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Show i Grasshoppers Threaten ?.L". Joseph A. Nielson nas Informed In-formed the publishers that grasshoppers grass-hoppers axe appearing on the nest side of the valley in alarming numbers num-bers and that immediate steps' should ! tuken to kill the pests before they are able to travel far and begin their destruction of crops. Mr. Nielson states that a thous- and dollars hs tff n the c-iai'y to fight the 'F .Li&opsts t'wt someone take w- . m anl:Ud campaign gainst the insects at once. h A formula given out by the uiau State Agricultural college, one ol several found effective in in-control in-control of the grasshopper enemj, "pound of Paris green white arsenic, two quarts cheap molasses or syrup, twenty-five lbs wheat bran or alfalfa meal, two four gallons of water A small amount of amylacetate or from !two to six ground oranges may be added to this mixture wh.en "ff.d against the grasshoppers, if desn-ed- however, the bait is commonly used without such an attractant. Thoroughly mix the poison with ' tf'iat bran or alfalfa meal. Small 1 amounts may be mixed in a bucket buck-et by means of a stick or with the hands if they are entirely free from cuts or scratches. Large amounts may be mixed on a tlat platform, in a tub or in a large flat box and handled by a shovel. ;as in mixing cement. The molasses molas-ses is added to the water and then 1 stirred slowly into the bran. A poor, uneven mixture results if the water is added too rapidly. Only enough liquid should be used to make a eiumby mass that is not wet, but one which will "ball" in the hand. If the mixture becomes too wet, enough additional dry bran and arsenic is added to give I the mixture the proper consistency. consisten-cy. Broadcast over the fields late in 'the evenine for cutworms and grasshoppers, or in the early morning morn-ing for grasshoppers alone. It is well to scatter this poison bait over the bare field a few days before tomatoes, cabbage or other plants commonly affected by cutworms are planted, as the cutworms winter ever as caterpillars in the soil and are ready to feed at this time. I Grasshoppers- should be poisoned while they are small and preferably prefer-ably before they become established' establish-ed' in fields having a succulent |