2, Control can best be obtained during early spring. During April and May, 

 the female 'chuck and her young have not left their burrow. These 

 burrows are easy to locate, due to the short grass in the fields and 

 the active diggings at the entrance. 



3. During the summer months, woodchucks may have various burrow systems. 

 They may have tvfo or three different homes several hundred feet apart 

 or further. This again stresses the need for controlling the wood- 

 chucks during the spring v;hile they are still using one burrow, 



it. After the woodchucks have been gassed, it may not be long before new 

 woodchucks migrate in from surrounding areas and reactivate the old 

 burrows. The woodchucks that were in the gassed burrows have been 

 controlled, but when new woodchucks move in and reopen the burrows, 

 once again the area should be gassed. Much of the reopening of 

 burrows may be eliminated if the farmer will do a thorough job of 

 control, and that requires gassing all active burrows in brush rows 

 and the areas adjacent to cultivated fields. 



An item of interest is that the gassing of woodchucks, as practiced in the 

 Northeastern States, has not greatly reduced the number of burrows which may be 

 utilized by rabbits, skunks, etc., particularly during the winter months. 



The U, S, Fish and V/ildlife Service V/oodchuck Cartridge is now available 

 throupih the Rodent Control Fund , University of Massachusetts , South College Building , 

 Amlierst, Massachusetts , at the same price as formerly. 



— C. E. Faulkner 



Mammal Control Supervisor 



VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR MiASSACHUSETTS 



Variety Recommended For Color Harvesting Season 



Golden Early Bird T Y -U6 



Erly-Red-Fre C & H W , -k2 



Jerseyland G & H Y -38 



Prairie Sunrise T Y -3k 



Raritan Rose C & H W -31 



Red Haven G Y -30 



Golden Jubilee C & H Y -28 



Triogem C & H Y -21+ 



Early Halehaven T Y -2U 



Sunhigh T Y -23 



Tifildrose T Vii" -21 



Halehaven G & H Y -l8 



Fairhaven T Y -17 



Summerrose T W -l6 



Garden State (Nectarine) C & H Y -10 



Summercrest C Y - 9 



Kalhaven G Y - 7 



Elberta G & H Y 



Fowler C Y +1 



Afterglow C & H Y + h 



(See footnotes on top of page 3) 



