The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-06-25
CHRISTOPHER
AND COFER POIS-
ON F0RMUL LAS

Owing to the presence Of the grass
hopper plague in this County and the
TACT that in some parts of the County
The golfers are destroying the grain
as fast us ever, | am herewith giving
ycu the government formulas for de-
stroying these pests. The gofer poi
son formula is the same as we have
used in this County for their uestluc-
tlon, and as | have personally helped
prepare hundreds Of bushels of this
poison which has been sold to you
through your local elevator or other
agent, you will be in a position to
know whether it is good or not.
GOFEie POISON INGREDIENTS
TO bushel oats, 800 pounds
J. pound powdered alkalo;d strych-
nine
| pound gloss starch
l pound common baking soda
ounces saccharine
i ounces glycerine
l gallon syrup or molasseS.
lst.-Boil PIG gallons water, and
then dissolve the gloss starch in Il
gallon cold water, and pour this mix
1urc into the boiling water and stir
it until a paste is formed.
2nd-Takc a small kettle or pail
with one quart Of cold water in which
YOU dissolve the st,ychn;ne, sacchar-
inc and the soda, and stir this until
It forms a thick paste.
3cu--Remove the kettle from the
stove which contains ingrentS from
Process No. l, and add the syrup and
glycerlne and stir it thoroughly once
more, and then add Mixture No. 2
and stir again.
4t'l.--Pilc your oats into round
peak and make a dent in the top into
which you pour this poisoned mix
turc and shovel the oats until thor
oughly covered, then leave them for
an hour or two and shovel them over
once more. and then spread them out
On the t!oor, not over six inches deep,
and leave thcm for 10 to II hours, but
rot long enough 30 they will heat,
then shovel theta together and sack
them, and they ale ready for use, al
though if they are a week old they
Will do greater damage to the golfers.
The ahnve proper ton can be reduced
TO meet your needs.
GR>SSHUPpER POISON
Preparation and use Of Poisoned
Bran Mash:
!'ran .--,-.,.,.-.........,.....2o pounds
Paris green o: white arsenic pound
Na't ........-......-.-.... | pound
Syrup or asSe>,...................2 quarts /
Lemons CT oranges ....... 6 fruits
ard water.
Mix the dry ingredients. making
sure that the poison is evenly ,liStri-
'Ht"H Throughout the bran. Dilute
III mola>sc> with two quarts of wat
-. stirring until evenly thinnc.i. Grind
me lemons or oranges as fine as pos
$lh!c and fer this purpose an orl:n-
l'y n,e:st grinder Will do. The ground
mutt are added to the molasscs and
%.ter and thoroughly mixed.
The vet and dry ingredients having
'cen mixed separately the next step
: to thoroughly mix The TWO. and ado,
'noug, more water to make a rlunb-
y mash that will break into small
lakes when scattered broadcast. The
NO most common mistakes made bv
hose mixing the mash for the first
inc are failing to distribute the poi
on evenly throughout the bran and
lS'n" too much water. Any bran
nat tn'!> t. become mixed with the
io.Son is eliectly harmless 10 the
topper and is therefore wasted. When
90 much water is used the mash
ais TO break into flakes but falls in
jumps and ip this shape it covers but
ti!e ground. and is dangerous to
'outr!. native birds and live stock,
mi less attractive to the grasshop-