Show POISON ALL FIELD RODENTS on account of serious damage done it behooves farmer to take precautions in time F I 1 WASHBURN division of entomology anil and E economic co zoology university farm st paul rodents of various kinds cause so much damage that it behooves farmers and to take precautions in time trunks of young orchard trees should be protected from depredations of rabbits and field mice by wood veneer sheets which can be ba bought for about 75 cents per hundred these last for two years and afford good protection against sun scald in ILI the case of young trees as well as against rabbits and field mice field mice way may be trapped with small guillotine traps three or of which used to sell for five alvo cents the pan should be rubbed with bacon as that is very attractive bait A little oatmeal scattered on oil the pan Is an additional attraction yield field mice tire are easily pol boned A piece of tipple apple one inch square in which a small amount of 0 powdered strychnine is placed is good the group of rod entla includes the rabbits squirrels ground squirrels gophers field mice and woodchucks the loss occasioned by these pests in minnesota alone amounts to many thousands of dollars |