300 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 



4 ounces powdered strychnia sulphate; 



4 ounces potassium cyanid; 



4 ounces green coffee ; 



6 ounces alcohol; 



4 eggs (whites only) ; 



!/2 gallon thick sugar sirup. 



Mix the coffee and whites of eggs, and let the mix- 

 ture stand over night. Dissolve the cyanid of potas- 

 sium in a little less than a quart of hot water, and 

 let it cool before using. Prepare the sugar sirup 

 previously, so that it is not hot when used. Pour the 

 cyanid of potassium solution over the coffee-and-egg 

 mixture, stir, and then strain into the mixing vessel 

 through a sieve fine enough to hold the coffee, which 

 is rejected. Add the sugar sirup and stir thoroughly. 

 Dissolve the strychnia in a little less than a quart of 

 boiling water. Pour the alcohol into this solution and 

 stir. Then add the mixture of strychnine, alcohol and 

 water to the contents of the mixing vessel and stir 

 thoroughly. The strychnine will be precipitated by 

 the cyanid, and when the poison is placed in a can 

 and allowed to stand will settle at the bottom. The 

 poison should be kept closely corked until used. 



A gallon of this poisoned sirup is enough to 

 poison two bushels of wheat. Before it is 

 mixed with the wheat it should be thoroughly 

 stirred or shaken, and a few pounds of corn- 

 meal added to make the sirup adhere to the 



