White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-01-13

s. How to Grow Healthy Chicks.
| 4. Care and Feeding Of Chicks.
S. Control of round worms and tape
worms.
] 6. The Poultry Outlook fc,. 1928.
7. Turkey Growing in Central
Washington.
8. Summer Care of Pullets.
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AN EFFICIENT WINTER
BAIT FOR JACK RABBITS
Under Winter conditions, during per-
iods of heavy snowfall and freezing
temperature, jack rabbits will congreg-
ate around cultivated areas, doing con-
siderable damage to haystacks and
young orchards. At this time, poison
bats are taken readily.
Prepare thin, boiled, starch-paste
solution in the proportions of / table,
spoonful gloss starch to one-half
quarts water. Stir into this solution /
ounce powdered strycfnine alkaloid
and scant teaspoonful of saccharine,
until well mixed. Sift out about IS
pounds alslfa leaves, place on a canvas
or clean floor and pour over it the
poisoned starch solution. Mix thorough
ly until the leaves are evenly coated,
the bait is then ready fer distribution.
In zero weather, dry the bait in warm
temperature before distributing.
Fenced alfalfa stacks are excellent
situations for batting. Drop handfuls
of TIE bait outside the Enclosure in
rabbit trails, several rods each way
from the fence. The number of bats
will depend on the number of the
rabbits observed feeding in the late
evening. Repeat the bats each after
noon, where they have been cleaned
up the previous night.
Alfalfa fields attract rabbits from
considerable distance. Bats dropped in
trails will give good results. Poison
corrals do not attract enough rabbits
to pay fer their construction. Efficient
community campaigns will reduce the
animal over large areas.
Good markets have recently been
developed for wild rabbit skins. The
pelts should be cased with the flesh
side out, then stretched and the,:oughly
dried. Well handled skins bring the
best prices. Fer detailed and instruc-
tons write F. B. 1919, rabbit Skins
for Fur"
CAUTION
Throughly clean and label contain
ers used in preparing poison. Ex-
pose bats only in places where live
stock is excluded.
DIR. BARBER HERE
DR.. Barber working under the State
Department of Agriculture On T. B.
work, walked into the office of the
county agent Thursday afternoon of
last week and stated that he was ready
to begin work in Benton County.
DIR. Barber has just completed his
work in Columbia county after spend
ing weeks of time securing out ~
ing herds in the Mountainous sections
of the county. DR.. Barber states that
Columbia county is in line for accred-
iation since they has less than one
half of per cent.
DR.. Barber started in on his test
work in this county on the larger
herds along the main Highway, be-
tween Ke1lnewick and Finley since
roads makes it bad to get around.
He expects to complete some of the
large herds and then get few of the
larger herds around Prosssr and will
then settle down to a program of
taking every herd as he goes and clean
ing up the community.
We know that DR.. Barber will be
welcomed by many dairymen Of the
county, end to those who may be in
c!ined to feel that T. B. test work
is not step in advance we would like
to say that in Pacific county 1t has
been tested over twice since we were
there, and the people have come to
demand the test; on the last test made
Without coertion or compulsion at all,
every owner of cattle whose animals
were where they could be secured were
tested. Probably not more than or
4 herds in the entire county, these
being beef, were tested.
e. c. DURDLE