Trapping on the farm . f bluish fat; or, if these can not bereadily found, the whole anal parts may be used. In preparing 4ounces of the mixture use one-quarter the amount of glycerin togive it body and prevent too rapid evaporation, and 1 grain of cor-rosive sublimate to keep it from spoiling. Let the mixture standseveral days, then shake well before using. Government coyote trappers use with great success whatmay be called the Bakken prairie-dog set (fig. 14). In aprairie-dog town the trapper beds two steel traps about Cinches apart in the edge of one of the hills and chains themto a stake d
Trapping on the farm . f bluish fat; or, if these can not bereadily found, the whole anal parts may be used. In preparing 4ounces of the mixture use one-quarter the amount of glycerin togive it body and prevent too rapid evaporation, and 1 grain of cor-rosive sublimate to keep it from spoiling. Let the mixture standseveral days, then shake well before using. Government coyote trappers use with great success whatmay be called the Bakken prairie-dog set (fig. 14). In aprairie-dog town the trapper beds two steel traps about Cinches apart in the edge of one of the hills and chains themto a stake driven at the month of the burrow. A deadprairie dog is placed between the traps and the burrow soas to look as if going into the burrow, and is wired by itshead to the stake, the stake, head, and wire being coveredwith dirt. Beginning near the stake, two shallow trenches aredug, inclosing the prairie dog in an angle to direct a coyoteapproaching the bait over the traps. In making this set the Trapi-uKj on the Faim. 409. Fig. 14.—Diagram to Illustrate the Bakken Prairie-Dog Set, UsedOriginally by Government Predatory Animal Trappers in Montana. Part of a prairie-dog mound is cut away and a stake driven there with adead prairie dog in front as a hait. A trench is dug on each side, and twotraps, chained to the stake, are concealed In the soil just beyond. A ccyottewill not step over a. trench to pick up a prairie dog, but will approach thebait over the smooth surface concealing the (raps. 470 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1919. 1 rapper invariably works from the opposite side of themound. No. 3 traps are used for coyotes and No. 4 trapsfor timber wolves. Wolf skins should be cased hair side out. RACCOONS. Raccoons are found throughout the United States, mainlyin the vicinity of ponds and streams. They feed on a greatvariety of things, including fruits, green corn, fish, frogs,birds, small animals, and occasionally poultry. They sleepduring the day in holes in trees
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