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At the beginning of the campaign, the poisoned bait known as the Kansas 

 Mixture was used with success. This bait is made up of the following materials : 



Bran 100 lbs. 



White Arsenic, or Paris Green 5 lbs. 



Lemons 12-15 fruits. 



Black Strap molasses 2 gals. 



Water 14 gals. 



The bran and the dry poison were first put in the Mixer and thoroughly 

 intermingled. The Mixer was then opened and the liquid consisting of ground 

 lemons, molasses, and water was added. The whole was then stirred until 

 thoroughly mixed, when it was dumped out on the floor, ready to be scooped up 

 in sacks by the waiting farmers. The whole operation was immediately repeated. 

 During the worst part of the campaign, the mixing stations were kept going 

 from early in the morning until well on toward midnight. 



At some of the stations, a mixture consisting of the following materials 

 was used; viz., , 



Bran 100 lba. 



White Arsenic, or Paris Green 4 lbs. 



Salt 2 lbs. 



Water 14 gals. 



This mixture was first substituted for the Kansas Mixture when supplies 

 of molasses and lemons ran out, and later was used at one of the stations even 

 when fruit and molasses were Obtainable. At this .station, they claimed that 

 it gave as good results as the Kansas Mixture. However, the consensus of opinion 

 was that the Kansas Mixture gave somewhat more reliable results over the whole 

 area. 



Later in the season, a modified Kansas Mixture was used with most excellent 

 results. In this mixture, instead of using ICO lbs. of bran as a base for the other 

 ingredients, 50 lbs of bran and an equal bulk of sawdust were used as the base. 

 The addition of the sawdust improved the physical properties of the mixture. 

 It broke up more readily when being scattered on the land, and of course, had 

 the other advantage of making a much cheaper mixture. The other ingredients 

 used in this bait were the same as those used in the Kansas Mixture. 



The C riddle Mixture was used with good results by some of the farmers ; 

 but owing to the relative scarcity of horse droppings, and also due to the fact that 

 the other mixture was free, this remedy was not used on a large scale. The mix- 

 ture consists of the following ingredients. 



Fresh horse, droppings 15 gals. 



White Arsenic or Paris Greei> 1 lb. 



Salt 1 lb. 



Water sufficient to moisten. 

 Sawdust to replace one-half of the horse droppings was found to improve 

 the physical condition of the mixture. 



White Arsenic is superior to Paris Green as a poison in the mixtures. 

 Paris Green is a very fine powder and rises readily as a dust in the air. This 

 is breathed by the workers, and sometimes produces bad cases of poisoning. The 

 White Arsenic does not float around in the air nearly so readily; hence, is 

 greatly to be preferred on that account. 'Some of the workers used masks so 

 that they might not breathe the poisons. White Arsenic seemed to give as good 



