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Mechanical gopher-bait applicator for pastures and open fields

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R. A. Kepner, University of California, Davis.
W. E. Howard, University of California, Davis.

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California Agriculture 14(3):7-14.

Published March 01, 1960

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Preliminary field trials with a mechanical bait applicator indicate definite possibilities for a new method of controlling pocket gophers.

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The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1804.

Additional field trials with mechanical bait applicators are planned by many California County Farm Advisors.

Detailed construction plans for a mechanical gopher-bait applicator and operating instructions may be obtained without cost from the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis.

The mechanical baiting experiments in Colorado are reported in Special Scientific Report: Wildlife No. 47, 1960, by A. L. Ward and R. M. Hansen, U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C.

Mechanical gopher-bait applicator for pastures and open fields

R. A. Kepner, W. E. Howard
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Mechanical gopher-bait applicator for pastures and open fields

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Authors

R. A. Kepner, University of California, Davis.
W. E. Howard, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

California Agriculture 14(3):7-14.

Published March 01, 1960

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Author Affiliations show

Abstract

Preliminary field trials with a mechanical bait applicator indicate definite possibilities for a new method of controlling pocket gophers.

Full text

Full text is available in PDF.

Author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1804.

Additional field trials with mechanical bait applicators are planned by many California County Farm Advisors.

Detailed construction plans for a mechanical gopher-bait applicator and operating instructions may be obtained without cost from the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis.

The mechanical baiting experiments in Colorado are reported in Special Scientific Report: Wildlife No. 47, 1960, by A. L. Ward and R. M. Hansen, U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C.


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