Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-02-21 | Page 1 | Control of Magpies Urged by Two County Agents

i CONTROL OF MAGPIES URGED BY TWO COUNTY AGENTS The control of magpies is urged by Robert S. Murdock and Lloyd agricultural They said now is an excellent time for farmers to put out traps and poison grains and to use other methods to control these The agents emphasized the need of care and caution in the use of these poisons to avoid destroying domestic A report has come to the office of the Standard that a valuable dog in the Roosevelt area died from poisoning and another almost It is not sure that magpie poison is but since the dogs were on a it is a Thus more caution should be exercised when bait is set Poison wheat and oats and strychnine may be obtained at the county agent's office in Duchesne and