| Show SAUNA SALINA AND REDMOND PREPARING TO POISON RODENTS 11 with the approach of spring and nice weather the squirrels will become active and if left alone will do considerable damage to the crops during the summer A single squirrel is capable of eating or destroying at least one bushel of grain in a year that is by eating the young plants as they grow in the spring and on during the season until the crop is harvested salina and redmond have secured some of tho the poison oats from abe y yip bureau office and are already to poison the rodents when the time comes the poisoning will be best in sevier sc county soon after april there are many of the rodents out before that time but they are mostly males it is better to get a greater number of females than males therefore it is recommended that the poli polso poisoning i so ning I 1 be put off until the greatest 10 1 imber fiber I are out and before the young ng ones are old enough to hustle tor for themselves the bureau office has a supply of strychnine on hand that can be distributed tri buted tor for one dollar an ounce plus the cost of preparing it and mixing it with the grain it if any of the farmers have rodents on their places tile the bureau recommends that a an effective poisoning campaign be put on during april the county agent will aid in working out the details of apy any campaign |
