Show POCKET GOPHERS COST PRETTY PENNY directions direction for th destruction Dett ruction of the little pet pests by david E lantz assistant Ati tant U S bureau biological survey pocket gophers gopher q infest all the staten stated and territories wt of the mississippi and parts of illinois wisconsin her flor ida georgia and alabama the OL cur also lit in canada and over the greated pi I 1 of mexico ml kil the species live underground in rami eving tunnels and all bring to the stir face quantities of irth nelch iv aich li Is heaped i 1 i in the hipe chipe of mounds the 1 of these animals are arc evera where much the same throughout the range pocket coph ers are verj ver destruct he to ci chop aps cps they eat tho roots root of fruit trees iad and in this via va sometimes ruin orchards they eat both roots and tops falls of do clo ver alfalfa grasses gialas and vege tables and are especial harmful barni ful to I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f 1 0 Z X 0 4 0 D ra CL p I 1 i I 1 fe k g 1 r 0 1 1 I Wl av KAS 0 zo o 21 7 LL a iC A KI potatoes and othel tuberous arol roi s be sides thi this the alie throw up ill able mounds of eaith in medos meads pastures and giacin field bilich cover and destro far more of the crop than Is eaten b the animals or killed liy by hai having in the he roots root cutoff cut oft these mounds also art vent close so that hat much of the hai ila chop is lost arid and the pebbles the contain often break or in jure farm machiner the loss due dile to gopher mounds in the cloies clo et and alfilda fields in some ome of he western estern states lias has been etz esti mated at one tenth of the entire crop in mini of the fe fertile tile allees abound the animals ani nials are ba b tar far the most formidable of the farmers main mallan malian enemies in a alili edition tion to all tills this in the far nest they burrola in the banks of irrigation ditches ind and thus c cause use etensie breaks the repair ot of which results in the expenditure of much time dad and gonei pocket gophers mai be de destroyed destrola bi poison b traps trap ind b bi the use of carbon Poi poisoning boning with strich strychnine nine Is the moat effect ne means for kill hill ing pocket and as it the least east or of roone and ibor op snivel gulve meads it for genar al use li As i I 1 rodent poison olson to lo be r si calmels taini eis birch birach nine has advantages adian lages its ac tion Is stile sine its ils blead le ld character Is known to 10 most arid and its bitter taste Is an ail dil all lit ional against mistaking it for a a harmless d drug rug sulphate is the most con vt vi pleat form of the poison since it Is freely soluble in hot bat and in n the natural juices of vegetables used as halt bait to disguise its so that rodents mai ma not be aeten ed from eating the baits sugar Is ie often em eat plowed or the strychnine may be mixed with its own bulk of calumet clil saccharine A snip pel pal with ith strich mt ma be abed aith excellent results it Is prepared as follows dissolve an ounce of sill rill enate in a pint of boiling waltr add d pint of if thick sugar and stir thorough the ine sarup Is usually fig 3 A type of gopher trap which H has as been used with success in cal ca I 1 ornia and other parts part s of the west wes seemed cen teJ 1 adding a fett chops deolis of oil ot of anise but this Is not essential if in i clobes easel the sarup will ill iccil the aho quan tit lb to to poison a halt bushel of shellei shelled coi car it or iller grain coin ri the giacin Is steeped in hot water and dl 11 loved to sulk quil over night it is then di lined ind beaked foi sonell hours in poisoned pohn neil sarup before using coin nil iiii b a aided aided to t like ike ill up thi i lie ece ot of di bai ciN ci ot of also alo nril nn be used ale aie 1 b 1 albaris ot of a into pieces 01 ol pot no C allot 1 I 1 ot or akk lt put liot ito to oi 01 inep tile llie cattle elliis i at 01 dried prunes V laige cr aal or altril s will is kilous roi for c cich ch ich I 1 lit in pal pas I 1 is ire breci ill c caim I 1 ie C