run- w ,, i i ., i- : i n ' n . ir ..i o u i l.i i i. Tlx-;, c.,n I,., ri ;.!y r, . n I roi !.-. I l,y puii'i.'i a . , a j I,,...;, iic . ii ally di-iiiiiis.sl r iti 1 by a ,'riMl many fcunncrs I In i.'l'nuul t!,.- ' '. Tim :ii'i' County Agricultural J Agent i " 1 1 . -i i I In; following whlili! Klvi'M a .-in.il idea (if I lii-' results that can In' i;l !a;m-l: A certain farmer liail an S i a. -re ti.-lil which was badly In tested v.ilh pocket gophers. 78 u n es of llil ; oil ii.i;t was treated at a tola! coil of labor and material il JlO.O'i. :: ai"V-s were left untreated as a chock 1 it. Thu following sea-hiiii sea-hiiii by actual count It was found thai on tin1 2 ai'ivi that had not been treated there wire Ii active pocket i opheis and on tin1 78 acres that had been tiealc'd there wens only 15 tic j Mve pocket go-ohec-v j The puis, in halt prepareil ny sift- i li'l lit rj i ha n on c irrots which have! been ci.t Into .'nail p'ooes aboict 1 U, leches long and 3 -S inches square. This poisoned halt Is placed In th I'liiuay of the pocket fophnr. To locate lo-cate thi underground runway an tror prctm Is lis.-1, one em; ::-ig aaoul ! ihe she of a wagon end-gate rod auf the other end be-ins about the :nxe of a broom stick. Tt is essential that a I '.Hi. I probe he used as it makes the work easier and better .resuYs are obtained. ob-tained. An iron pia-ko made in the- follow-Iti; follow-Iti; iaa!i:i-:' j-.i ikes -a very satisfactory toil. Take a 12 or 14 inch piece of 3-8 Inch steel r:d and w Id it into a -piece of 3-4 in:h frits pipe that is about t'li inches 'on-;, blunting th" other end of the gas pipe. V;;li ilrs pi o V tiie ttr.de'i -oiim1 runway can !:e located .in tha following follow-ing manner. Taking the new moun Is w e Know mat t neap, mounds a I! ornate wi;h the underground n.inway, so itv linii-g up these mounds we know that the runway will be about midway between be-tween a K.-vVs of ninunds. With the fimall end of 'the prol-o wa locate the ruu .vay at;.! thoti us,- th - la ;-rr en.! to -nake a 1-v Tor opening so ;'iai the butt can lo .'rcvied into the runway, after which the hele !s closed so that no light can enter the runway. Thus We have the poison before the pocket gopher so 'hat :; is impossible for li i m to '.-.:'--. ':. and rat isfae' orv re-suiis re-suiis are hMin I. K.u h i-:v. k-t .'-o!)er makes from 10 to -0 'uoer,;:. ;vid two baits at iliffer-Ynt iliffer-Ynt locations in each system give the best res-' its. In ec i-c-atioi- v.ith the U. S. B!o-Usr;c:il B!o-Usr;c:il Si "ve - ! ;-;.-.rod poi-.on in sifter ton c - - o:-.s I'.as been :-l--.?ed wit'i a'.', c- tt,- ; . -! -ulttiral agents ' tor iM-.-i-'-pt ' -n. s. -'-ing; at lOe per carton. The r.-iio.int in one or ton 's j sutlicien; to ;-"it a sood many acres! of infeste.l i.ttid. j Kar-y spt-iag when the pocket go- I pher is acii'.e and before the hiv an l I v.rass hi,; ;i,0 -neunds is an ideal time ! to kill 1 re ive pest. ' |
