ments have not been completed for
the dance.
After their return from the South
the clubs will give a concert
at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York.
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FIGHT ON PREDATORY
: ANIMALS EFFECTIVE
More than $1,250,000 was expendl-
ed by the Federal Government and
the States during the last fiscal year
to control predatory animals and in-
jurious rodents, as shown in a report
of the Biological Survey recently
made public. In addition to this
sum, many land owners gave their
personal services in the work.
the area treated was reported killed
and an excellent crop of peanuts
was planted and harvested.”
The report calls attention to the
serious loss from the ordinary house
rat, and the work it did in connec-
tion with army authorities during the
war, in ridding storehouses of the
pests. By following the bureau’s
recommendations, a barrel full of
rats was killed daily, and that more
than 35,000 rats were killed during
the year. Farmers’ Bulletin No.
896, giving information concerning
the destruction of rats, issued by thz
United States Department of Agri-
culture, was used with considerable
success both in this country and in
France. The cotton rat, a small, rat-
like rodent, limited to Southern and
The report tells of the work) gulf States, was responsible for
against ground squirrels, jackrabbits, losses from 40 to 60 per cent of the
and cottontails, pocket gophers, growing cane. Poison was used with
mountain beavers, and woodchucks,
success. Much of the report is de-
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Texas,” says the bureau’s report,
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Football Programs
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Football Programs of the Thanksgiving ‘game
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