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Cutworms. 

 Cutworms are treated in like manner: 



Osage county: "Cutworms seem to come about the last of May each* 

 year, and as they last only a few days I do not think they will cause much 

 damage, especially where hogs have the run of the field." 



Miami county: "Cutworms and army worms poisoned with bran mash: 

 with good results." 



Montgomery county: "For cutworms the strip affected must be sowiw 

 with poisoned bran mash." 



(See page 384.) 



Russian Thistles. 



Reports about Russian thistles are few, and one from Barber county 

 just about covers the ground: "If Russian thistles start in the field get 

 them, or eventually they will get the alfalfa. If alfalfa is of a thick, 

 heavy stand you will have little trouble, but spots will grow them and 

 they will spread from one spot to another until they have soon ruined 

 nearly the entire field for hay, and entirely ruined it for seed." (See 

 page 334.) 



Dodder. 



Here are some of the reports in regard to dodder: 

 Brown county: "Burn the spots as soon as discovered." 



Chase county : "Take a load of straw, drive over the field and burn the 

 dodder wherever we find any." 



Cherokee county: "Take a hoe and chop it out." 



Ellis county: "Cover infested area with straw and burn. Some re- 

 port good results from close pasturing." 



Finney county: "Cut infested area with scythe, throw on wagon, haul 

 off and burn." 



Geary county: "Pull it up wherever I see it." 



Clay county: "Cut carefully and burn." 



Hodgeman county: "Cut alfalfa close as soon as dodder is seen," 



Logan county: "Pasture with horses." 



Marion county: "Mow infected field early and destroy dodder at once 

 by burning hay." 



(See page 336.) 



Prairie Dogs. 



The different remedies suggested for the extermination of prairie dogs 

 are as follows: 



Cheyenne county: "Feed poisoned wheat. It kills lots of them in early 

 spring." 



Ellis county: "Poison them with the 'dope' the state sends out." 



Hodgeman county: "I have trapped, shot, and used the Manhattan 

 formula successfully." 



Ellis county: "Put a short hose in the burrow and pour a pint of gas- 

 oline into it. After five minutes set it on fire and plug it." 



Pratt county: "Carbon bisulphide puts them out of business without 

 delay/' 



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