BOUNTIES. 



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Trenches. — It has been asserted that a field may oe protected by a 

 treuch at the bottom of which oil cans are sunk 'at intervals. The 

 Gophers in trying to enter the field are supposed to fall into the trench, 

 along which they move until caught by the oil cans. 



BOUNTIES. 



So great is the harm done by Gophers that in many places bounties 

 are offered for the animals' scalps or tails. Bounties have been paid 

 most extensively in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minne- 

 sota, and from these States have been received detailed accounts of the 

 results of the system. In these reports, however, the ground squirrels 

 and Pocket Gophers are seldom discriminated, so it is hard to form a 

 just estimate of the proportional sums paid for each. To give an idea 

 of the large sums expended in attempts to reduce the numbers of these 

 troublesome aDimals it may be stated that thousands of dollars are 

 often paid annually by one county for this purpose. 



The folio wiug table gives a detailed account of the sums expended 

 in Gopher bounties by the State of Iowa, for which the best returns 

 have been received (from county treasurers): 



Table showing amounts paid in Gopher bounties in Iowa, by counties. 



Adams . . . 

 Carroll . . . 



Do.... 



Cedar 



Dallas 

 Fremont. . 



Do.... 

 Hancock. . 

 Humboldt 



County. 



Do 



Ida 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Iowa 



Do 



Jackson 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Lucas 



Mitchell 



Pasrc. 



Do 



Dc 



Do....- 



Pottawattamie. 



Date. 



1877-1880 



1875 



1877 



None for 15 or 20 years. . 



1868-69 .' 



1888 



1889 



1888 



June 1, 1888, to July 1, 

 1888. 



1889 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1889 



I'eb. 1, 1890 



1867 



1868 



1869.. 



1870 



1871 



1872 



No bounty for 20 years . . 



do 



April 5, 1875 



April, 1876 



1877 



1878 



No bounty for 10 years. . 



Bounty 

 on .each 

 Gopher. 



Cents. 



15 

 15 



10: 

 5 



10 

 10 



15 

 10 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 



10 



15 

 10 

 10 



Amount 

 specified as 

 paid for 

 Gophers 

 alone. 



Total paid 

 for Gophers 

 and ground 



squirrels — 

 not discrimi- 

 nated. 



$109. 95 

 1, 176. 80 

 532.80 

 177. 25 

 9.60 



886. 75 

 1,438. 60 

 2, 785. 95 

 1, 110. 30 



* Estimated. 



t Approximate. 



