300 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 
4 ounces powdered strychnia sulphate; 
4 ounces potassium cyanid; 
4 ounces green coffee ; 
6 ounces alcohol; 
4 eggs (whites only); 
Y% 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 
