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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Rats and field mice in drainage lines |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 10, No. 2, February 1930, p. 33. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We are troubled considererably on some of our fairways with field mice occupying drainage lines and continually undermining the fairways. What would you recommend for getting rid of these pests?" |
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| Source of Question: | Connecticut |
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| Answer/Response: | "Field mice do not ordinarily live in drain tiles, although they may congregate in the lower areas through which drainage lines run. The common house rat frequently gives trouble on golf courses by living in drain tiles and opening burrows to the surface at frequent intervals. In the event they are rats and not field mice that are giving you trouble, it is thought the most practicable method of control would be the forcing of calcium cyanide into the burrows with a dust gun. If you are certain they are field mice, the use of poisoned bait would prove most satisfactory. A suitable bait may be prepared by dissolving 1/16 ounce of strychnine in 1 pint of boiling water and pouring it over as much oatmeal as it will wet, which will be about 2 pounds. The preparation should be well mixed, or until all of the oatmeal is moistened. A teaspoonful of the bait may be placed at such points as are within reach of the mice. Care should, however, be taken to see that the bait is sheltered from access by children, domestic animals, and birds. Detailed information on the control of rodent pests may be found in Farmers' Bulletin 932, "Rodent Pests of the Farm," which may be obtained by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Animal pest control; Control methods; Drainage systems; Mice; Pesticide recommendations; Rats
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1930. Rats and field mice in drainage lines. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 10(2):p. 33. |
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