I FIGHTING THE TUE GRASSHOPPER The editor of the Courier some sometime sometime sometime time a ago o asked the Utah Agricultural al college to suggest the best method methodI of attaching the o outbreak of grass grass- hoppis George E. E King Icing assistant entomologist of or that Institution Immediately immedIately Im im- mediately sent sect the following reply It Ii will pay every farmer In the basin basino o o read the letter and then get busy and follow Instructions Here is the letter Logan Utah Juno June 20 1922 Editor Courier Duchesne Utah contend after having tried out a arge ergo number of different substances Your letter of recent date hasteen has ha teen been referred to me for attention I appreciate what your problem is and vill will suggest that the best method of attacking the outbreak of 1 lers ers will be a united community organization orto or or- to carry carryon on a systematic poisoning campaign The bait I recon rec- rec tin on a large scale over a serIes aeries of years under ander our local conditions is made prepared and used as follows Tools Tools For For mixing have some hovels and garden rakes If a vacant va va- cant ant room is available for mixing the alt in it Is better than a a. platform or wagon box in the open A good Ight header box however would bavery be ba bevery very good Have also liquid measures s sand and scales Procedure Take Tal Take e pounds ot of ran Iran coarse preferably and mix Ith rith it dry b by turning over agouti about about vice wice 5 pounds of white arsenic To his add 5 gallons of of liquid compos compos- composed compos compos- ed d of equal 1 parts harts arts of water and crude syrup that from sugar factories is ls cheapest and as good as any Thoroughly Thoroughly Thor Thor- mix these ingredients and heat beat up all lumps The object ot of thoroughly thorough y mixing at this point is s to York rork the sticky syrup and poison polson venly verily through the whole mass and ando andt o rid the bait ait of all lumps It If thoroughly done there will be no lumps and the the whole mass of bait will be almost dry and very flaky When it has reached thIs condition it wi will 1 seldom become lumpy after after- afterward Now add enough water about 7 gallons more or less to thoroughly moisten the bait not enough to drip and mix until it Is evenly wet vet all through It is now ready for use Spreading g Bait The fhe The only method methodI I have used d to distribute the bait Isby is isby isby j by broadcasting it Scatter in as fine particles and distribute te as evenly evenly evenly even even- ly as possible wherever the grasshoppers grasshoppers grasshoppers grasshoppers' grass grass- hoppers hoppers- are found They pick up fine particles of bait as we well l 1 or better better better bet bet- ter than they eat from lumps and it meets ets ets them In my work I have usually usual usual- ly Jy y prepared the bait in the afternoon in lots of pounds of bran larger tots are too cumbersome and begun Dreading it out about o'clock inthe inthe in inthe the afternoon and finished by dark Substitutes Fair Fair results but bu t perhaps not so good have been obtained obtained ob oh tamed by using clean line lne sawdust instead of bran If It so used for a an equal weight of dry sawdust increase e by one-half one the amount of if f arsenic arseni c and syrup used In III mixing less caris care car is necessary as sawdust does not noi t lump up If desired half sawdust and Ind half halt bran may be used and has lias lia seen leen reported as giving good results b but t I have never so used It ft Instead pf tiff a white arsenic one may use Paris green green in the same quantities This bait does not kill instantly In fact the hoppers may be sick for days day before dying Those dying first ar are e often eaten by others Sometimes Sometime even after six weeks the bait wll wil l le continue to produce results while whit e under other conditions ma mabe may maybe maybe y be necess necessary ry Experimentally grasshopper bai bait t has given about equal results when sown in rank vegetation as when scattered elsewhere It is desirable t to to o bait batt all places where the Ule hoppers con congregate congregate congregate as th they y crowd in from higher high high- er or less desirable places I trust you will give this Information information tion Lion as wide publicity as possible I In Incase Incase n case any difficulty or special problems problems problems lems are are encountered you will r a favor by writing this department rt t concerning it it n