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Medford
SECOND SECTION
linn jruiir own ranch. Don't
let tlio Dinner Squirrel do It.
I'nrtlculnrly litvotl In tlio
rniii'lniDm'K IiiIoivhOi,
pnlly Kuurl"rl)l Your.
i'tiriy-iui
urty-iiliilli Vour.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL. 5, 1919
NO, .12
SSPE
Mail Tribune
FAhtRIER
C1AE RODENT PEST .EDITION
HOW CALIFORNIA HAS
FOUGHT SEED EA TING
PESTS LAST 7 YEARS
tCourtoay California Monthly
H11II01I11.) ,
, Minor operations ngiilnst qiilrrolH,
gopliors mid aoud-oatlng roiliintn woro
cnrrlod on In California from lull
through 1013 on tlio Tulioo, Buiita
Barbara, Angnloa mid Bhuatn national
forests. Tlio noaiioii or 1013 inurka
Iho lioKinnltiK of Hit axtenalvo work
lu thin tnto lmt ground au.tilrrols
on tlio Montoniy, Run UoiiHo, Hnntn
llarbnr nnd ICoiiuola uiitlomil for
ms. Prom thin tlmo on to tlio proaJ
nt aonaon ilia oparntlona lutvo atmul
Ily (irown In ox l out until Homo of tlio
foruHti have now boon entirely cov
ered olio nnd parts rotruutod a soc
ond nnd a thjrd tlmo to complete
extermination. Tlio California foroat
linn boon practically on 1 1 rid y t rent oil,
nlso Iho tnoro lioavlly Infualud nroaa
of iho Modoc, Hlorrn, Bunuolu, nnd
Monloroy foroata. Kxtnnalvo work on
tho Bnntn Ilitrlinrn forest nnd tho. out
lying puhUo lands In 811 n l.ula Obispo
county nro plnnnod for tho coming
loaaon.
Tho totnl nrrnngo trim tod for
ground (iilrrol on tho various for
oata nnd public Innda In Cnllfornln up
to Iho beginning of tho 19 IS aonaon
la an (ollowa:
Acroa.
Cnllfornln National foroat 440.3HG
Modoo iNntlonnl foroat... ,. 6:1.000.
Monterey National foroat 37,000
Sequoia Nntlonul foroat 03,015
Blorrn National foroat 7,007
ttanta llnrlinrn Nntlonul foroat 1 l,MS
Tulo Indian roaorvntlnn 3,700
l'ulillo Innda 1 In Sun llonlto
county -1 4,810
For I'ockiH Gopher
Sequoia Nntlonul torcnl... ' 1,980
Taboo National foroat..;.. 1,100
Tolnl 050,852
Tho work during tho 1013 aonaon
haa boon oulaldo tho foroms on pub
lic nnd Indian Innda ndjucont to
farming Innd. Tho. ncroago trontod
up to October 1 In pa follows:
Indian IiukU
' Acroa
In Mondoclno county 30,405
In Modoo county 010
In Tulnro county 3,100
In Lake county 485
Toltnl i. 40,720
j rubllo lnnds
In Mondoclno county 5.(500
In Hhasta "county.. 1,160
In Modoo county 30,055
In l.asion county....;... 2 0,0 S3
In Tulnro county 8.000
In Korn county..... 12,298
In Morcod county 18,490
In Bnntn llnrbura county 5,875
Tolnl 89,924
Acrongo, na ahown by reports not
I The World's Record Separator
Will skim COLD MILK, necessitating only one skimming a
"r LiV 9': J
yot complo'c, trontod In cn-oporutlon
with tho rollout control division of
tlio atnto commission of hortlculturo,
In which tho bureau .of biological
survoy furnished Iho poison nnd tho
atuto provided tho labor: .
Acres
13.600
8,000
5,019
In Ban Lola Ohlspo county..
In (II01111 county
In Tuliuma county
Total 27,218
Total acrongo trontod to destroy
ground squirrels nnd pocket gophers
In Cullfomla, 827,715.
Tho first operations on Iho foroata
wuro on those arena known to bo
heavily Infoalod, tho open meadows
nnd glndos. It was found, however.
Hint tho ureas wero noon relnfostod
bacuiiso of tho migratory habits At
tho aqulrrola. They moved readily
liild now territory whore food wna
found to bo bettor tnnn that In which
they happened to be. To provant ro
lufoatutlnn duo to tills natural habit
of tlio animals. It hna boon nocesanry
to Iront both tho open and tlmborod
ureas af tho foroata, oven tho the In
festation might ho vory light In tho
Inttar. A fow brooding animals left
aoon rolnfest n vicinity, na thoy nro
very prolific. It la qulto necessary
to kilt tho lust squirrel.
