THE CONTROL OF GROUND SQU IRRELS, 

 PRAIRIE-DOGS, AND JACK RABBITS 



COOPERATIVE CAMPAIGNS FOR 



BY 



W. B. BELL 



Assistant Biologist, Bureau of Biological Survnj 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



The Bounty System Inadequate 3 



Great Damage Done by Rodents 4 



Community Cooperation Essential 5 



Cooperative Campaigns Exterminating Ground Squirrels in 



North Dakota 5 



Ground-Squirrel Campaigns Promising Relief in Other States . . 8 



Cooperation Effective Against Prairie-Dogs 9 



Jack Rabbits Destroyed by Thousands 10 



An Instance of Success Against Ground Squirrels 10 



Thorough Cooperation and Wise Direction Essential to Success . . 11 



Separate from Yearbook of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1917 



No. 724 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1910 



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