cause tins lie e laili imi aud roll con tain lain enough sugar to disguise the bit berness ot or the polon pocket gophers so pliers in ila ditch banks may be pol sonol in the following minner ni inner select the freshest hill bill or mound and with a narrow narro garden trowel follow the soft earth of the tunnel until the tha main runway c fk fig 2 la Is reached B noting the direction from which the earth was waa pushed out and locating the closed entrance the burrow burro may lie be beadil followed fo lloyed and the main runway illicitly found the poisoned pig fig 4 A simple and effective type or of gopher trap easily set in a V nety of positions ramn corn at 01 small potato should be placed tell ell back in the miln runway and the opening opp nin closed it Is usual for one sophei onh ollin to occupy the bur rows connected anith lah a group of hills and a rid when the diurio remains open it indicates that the animal has been killed Ti appin Is successful method when hell foll followed ed Intelligent lN ind and per si stend it Is 1 s I a lapped to small fields ori ards gaikens and irl gatlon only a fp fou gophers are cresent tre sent but in the case or of large areas that are bidlo in rested the lie method tou too much labor pal foi Ro gophers pliers an ordinary no 0 steel ti ail mal he be amplo emp oed ell mth success but bill there arp are on the he market several apeci l gopher traps trap ilich are ada tel loi use in using the I linari steal the tha first step is ia to iaia mal e in opening into the he main goidich tunnel the trap should then bp be lin mili so that tile the lans are re leie aith tile tho bottom 0 of the run lun wi va mil ind lighth colelee with nith green clover alfalfa rass a 01 es ei en ell loose looe soil care being abeln taken that these ilo do not clog un let lei the pan or it agger 0 no o blit bill Is d the hole be ba just largo large enough to lo receive rc ele tile trap trai ind 1 lie be coi beil 10 0 is agnost aln ost to e ex clu le ie tile light Se illing the tha trap frequents to remove the animal odor Is 16 tint sonic ot of the special goalie blosse esi s the ahan of else eise anil and simplicia simp licit of operation opert llon and kill 1111 the tha animals instants Ins tanti fieg J 1 and 4 thee si lecial tr trips traps aps should hould ba b set in the lateral later ils fl leading into the milli tun net nel 0 of the gopher or at tho the entrance of 01 11 chere here flesh eaith is 13 beins being throan it out 1 the I he ripper should hould cheole the freshest fie fic shet ot at a series ot of mounds and dig along the lateral until it lb toun foun I 1 clear of soil carbon has ha been tor for killing pocket gophers gop lipi 1 ill I A I 1 under faNo raon ble conditions its u e P is becom niini led ded it I 1 bur rovis ae exten silie D al n M 1 a A ta I 1 4 air 0 5 7 M 0 cc Q UJ J 3 00 0 0 1 0 0 0 t U or the soil arli the caseb are dissipate ed cd so rapidly that a large quantity of the liquid is required to ull kill the ant nials mals and the method becomes too ex henhe it if bolever lio bo never ReVer the burrows are simple and the soil moist mav be used successfully successful iv for pocket gophers go pliers an ail of the liquid tor for each burrow Is ih sufficient 1 alae be carbon Is pom pouted ed over 01 er a bunch of cotton rags or 01 other waste material and ami this pushed into the bur ro which should be closed at once ali am farmer madely rid ins his alses of gophers bv the use of poiron 01 unless anle s however the anthe community unites in active anil and intelligent operation cooperation co in the destri ic tion of the animals animal tile the clairel area will ill be b sooner or later invaded front rom neighboring pie inies and the vork norl of destruction must be repeated co cc operation onh vill effect a I 1 a lical curp ahm coope to operative rathe efforts for the extermination of 0 oer i i considerable illel are attempted cire care fill cut attention must be gancit to to v elbta lands along fences streams publia bl ihns ant such alic plic 4 ale aie OLIte haunts 0 of the eimil |