Tho Infoatntlon of tho foroata nver
nged about five burrows to tho ncro.
Tho poisoning crowa conalst of two to
four men who work on homobnek
wherever posslblo. Thoy havo bags
of poison hanging from tho saddle
horn nnd rldo abreast nbout 25 yards
apart, treating nil tho Innd that Is
Infested an thoy go. Tho thick brushy
bolt Is not Infested with tho aqulrrola
oxropl along tho edges. In brushy
country ono mnn avoragos nbout 100
acres por days.
It wna notod Hint tho trontod land
along tho borders of tho foroata adja
cent to untreated prlvnto lands soon
bvcaino rolnfestod. This fact, togetlt
or with tho Increasing number of re
quests for.'naalatnnco from rnnchors
In California who know of tho work
on government Innda, led tho bureau
Into tho broader field of giving nssls
tnnco to tho farmors and helping
thorn to consorvo and Incronso tho
food supply so greatly nooded owing
to tho war and general coniniorcial
demands by organizing systomntlc
community am) county campaigns,
using tho most offocttve methods un
dor competent direction nnd supervis
ion. A study of conditions under which
rnncliocs woro fighting tho squirrels
nnd niothodn omplnyod by thorn, re
vealed those problems:
1. Luck of nn of feet I vo chonp
poison.
The
SAVE MONEY WITH AN 'IOWA"
fCURVED DISC
2. Luck or an offoctlvo method of
distributing poisons.
3. luel) of organization to gecuro
concerted co-operation of ovory land
owner whoso binds woro Infested.
4. tack of knowtodgo of tho
methods bolng successfully omployed
by Iho government ngonclcs working;
on tho problem.
5. Full nro to realize tho great
dnuiiigo and loss caused by rodent
posts.
0, Lack of a desire to oxtormln
nta tho posts on tho part of the ma
jority of tho rnnchors and discour
agement on tho part of the minority
who woro faithfully fighting them.
2 govThuntTrs will
Tho Jucksoii County Farm Bureau,
through Its county agent has been. In
fluential In Bccurlng tho services of
two government hunters, to devote
full tlmo to tho eradication of coyotes,
wolves, etc. Mr. Oeorgo Hargadine
of Ashland, and Mr. II. F. Hill of
Derby havo been appolntod for this
work and. havo been ncllvo for the
Inst month. Mr. Hnrgadlno Is work
ing In tho section cast of Ashland,
while Mr. Hill Is working out of Untie
falls. If tho farmCrs will cooperate
In this mntter It may be possible to
secure '.wo or throo other hunters.
These hunters will move to other
districts as soon ns they have cleared
out Iho predatory animals In the dis
trict In which they nro working. It
you. nro troubled with oofotes. It woula
pay you to confer with tho county
agent In regard to this mntter.
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SWAT TIIK MUGIttl
Tho most convenient nnd eco-
nomlcnl way I have found to
got Mr. Diggor is to carry n to-
bncco con of poison limtoad of
tobacco whlla nt work In tho
fluid, or any placo thut a man
would carr n can of smoking.
While my team rests nt tho end
of tho Innd, I scatter tho poison
where thore Is any sign of, a
digger.
For safety first, I uso a volvot
tobacco can with a largo rubber
band around It to prevent any
chance of spilling In case It
should get lost or dropped
round whoro stock or children
would find It.
JAS. ARCHIBALD, . ,
Brownsboro, Oregon.
PATENTED
THE
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Testimonials from Jackson
, v ; Ranchers Regarding Methods
, From J. E. Judy
Medford. Oregon, March 12, 1919.'
Mr. C. C. Cato,
Medford, Oregon.
I have had such splendid success In
killing the digger squirrel with the
poison barlejr In the last two years
that I wnnyto toll briefly my exper
ience to glvo encouragement to those
who are unfortunate enough to have
all squlrrelB and" no ranch.
I rented my fathers place two years
ago on Griffin creek, of one hundred
and forty acres, about fifty acres of
which llos next to the woods and foot
hills. This woods and tho bruhy
banks of Griffin creek have always
furnished an unlimited supply of dig
gor squirrels, so that tho ranch, was
lousy with squirrels and always had
taken a largo percentage of any crop
planted on the fifty acres, adjoining
tho woods. They also ate the corn
crops, and wero found to eat the
sprouting ears so that by the time corn
husking was on, the corn was already
gone and Mr. Digger. ready for some
thing elso.. '
I decided to plant corn on part of
tfie fifty acres adjoining the woods,
but my .father told me there was no
use for the squirrels would take It all.
