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Show Wie wc From Farm-Ranch THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF UTAH BY WES DICKERSON The other day I was on a man's farm who was having difficulty dif-ficulty with the magpies eating holes in his cattle. One animal had a hole in its side so you could see the intestines. An experienced trapper I was talking with tells me the best way to control magpies is to kill a rabbit, place it up in a tree or up off the ground where these pesky birds will feed on it; I then, kill another rabbit, poison this one and replace the poisoned poison-ed one for the one the magpies have been feeding on. Be sure to post the area with a sign that you are using poison, and take every precaution to see that no huhian or valuable animal will come in contact with the poisoned poi-soned meat, or the poisoned magpies. mag-pies. The Basin's feed situation is quite serious, and every rancher and livestock operator should put in his book of remembrances the years 1948-49 and 51-52, and never sell themselves short of their feed needs based on what it took this year, plus a carryover. carry-over. A good livestock operator will have a two year's feed supply on hand at the beginning of each feeding season. The feed situation over the nation threat- . ens to grow worse, for the next 3 or 4 years, |