Sherlin 1958 Journal pg 11 Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. Hill, Dr. Brown and myself). A shot me but failed to find it in an alfalfa field. The two bills shot 4 between them, one was not found. June 16 Up at 6 AM. Checked traps at Ferrero Ranch and took them up. Our total "catch" here amounted 25 gophers. Spent the rest of the day putting up skins. After supper we drove around in the area north of town and west of the S. P. railroad tracks. The land here slopes down to the valley floor. We introduced our selves to a Dr. Werner Fletcher Hoyt, a retired M.D. from Berkeley. He gave us permission to trap gophers on his land, from which extends from the valley floor onto the slopes. There are numerous good alfalfa fields on his land. Since it was late in the evening we had time to set only a few traps - I set one near his house, on the valley floor in alfalfa and two about 1/4 mi to the north on the slope, also in alfalfa. The latter place had very hard rocky surface soil that became softer and less rock at a depth of about 6 inches. The bottom land soil had few and smaller rocks and seemed a little softer. June 17 Up by 7 AM. Checked traps on the Spring Creek Ranch (the Hoyt place). I had two gophers in two sets but both were in the same double set. We then continued setting traps on the Hoyt Ranch. Five doubles and three