Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-01-03

cans have been sent out, and the re.
'ults as reported or investigated have
been uniformly favorable. We, there
tore Recommend this poison syrup
IS the best means known to Us at
the present for the destruction Of 90
piers. The syrup IS intended to be
used with soaked corn as a bait. A
particular advantage in the employ.
ment Of poisoned syrup, instead Of
bsisa containing crysalsot nrychnine
lies in the fact that large quantities
oil the corn bait can be easily and
q h:kly prepared by the former meth
cd. A quart'can Of the syrOp sells for
one dollar and ten cents and should
be shipped by express. h is not mail.
able. Full directions Of its use are
printed on the label Of each can.
Small pieces Of potato, sweet pota-
to, or apple, about the size Of the end
Of ones finger, poisoned with strych.
nine gives excellent results. Make a
slit in the bait with the point Of
knife aand insert a crystal or two Of
the poison; a BIT Of the latter as large
as grain Of wheat is sufficient. Raj.
sins or prunes treated in the same way
are readily eaten by the gopher. In
all these bats the intensely bitter
taste Ofthe StrychniDe is partially dis
guisedIuntill the fatal bite is taken.
No matter what kind Of pois-
oned bait is used, the method Of
introducing it into The burrows is the
same. Make an opening into the run
way.by meaGs Of a sharpened stick
and drop in few kernels Of the corn
or an equal amount of any ofthe 9TH
er bats. A brOOmstick sharpened at
the end or still better, a spade hardle
shod with an iron point and having
foot bar boiled on about fifteen niche.
from he end will serve to make the
opening. Do not close the opening at.
ter dropping in the bait. Prod for the
runway at point near the earth Of
the mound seems to have been thrown
out, or on line between the two alb
jacenti hillocks. use the poison only
where fresh mounds are being thrown
out, and alter treating the field, level
the hills,cf earth in some way so that
the work Of any survivors may be
readily detected. Give these another
dose.
Trapping gives good resultsif one
has the time to attend to it properly,
II there are but few gophers on the
premises, the trapis a sure remedy.
Experiments involving over seven
hundred settings of the common steel
trap, and also Of special gopher traps,
have demonstrated that an average
catch Of about twenty five per cent
may be expected-that sat least one
fourth Of the traps set will catch and
bod tie gopher. Sometimes We have
made fifty or seventy five per cent
catch. The special gopher traps give
rather better results than the steel
traps, and have the added advantage
being more easily and quickly set.
The box.trap Of the California type is
the best o. these.
With US, fumigation methods or the
use Of carbon bisulphide, either on sat
urated rags. or when evaporated and
the gas forced into the burrows by
means Of Ia bellows, have given very
poor results. The gas is absorbed so
readily by the loose soil and the bur.
rows are so long and intricate that in
nine cases out Of ten the gopher is
unframed. The method also involves
a maximum Of expense in materials
and labor.
Adress all communications to IT.
Headlee, etOmologist, Nlanhatten,
Kansas. Theo. H. Scheffer
Assistant Zoologist.
Mauhatten Kansas
6. N. Daniels and James W.
Smith went to Dubuque today.
A nice drive.