a "bushel of wheat, 2 ounces of strychnine in the alkaloid 

 form and 3 pints of tallow were used. (On the lit. Hebo 

 poisoning, Kraebel gives the folio?/ ing figures: To 5 gal- 



j'j-s cf wheat, 20 teaspoonfuls of strychnine and. one quart 

 of -callow The strychnine and tallow were mixed "before ap- 

 plying to the wheat, but this was not done in the poisoning 

 of P & S Ho. 6.) (The poisoning on the Mt. Kebo area w,8 

 more severe, since 1 teaspoonful instead of 1/2 teaspoonful 

 of strychnine was used per quart of wheat.) Since the 

 wheat was :V>.stributed at the rate of 1 bushel to 20-30 a- 

 cres, 1 quart to 1-1/2 quarts was used per acre. (In the lit. 

 He'oj poisoning 5 according to Kraebel, the wheat was distri- 

 buted L\t -he rate of 2 to 3 quarts per acre.) 



Oi.' July 27 most of the wheat seemed to have been 

 eaten or carried away. One dead mouse was found; some ker- 

 nels half eaten showed rodent work; seme bird feathers were 

 found near piles of >ieat. 



On October 26, 28 and 3i part of the area was 

 sown to Douglas fir and western white pine. The sowing of 

 the 26 tli was examined on the 28th, and one count showed 80; 

 to 96^3 of the spots dug into. Another count made nearer 

 the center of the tract showed 80) to 90^ of the spots mo- 

 lested. This was after two nights. During the same time 

 four mice were caught in five traps and the bait of the 

 fifth tiap had been nibbled without springing the trap. On 



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