The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-06-25

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a $50 nned S25 and costs at Horsesbo,
reno Tor letting sawdust escape into
q stream, and Bert L. Perry o,
fpcatello was fined $40 for fishing
without a license.
| Fo'son for ground squirrels was
distributed on 5000 acres in Bonne,
couh'y' 10 eight days of work done in
hVe Communities on the poisoning Of
pubic lands by ID. d Green. repre-
sentlng the uniy' rsity extension
DIVISION and the Biological survey in
cooperation with lbe county farm
bureau.
| "odnsda thistle 10 Idaho and how
10 Get Kid OF 1t" is the title of q
ou lletin by Paul A. Wenger, issued
ny The university extension division.
by Illustrations and explanations II i
Shown that the Canada thistle is a
particularly perniclous weed, on
account of the underground rootstocl
system. Flooding is advocated as the
best method of extcrmlnatIon on
small areas.
GfaSshoppers are being killed by
the Camas county farm bureau with
a bait OF sawdust, sugar beet molasses.
lem mons and arsenic. The hoppers are
TAX Ing the bait readily, and the ground
Is i lttered with them where the bait
is being used. Three barrels OF
arsenic, ] barrels of nolasses, aud 20
or 70 cases of Lemons have been used.
Enough hoppers were hatched to
clean up all, the crops in the county.
During the month Of May niue
hunters. were employed in the work of
exte erminating predatory animals 10
Idaho, according to the report made
by Luther j. Goldman, predatory
animal Inspector for the Unlted
Stat rs department Of fagriculture. The
tola catch for the month consisted
OF two adult wolves, 81 coyotes and Ii
bObGatS. sa
Articles of Incorporation for the
Idaho Central Railroad company, an
Idaho corporation capitalized at five
millipn dollars for the purpose of
building and operating a 80 mile
railroad between Rogerson In Twin
Falls county, Idaho, and Wells, in
Elko county, Nevada, were tlled last
week with the Idaho secretary OIL
state
Wheat on dry farms of Franklin |
county is seriously threatened by |
brown mite infestations. Little |
injury has been done on fields that |
were summer fallowed last season. |
Watering has been recommended |
where possible, and in such cases the |
grain has recovered rapidly. Spraying
or dusting with sulphur has been
tried successfully, but the available
supply of sulphur is limited.
Mrs M. L. Russell, who lives south
Of Meridian, has flock Of Al pure
bred White Leghorn pullets that are
helping to reduce the high cost Of
living According to report made
by Mrs. Russell to the Ada county
farm bureau, she sold $36 worth of
eggs in December; $43 worth in jan
lary; $37 10 February: $36 in March:
aud $50. go in April. This total Of
s205. 6D in five months was above the !
cost of feed, which averaged $1l
month She also has sold i34 day
I'D chicks and has 95 for herself.
Farm bureau investigation of the
silling of alfalfa IN Oneida county.in,
southern Idaho revealed that destruc
ion was due to cut worms rather +
han to winter killing, as many
armers had supposed. Use of poison
ID bait was adopted Immediately to
.ombat them, and two weeks treat
nent OF $50 acres gave very satisfact
,ry results. On one farm IN the st.
Iohn vicinity, so hours af er the bait
lad been placed, 400 DEAD worms ana