Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-13

TART j Aims 10 give relief now. 90 the
troubled dis,ficla. and Part 2 Ia sent
Snt % that ~ may set necessary IN
fcFmatlbn froor ali over the state AZ
% md dlstribniion ana numbers Of the
pralrlo dogs and the amount OF dam
aN4 tonc by them. We ask you, ear-
4bfdH, 20 cpcporate with ~ BY gen
efohA consideration OF Part az we'll
o. Part I.
Killing prairie dors may be done
In several ways. but we will give here
only two ways that arc Of general ap.
plicatiOn. Special cases may often he
mot by means pertaining 10 those
cases alone.
1. FumIgatlon. This method Il ef-
fective N carried out correctly, but
may prove expensive IN some cases.
Carbon bisulphide - used az the fuTn-
iEant II H. a volatile liquid that may
be procured IN one.pound cans or In
larger quantities. the price depending
on the quantity and quality and vary
ing PROBABLY from 10 cents or iens TO
90 cents n pound. The commercial
variety IN cheaper and serves az well
as the pure. The liquid n highly In
fiammable and the gas from u IN ex-
ploslve. 30 keep all kinds OF IRE away.
Keep can tightly cOrked when not Ia
use.
TO use saiurnte a piece 81 cotton. or
with the liquid. drop u az far down
tho hole MS possible and AT ONCE
close the opening of tho hole All the
holes lending into hurrow should be
closed before treating the main one,
" YOU can tell how the burrows run.
OtherWiee, treat and cover a. quickly
rs possible the holes In q small radius.
The covering IN necessary to keep the
Faa undiluted and confined. even
though IL " heavier than air and nat
orally goes to tho bottom % the bur-
row. More or less liquid than the
above may be needed for larger ar
smaller holes Sometimes the gas u
exploded In the hole with success
observe caution in exploding u 80 ~
NOT ~ breath" the fumes OF 90 burned.
Rainy damn weather iuNors the use
uf This method of killing the animals
o. Poisoning Poisoning b. best
done loo winter or spring before the
vegetation gets very green. Poisoned
grain is the best medium for getting
the poison into the system and poison
coated grain has been found Co WORN
better than poison.soakcd grain.
Wheat. barley or knnr corn may ~"
used.
ca SUPPLEMENTARY coating
Grain Ccleanl, 20 quarts, strychnia
sulphnts powdered I ounce; sugar.
I or pints; gloss starch tordinury
laundr, starch o. teacupfui, water
thollinED, - pint
Mix the starch IN a little cold water.
then add the boiling water. making q
! rnther thick solution While hot stir
I Ia the stryehnlne and mix until free
from Jumps Add "a few spoOnfuls Of
Anter To the sugar. then add this Co
the mixture ana heat thoroughly. Next
pour this poisoned mass over th" grain
aud uir rapidly until the poison Is
evenly Smclred over the grain then
allow Che grain tu dry. u vel dried
t Nill Ne"p indefinitely.
Put out iu early morning in ur ?
heaps uf t"uspoonul each about
each occupied burrow. DO not put out
in rainy weather Take care that
other animals and birds. especially
de- not get the poison.
tbl The kansas formula Strych-
min sulphutr (powdrrb. J ounce; Pot-
aSsWm cyanide, J ~, Alc"hol' =
oz.. syrup. ! pint
preparation. one ounce oi green
coffee berries ~ mixed with the white
OF one eEg and allowed {" stand Tor
al least fourteen hours. Tn" etrychnia
is dissolved In halt.pint OF botling
water. The potassium cyanide n dis.
solved in q puarter-pint of hot water
and allowed 60 cool.
Add little warm water &. the mix
. tire OF tNUFt anu FNh~ hNN lNtN NiA'
the potassium Cy.'nide Then strain
this mlxturc through coarse sieN .
into the mixing vessel aud add IN"
syrup Mix the alcohol with the hot
solution eel Ftrychuin" ana add u :"
the other mixture stir an NOR
Uugh|y.
Directions for use. For th' ah"y"
uolsuu tax, 90 huif-bush'l - clean
wheat or krur corn iu % lutE" metal
ION. After thoroughly shaking ana
stirring the mixture above" pour IL
over M, piliu and stir unul every
Part .s thoroughly wet With iho p"i
son Then stir in tWu or three pounds
uI i'm. corn meal to take up tn" extra
moisture let the mixture stand ~
a shed over night aud put b out early
the next morning u The weather ~
hur. place half "a tablespoonful 90
! less az the bait lea two or three .iiu'
/ lunches IN the outside Of each hur'
row occupied hy prairie dogs. bulN
accounted burrows should be poisoned
4 half huhhcl ui grain should poison
,0u tn 600 HOLES Tar" gar" mat the
7 pnisnned grain is not eaten eE "lh"|
,uippIs' -. e. MERRILL.
station Entumuluri-i
! February o. 1878.
NGt,., hahn. .uusra with eczema ul