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ground, covering the hole I had made, and heaping earth on the 

 board. I have also used with equal success against pocket 

 gophers and against moles in lawns a cheap trap gun shown in 

 Fig. 149. I believe this is one of the few so-called gopher traps 



Fig. 149. — Gopher Gun. 



v\Aorthy of notice. It is made of a piece of gas pipe, and shoots a 

 central fire Winchester shell of small size. Only a small load is 

 required to kill either a gopher or a mole. This gun is fastened 

 to a peg which is driven down in front of the gopher's hole ; a 

 piece of potato, or cork or corn cob is put on the end of the wire 

 (see illustration) which extends in front of the nozzle and down 

 the hole, being connected with the trigger at the other end. The 

 gopher, in seeking to cover iip the hole and thus exclude the light, 



Fig. 150. — A New Gopher Trap, Set. 



Fig. 151. — The Same Trap, Sprung 



