Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-02-16
MICE SHOULD
BE DESTROYED
Ranehman investigates the Short
Tailed Field Mouse and Gives
Warning 70 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Information.

~ At3 NAt I"oN HAAN'a W. 49,
age being done In certain localities
by the short tailed field mouse and
az 10 how best 10 destroy the little
pest that works so much havoc. A.
A. Branthooyer living on the bench
near Fruiuand sends In the follow
ing communication which Is interest
Ing along that line:
Editor Enterprise:
Permit me 10 send a warning
through Jour paper 10 all rsnchmen
gu whose land tho short tailed field
mouse Is working. that. ia order TO
prevent what Is called by tho depart
ment OF agriculture, a mouse plague.
lhoy (tho micel should bs destroyed
this month
II ~ impossible TO estimate the
iamage already done TO our or
sbards and alfalfa by these little
Doats After riding over this val
hey for four days I have estimated
that from one quarter TO ono third
Or our alfalfa Is now destroyed The
.amage 70 our orchards cannot be
Estimated now on account OF the
rozon ground holding the trees In
al upright position. yet | have not
iced and counted while riding along
a young orchard OF twenty acres
hirty five rtees that had undoubted-
y been Injured BY the mice. above
he ground. but one can not tell how
many have been cut off under tho
iround
As I have succeeded IN destroying
about ninety.flye per cent OF the mice
"a my ranch az cost OF about fifty
ents per acre | will give several
ormulas that may be successfully
used IN getting rid OF tho damaging
pests
Formula No. I.
Chopped alfalfa hay 80 pounds.
strychuia sulphate. ounce.
Water 8 or 9 gallons.
This should be fresh and green
nd chopped into about two inch /
engths, placed In a large metal re- q
eptacle. sprinklod with about three I
.aiious OF water and well mixed with
pitchfork Dissolve about / ounce
q Strychnia Sulphate In about two
allons hot water. then sprinkle 2
be solution over the dampened hay !.
nd mix well until the moisture Is !,
y taken up, then Il can DO sacked n
,ady for use.
ormula No. 2. r
Crushed Wheat. so pounds.
Suryehuia Sulphate. ounce.
Water two gallons. l.
This should DO mixed well and II
1t used for two or three days two
blsspoons full OF powdered borax
IoGld be added to prevent fermen-
ton. |
'rmula No. 3.
Dat meal, 9 pounds
stryohnia sulphate. on third
nee.
Hot water one quart /
Mix we'll. getting all the Jumps as
iall as you can Only very small
antity OF this is needed to put In
hole.
rmula No. 4. l.
Crushed oats aud wheat half aud
II. 10 pounds.
slryehnia sulphate. one eighth ~,
nee. q,
Water 4 quart. mr.
This ia easily prepared as Il does pl,
get mmpy IN mixing. One half th'
n, spoonful Is enough for one ara
%, burrow or runway. Sweoten. IN
or seenting any OF these pre- ~
ratlons Is unnecessary and even W.
rimental.
a about ton days viii sect five \
ldrcd copies OF bulletins issued SOC
tho biological survey department Il
agriculture, Washington. n c. ho'
lch ! will distribute to all who hot
NJ Information regarding the de. s s
lylng Of the field mouse. DIV
WIS 70 tNo proper time 20 take
lon against these mice. The
oding season has now commenced
as many as sixteen have been
nd IN one nest and not less than H. ~,
are usually found From now ~
! November the female viii give sno,
b to litter Of young about ev. ann
twenly.one days and In August hot
first young viii commence TO W
s forth. The Information the
: given In this article was re was
"a from the chief OF the blologi. ing
service u s Department OF Agrl. Us (
are In his experimenting IN 'ur
Humboldt Valley. Nevada. during -
great plague Of 1907 and 1905 shst
the short tailed mouse dld ponr
ige TO alfalfa amounting to over star,
900. b. secured the data which pcrfu