I wished to rotate the crops so I plan
ned to do the best I could In trying to
kill the diggers with the poison barley.
I spent several days spreading poison,
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hot only on our own p'.ace but for
some distance baok Into the woods,
and the results Were very satisfac
tory. Last year I had corn, without
any loss to squirrels, on what had
been considered the impossible part of
the ranch for corn raising, becauso
Lot the . squirrels - swarming in such
numbers from the-hills that It seem
ed useless to try killing so many.
' I can say that today, while there are
a few squirrels on the ranch, we are
running tho place now instead of the
dlcger squirrels. JVE. JUDY.
v ' From U. M. Love
Medford,
June l;
Oregon,
!, 1917.
Mr. Claude C. Cate,
County Pathologist,
Garnett-Corey Hide.,
Medford, Oregon.
My dear Mr. Cate:
With regard to the poisoned barley
that your office and the county have
been furnishing to the many farmers
of Jackson county, and with reference
to its killing power and Its safety to
use on the farm. I wish to state that
we have never had anything that
equalled It.
We killed over 90 per cent of the
squirrels on our property at the first
application, and in a quarter of a
mile of old rail fence on an adjoining
property on which we placed the pois
day
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on, we found 92 dead squirrels, two
days after the first poisoning, and
doubtless did not then find all that
were killed.
We have found no birds, quail or
pheasants, that were killed from using
the poisoned barley. We consider It
efficient, cheap, and does the work to
a frazzle, but we do need cooperation
on the outside districts of government
land, etc., and some kind of coopera
tion from the man who does not use
the poison barley or some other pois
on, to protect bis neighbor, when he
does his litniost to preserve the crops
that are now being grown,' and will
have to be grown to feed the millions
of people that are at war;
Respectfully yours.
- D. M. LOWE,
Box 415, Ashland, Ore. ;
GOVT AIDS FARMERS
BY POISONING GOVT LAND
Agents of tho Biological Survey,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, aro co-operating with the Farm
Bureau of Jackson county and will
start poisoning In Hay, all govern
ment land adjoining patented land In
the foor of the Rogue river valley.
This work will be started in the south
ern part of the county and the gov
ernment agents will poison a strip
five miles wide on each sido of the
valley from Ashland to the Josephine
county line. Each land owner should
do his best this year to clear his land
of digger squirrels In order to bene
fit by the cooperation of the govern
1 vmo 6v,biu -
1 this work.
ment in this work.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO GET SCALP OF
DIGGER SQUIRREL
Mr. Farmer of Jackson county, tho
"Diggers" have all awakened from
their long winter sleep and are to bo
seen running hither and thither in
quest of food. He Is eating blades of
young wheat and barley, but finds no
grain, unless he steals Into your grain
bin, or grain-hay stack.
' Now Is the absolutely opportune
time to feed him the poisoned barley,
which Is provided by our County Farm
Bureau, and can be obtained through;
some distributing agency in your com
munity. For further Information "call -up"
or "call on" your community pro
ject leader on "rodent control." '
Mr. Digger will eat the treated bar
ley eagerly now; place it near his
hole, or In his runway, or along tho
old rail fence, or about the old stump
or rock pile In or near the field, and
leave the rest to him. '
Several communities out of the 20
or 25 which are organized In Jackson
county are already actively engaged in
making wa on the "digger" and are
laying them out by tho hundred. Wlthr
in the next week or ten days we want
every section of the country doing Its
fu llquota In this warfare.
A law was passed by our last state)
legislative assembly making It com
pulsory to poison rodents of all kinds
in our state, and the Farm Bureau
through its live co-operative members,,
and project leaders, is going to see
that this law is enforced. Everybody
poisons the "digger squarrel" whether
repliant farmer, speculator, or non
resident land owner. If he does not do
It himself, it will be done for him,
and the coat of same will be pl! when
he pays his taxes.
. Report the fellow who doesn't pois
on; doot' be tender hearted In this
matter and let top "slacker" off. Wo
are not going to have any "slackers"
in this county be 100 por cent effi
cient. The V. S. Biological Survey
will see that a five mile strip of gov
ernment and outside land will ba
cleaned up all around us, so wo nre
safe from the out side. '
Uncle Sam needs all of your crops
of grain, and hay, and fruit and vege
tables, and a famished Europe needs
them more. Co-operate in the "rodent
campaign" with all your might and
we will swat tho "gray digger" clear
out of Jackson county.
Yours truly,' '
FRED C. HOMES.
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