[AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?

[Herbert Metz]

Golly, this goes back to early 1940's when I went to a one room grade 
school.   The adjoining property was a farmers pasture, well populated by a 
multiplying bunch of ground squirrels (chipmunks).    At recess and noonhour 
we would get several buckets of water and ballbats and put the works to 
those ground squirrels.    After a couple weeks the teacher realized we were 
not tiring of our latest pasttime, and ruled the pasture as "off limits". 
Imagine the ruckus such activity would create today.
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis" <louis at kellnet.com>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?


> When we had some extra time on the farm; we used to fill up a 500 gallon
> tank and flood the holes.  We did it during the heat of the day, since
> the woodchucks were most likely to be in their holes at that time.  It
> was like taking candy from a baby.  They would come out of their holes
> and we would blast them with a 12 gauge.  We also had other methods that
> were very effective, but I won't expand on them, since the item we used
> is no longer available and not labeled for rodent control.
>
> Louis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:46 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
>
>
> We've got one here in Sask. called the"gophinator". Uses anhydrous
> ammonia.
>
> The Gophinator is Back
> Three years ago, a farmer invention called the gophinator was kicked out
> of the new inventions area of the Farm Progress Show in Regina. The
> Regina Humane Society blew the whistle on the device, since anhydrous
> ammonia fertilizer is not registered as a pest control product. The
> inventors are the Maze family of Cutknife and they ve been fighting red
> tape ever since. They re still working on getting anhydrous accepted for
> gopher control, but in the meantime, they ve found there s no law
> preventing them from building, displaying and selling the machine. It s
> just a portable anhydrous tank with a hose and a wand for putting
> anhydrous down gopher holes. Anhydrous ammonia is a common nitrogen
> fertilizer. Farmers work with it all the time. Using it down gopher
> holes is safer and more effective than poisons like strychnine. The Maze
> family says there s a huge demand for their gophinator and they re happy
> to be back at the Farm Progress Show. It s just unfortunate that the
> Pest Management Regulatory Agency in Ottawa is still bungling along,
> unwilling to officially accept anhydrous ammonia for gopher control. I m
> Kevin Hursh.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
>
>
>>
>> http://www.gophernator.com/rodenator_pro
>>
>> Blast then out.
>>
>>
>> Original Message:
>> -----------------
>> From:  ROBBRUT at aol.com
>> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:00:20 -0500
>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com (Antique tractor email discussion
>> group)
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
>>
>>
>> Carl-
>>
>> Dry Ice
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>