Show grasshoppers ARE MOWING DOWN GROWING CROPS farmers are sorely afflicted this sea son given for eradication of the pests from saturdays standard A plague ot grasshoppers has possessed the country to the north 0 og den and unless some vigorous methods aro adopted he crops in that section will be seriously damaged crops of all kinds are fro athe pests anil the farmers are at a loss to know to do one man alone reports tho loss of cases of raspberries rasp berries and it is stated that they are now starting on the gooseberries goose berries while the wheat fields also are suffering the presence of the grasshoppers is the result of the recent fires that have destroyed ho grass about the fields and orchards forcing the insects to invade tbt fields and farms in search of sustenance te nance the greatest sufferers are the farmers in the vicinity north of the hot springs although abo pests arc to be found la other sections nearer ogden W B wedell who is one of the beav ltd sufferers states that he has on his place and recommends the following preparation one part arsenic two parts sugar and four parts bran and aarts mixed dry add water then liberally on the ground clr wedell states that he has used the preparation to advantage and believes that it vill exterminate the pest |