Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-16 | Page 6 | Alfalfa Fields Swarm with Gophers and Mice Which Destroy Roots

ALFALFA FIELDS SWA SWARM M WITH GOPHERS AND MICE WHICH DESTROY ROOTS V Special to The lJ Ogden gd m April 15 The fhe The alfalfa 1 l Holds fields of or Wilson Ibon and Rl accordinG according ac ac- cording to William Bowers of oC Wil Wilson Wilson Wil- Wil son are arc infested with gophers and mice to such an extent th thit t considerable con con- has been done In some seine places the tho rodents haY have de- de the roots of oC th the alfalfa While other sections of oC the tue county coun coun- county county ty tiara have not reported tho presence t I i of ot tho the pests It Is thou thought ht that investigation In In- will m show the they have ha J been visited T The ftc e farmers fear a plague o of gophers and nna mice