Kern County Agricultural Commissioners Office 908 California Condor Eben McMillan October 7, 1964 The following is a letter on file, dated October 6, 1964 in which is submitted information which I requested of Agricultural Commissioner of Kern County regarding amounts of 1080 poison grain put out since 1945 Year Plague area Rodent Control pounds acres pounds acres 1945 22,223 38,954 none none 1946 63,745 258,104 8,568 38,051 1947 58,708 249,757 10,156 87,062 1948 37,580 407,481 7,284 108,065 1949 61,799 354,143 14,868 96,635 1950 28,786 155,115 2,415 90,519 1951 30,218 348,256 7,050 181,740 1952 17,264 246,028 932 32,285 1953 26,167 389,136 8,688 61,058 1954 6,906 62,090 38,838 359,049 1955 12,981 68,431 47,770 374,639 1956 5,135 59,119 33,710 408,424 1957 6,269 68,448 40,070 525,003 1958 5,203 95,450 20,860 303,724 1959 6,536 58,061 36,201 589,879 1960 3,292 44,891 24,357 516,831 1961 4,205 47,889 23,323 363,331 1962 3,950 40,678 23,797 443,014 1963 2,905 43,492 27,231 384,697 I hope this information will be helpful to you in your Condor research project. Very truly yours Alice B. Cook Senior Secretary