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the poisonous gas. It is desirable to put in a double charge and pump 

 twice the ordinary number of strokes. 



Sulphur-Balls for Gophers Fred Lewis of Santa Clara County 

 suffocates gophers with sulphur balls made by tieing a couple of table- 

 spoonfuls of dry sulphur in a dry cloth. He digs beside any fresh 

 mounds, lights a sulphur ball with a match, being sure it is burning; 

 pushes it into the hole, blows across it to force smoke out of any 

 other holes to that burrow which may be open, so that he may cover 

 them up; then covers all openings; smoothes down the dirt so if the 

 gophers live through the smudging he will know it by fresh piles, and 

 proceeds to the next. Sometimes the smoke comes out of five or six 

 holes at once, but after closing these he has never known a gopher 

 to dig out. 



Baits and Poisons for Coyotes. 



I 'tvish to know a good recipe for coyote bait or scent. 



One of the most common scents is made by cutting up a fish 

 which is rich in oils, such as trout or eel, into small pieces and putting 

 these in a corked bottle. When this is placed out in the sun it gives 

 off a rancid oil with a very odorous smell which wild animals like. 



Another good scent is made by putting common angle worms in 

 earth which is saturated with milk. In order to prevent the worms 

 from escaping, a boxful of earth should be used. After the worms are 

 bloated with milk put them in a corked bottle in the sun until the mass 

 has decomposed. 



Skunks are also considered to be good scent, as coyotes will follow 

 the scent of them for miles, and when they find it, will always lie down 

 and roll on it. 



Any kind of meat is good for bait, but of all fresh meat, liver is 

 the best. Rabbits, squirrels, and doves are also good. Kill them and 

 insert poison while the body is warm so that it will circulate through 

 the system. Fresh meats of any kind rarely give the same satisfaction 

 as dried meats, for the reason that buzzards, hawks, and other birds 

 of prey detect it, and oftentimes carry it off. 



When dried bait is used, which is no doubt the best of all, it must 

 first be sprinkled with poison or insertions of poison made in it, then 

 it should be hung in the sun to dry thoroughly. 



This kind of bait can be carried easily and placed almost anywhere 

 without being molested by the fowls of the air and will keep for 

 months if placed in a dry location. 



To poison a hog pasture the best method is to bore a hole one 

 inch in diameter and three inches deep on each side of several 4x4 

 inch blocks. Take equal parts of tallow and lard, melt just enough 

 to make it run together; add poison, and pour into the holes. Place 

 these blocks in different parts of the field where coyotes are accus- 

 tomed to prowl and you will get them. If possible, roll a dead skunk 

 over the blocks or put them on the trail where a dead animal has been 

 dragged. This is also a very good way where birds, hawks, and 

 buzzards steal baits. 



