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needed it can be mixed in a tank, wagon box, cooking vat, or on a 

 wooden platform, cement floor, or sheet of canvas. 



Precautions Against Poisoning 



It should be remembered that if poison bran mash will kill grass- 

 hoppers it will also kill poultry and domestic animals, if taken in 



Figure 1. Mixing pt ison bran mash on slieel of canva.s. The two sides of the 

 canvas are alternately raised and lowered, the ingredients becoming thoroughly 

 mixed as they roll from side to side. After the wet materials have been added, the 

 mixture is again, rolled and any lumps which may form are broken with rakes. 



large amounts. The mash should be prepared in a fenced enclosure 

 or in places far removed from poultry and livestock. After mixing 

 has been completed all scattered bran mash and any traces of poison 

 should be removed. Plowing the area where mixing has been done is 

 an easy and sure way of getting rid of such remains. Arsenic and 

 paris green containers should be kept where they cannot be licked by 

 wandering stock. Sacks containing poison bran mash should never 

 be left in wagons standing in corrals or farm yards where stock is 

 wandering about. Horses in particular will nase the sacks and often 

 get at the contents, even though the bag is securely tied. Sacks con- 

 taining poisoned bran mash should be always marked "Poison." 



