Title: Control of field rodents in California
Identifier: controloffieldro139stor (find matches)
Year: 1949 (1940s)
Authors: Storer, Tracy I. (Tracy Irwin), 1889-1973
Subjects: Rodents; Mammals; Rodents
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : College of Agriculture, University of California
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of California, Davis Libraries

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has been tied around trees with effective results. Poultry netting of 1-inch mesh, 20-gauge galvanized wire, 18 to 24 inches in width, cut into strips 12 to 18 inches long and formed into cylinders around young trees, is a common means of pro- tection. Such cylinders should be braced so that rabbits cannot press them against the trees and gnaw at the bark between the wire meshes. A fine-mesh wire or hardware cloth would also protect against meadow mice, especially if pressed down into the ground at the lower edge. Shooting Rabbits may be effectively controlled by shooting. They feed mainly in the early morning, late afternoon, and dusk of evening, when a gun is most effective; but they may feed also at night, so that this method is not entirely successful. Ranchers troubled by numbers of cotton- tails may obtain some relief by inviting sportsmen to hunt over their lands during the open season. On certain ranches spring hunting of jack rabbits is pro- moted; the hunter thereby obtains some sport at a season when other game cannot be shot, and the rancher some reduction of jack rabbits. Such hunting, however, will seldom clear a ranch of the animals. Reduction of jack rabbits in the spring is of especial benefit in limiting the number of young which might otherwise be pro- duced. Jack rabbits have been hunted for market use, and this aids in reducing their numbers, but there is some danger of contracting the disease tularemia when dressing wild rabbits. Any person skin- ning wild rabbits for fur or food is advised to wear rubber gloves.
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Fig. 25. Rabbitproof fence and gate. Bottom of fence wire is buried 6 inches or more and lower meshes should not be more than Vh inches apart. Gate is covered with 1-inch poultry netting and bottom of gate must be within Vh to 2 inches of the ground. (47)

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