Front matter
Reading edition
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Biological Survey
Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-54
Washington, D. C. Rev., December 1936
RODENT CONTROL AIDED BY EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
By Stanley P. Young, Chief, Division of Game Management
Contents
Page
Need for rodent control 1
Federal, State, and local cooperation 2
Training of E.C.W. crews 2
Timeliness of emergency aid 3
Forest and forage protection 3
Aid in erosion control 4
Examples of benefits derived 4
Safeguarding harmless species 5
Control work illustrated 6
Prairie dogs 7
Ground squirrels 13
Pocket gophers 15
Kangaroo rats 20
Rabbits and hares 25
Porcupines 27
A typical E.C.W. crew 30