Show BUIA SNAKES DESTROY GOPHER under certain condi conditions tons a full grown bull snake Is worth 15 a year say specialists in the kansas agri vil tural college who have been observing the habits or captive bull snakes for several months loss of alfalfa due to gopher infestation fe Is about aba an acre y r tor for all of 0 kansas emery every year from six to elgah is the average number of gophers la in an acre of ifalia land A large bull snake 6 5 feet in length will consume faur gophers 9 4 month in addition tg five rats rata during daring the same period one of the snakes observed at the college devoured two gophers in 48 minutes although the snake haileen had been leen fed the week before A full grown bull snake is r i pablo of eating all the gophers on an acre of alfalfa in one month and during the six warm months of the year Is ble to clear six acres of I 1 its ts infesta infests on said F L 11 saw ac marri mammolo molo gist alst who wao has been operating cooperating co cc with J B D rogers of the zoology department in the experiment exper imen this would mean in an annual saving 1 of 15 for every snake in a field alfalfa growers tare take serious bought of the econom importance of these harmless by protecting them a great deal of time and money can be saved in ill trapping gand and poisoning gophers and other rodents the ie bull u ana snake e is the e farmers I 1 humble and unassuming servant the only return requested for ills his loyal and valuable service la is the ight i to live an undisturbed life the rocket pocket gopher is a serious lest iest in fix this state it is on the in rease due to the extermination ol 01 ts natural enemies and the increased foods food supply furnis nea by cultivated crops Bull snakes feed on gophers and ground squirrels in the fields and on rats and ace when armourd abour the barn or granary there are only two kinds kind 0 qi po bonous snakes in kansas ill the aoi w and all tin other nonpoisonous non poisonous kinds are de id edly beneficial or indifferent one oi 01 the most beneficial is the common bull snake v |