45G Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1010. 



It is possible to catch gophers in No. steel traps, but the 

 process is more laborious than that of catching them in 

 the traps specially designed. When steel traps are used, 

 a main burrow is located by prodding with an iron rod, 

 then a piece of turf is removed from it and an excavation 

 made deep enough to allow the trap to be set flush with 

 the bottom of the burrow, after which the piece of sod 

 which was removed is returned to its place. Gopher traps 

 do not require bait. 



Besides the rodents, which constitute the majority of farm 

 and garden pests, there are certain other creatures which are 



Fig. 4.— Shelter Trap for Catching Cottontail Rabbits. 

 After a stick having a wooden disk at the end is thrust into entrance, the cover 

 is lifted and the rabbit is captured by hand. 



sometimes obnoxious; among these are stray cats, which 

 too often destroy useful birds. The removal of such ani- 

 mals may be effected with neatness and dispatch by means 

 of the trap shown in figure 6, and graphically described in 

 figure 7. One can be made by any ingenious boy at very 

 slight expense. Fresh meat or fish should be used in bait- 

 ing it. 



In many localities one of the worst farm pests is the crow, 

 which is often destructive to grain, eggs, and young 

 chickens. Crows may be caught in steel traps, size No. 1 



