Trapping on the Farm. 



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or Xo. 2, carefully covered with soil and baited with what- 

 ever they are destroying — eggshells, for example. 1 



Such hawks and owls as are destructive may sometimes 

 be caught in small jump traps placed on top of high posts 

 overlooking poultry yards, the trap being fastened securely 

 to the post (fig. 8). As soon as the need of protecting 

 chickens or other animals has passed, the pole traps should be 

 removed so as to avoid risk of killing other birds. 



Another pest is the English sparrow, which destroys no 

 small amount of grain during the ripening period. The 



B6I3IV); BGIIM; BII8SM 



Fig. 5. — Traps Especially Designed for Catching Pocket Gophers. 



traps shown in figures 9 and 10 catch these sparrows very 

 satisfactorily. Rolled oats or crumbs of bread should be scat- 

 tered around and beneath these traps to attract the birds. 

 In catching sparrows one should be very careful to see that 

 no native birds are destroyed. 2 



HOW TO CATCH FUR ANIMALS. 



The devices intended for capturing fur animals are num- 

 berless, ranging from simple deadfalls (fig. 11.1), constructed 

 on the spot out of such convenient materials as saplings and 



1 See Department Bulletin G21, " The Crow and Its Relation to Man." 

 - See Farmers' Bulletin 493,_ " The English Sparrow as a Pest." 



