Show NEWS or OF ORCHARD KILL FIELD MICE BY POISON sulphate sul p hate of strychnine with sugar and anise oil added Is attractive bait poisoned grat grain which can be purchased pu rn already prepared or r which can tic he made by the farmer or call be used to advantage ad vanta e says F L washburn of the minnesota college of agriculture in field mice one ounce of sulphate of strychnine should be dissolved in one quart of boiling water add an equal quantity of any sugar and a little oil ot of anise to make it still more attractive this quantity of poison Is sufficient clent to tc treat one halt half bushel of wheat or corn com which should be soaked in the liquid for about aboul 24 hours and distributed in in localities where mice abound the poison can be kept from animals and birds by PI placing a cing it under pieces of board or in tiles or old tin cans it should be used in the fall ns as well as the spring as a means of destroying ying the mice it will not afford permanent exemption from attacks of the pests for mice from nearby localities may maj later work in the treated area but it will aid materially in keeping them under control an application of thick whitewash wr mr washburn says Is very effective against mice in nurseries bluestone BIu estone solution should be added until the whitewash is quite blue the mixture being applied liberally with a brush late lare in the fall close to the ground find and up the trunks for some distance the treatment should be repeated it if possible on some warm lay day in winter |