being six to seven inches thick and weighing about 65 pounds.The standard target is about five inches thick and weighsaround 50 pounds.
The Johnson grass target is more moderate in price, islighter in weight, and will give good service. It has no seedsto attract mice and rats; these rodents usually ruin a ryestraw target if not properly stored over the winter.
I would like to point out that the material used in eitherof these targets is sometimes harvested in localities that areinfested with chigoes or chiggers. There have been instanceswhere these pests have been introduced into sections by themedium of such targets. I had the misfortune to have thathappen to me; this incident has not been pleasant to remem-
