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Show COMBATING GRASSHOPPERS. Q! I p,8 5 m Just now wlnn the grnrshopper wnr i u In some poi tlons of Utah it ts nit i, Ming to rend of tho means , i t I li the people of California to , I I the hoppers The Onllfirul r u i lower tells of the folio lug i, It i t Hint are bt lint used In that 1 1 ,t IWONIVU Tn vlnevnrds nnd other plnntntlonn v H s tint pnsplhli to use killing , 'I i pobon han often pioved , v bnble The follow in In the . i rill the vv ishliib uuout three- i ,l tin fu'l of bran n Id six pounds of mil mix II thoroughly with the , In nil iiliniit four ptiuil'B of to use it in In tl lull llll the pull with i ii 1 stli nut I Iho greater pint ' it ii.ii Is dbt.lvtd Tin u pour 111 , w itel Into Ihe hi m anil m in hi I imnln nil tin- I ill with v a-I a-I r I I intt d an btfoit until llll t,r I In in, l III the pa I Ins In en .11' lv I nil Htllisl to tin brill Now ir ibc littti tboioimhlj and add as nu Ii vnti i ua Is nt it uy In llior mitlilv urn ate Hit mlxnm- nn 1 it Is i 'j fir use 'Ihinw about a lal lint li-nt infill of tills nilxltne III on Iho gr uiiiil bemvilli null vine lufosletl wllh hrish purs nnd In n hIh rt time- Hip I, Her will leiivc the vim mil toilet t ttniiiib, Inaii an I siHiu coniiiitnn foe I- lug upon II 'llmsi vvlil.h aro upon tin Biound six or eight ret I fmm Hie bran will soon Hid their wav In II Sf-trtatliik- ii nun h t r tin bum us Hi, v tlcslli Ihe ginssliq cis llsll illy trawl on" mil Ul.v bile themselves bennllll vvetsls tie. Is of tilth i It nnd 111 a few hours will be found n In .It ad A common uiisliluli or tills in n-li Is suf-lltleilt suf-lltleilt lor iilsnlt Hit litres or grit vines "In enable one In mth. r up tin rniinanls t.r Ihe isilsmi iftei Us iimk Is don, Hie pi at lb p Is niliipli ,1 nf plat loir Hi Inm on Bhlnglesor itthri thin plena of vvinl width run ensllj be seen niul run lle I Ml Bllrli Sllipllls ItilBon sboultl I" luirlnl tin 1 1) In thn Biouinl 'lln re Is some llllle tlllTi r-ento r-ento or opinion us In the pminrllou of nrsenli whbli Is lit si aim ns lo ndvls-nblllls ndvls-nblllls of using i Utile ml Idlings in liinke Hie inlxluri moie coinput t Out rrrsirtptlon Is as follows Port) louiils of bran llflein poinds of middlings tutiynllolis ihiiipsvrnp twillty pounilM ois.nlt, inlxed soft wllh wadr Olbt rH rediKo llio arstnlti In Hflitu i oiuuls niul nlbris In ten iun,ls with llio Bume wilghtH nf other IngiedlentB llAIIItll.ltH As to binlers tn grasshoppers' progress, pro-gress, a small stieain Is mi proto Hon whllever but ruber the rt verse, lis thn hinds lloat tlown .nil luid vvheiovtr thus Is fond, mil then ko nlT in-alii but a I irge rlvn belnr ion vfldo In Hunt neross Is a i rent protictlon A sniall ditch t in, linwevtr, bo iiiiido nvallnble by loverliiB It with a lllm ot pelro-leiim. pelro-leiim. liy rigging a enn or kcinsnio m It will leak about tour drops nr lulniito upon tlm plowlj moving wtilei, a deatlly lllm of till will epread over tho mn I'm, nf the till, li Olhtr bai Hi rs wblth ran be upcl lo prole, t or, bur, Is mid vlntjaribi v, lil.li mo In the pitth or the Invasion, in ly bo descrllnd as follows Onn nf tho lust wiijb In kill the joung Insects Is by tlltiblng or lieiulilng. Mmplo illtchni two fttt wllo mil two rut deep, with perl intlleulir sldts, oifer cf. fpctunl bnnleis lo tlm joiuig lioppns befoie they get their wings Thty leciimiilito In such tlllt lit mil die in such masses that the steiith fiom them Is Intolnnble nnd the piiittlte Is tn bury tin in with soil In onlcr to keep Dip main trendies open It Is custoni-ary custoni-ary to dig ilta here and theie In tin trendies whlth mo lllleil up an sum nn full of inn pers, and other pits dug fur liewioiners rroressm lllley siijh that when dltchoH nre not enslly mule untl whom lumbei Is plentiful a board fence two reel high and wllh 3-liuh batten n tiled on the top nr side fiom wlikh locusts mo coming, the oiIro of It smeurtd with toil tar, will answer us an effectual Imirlcr and provo nsrful to piotect llilds or guldens It Is stilled Ihut when the hoppers comnunee tn liy they nted not bo rt ured In tin, vlnev-iids, since by bull. ling Hies mid making smoke, such na Is used us prntut Hon against tinst the peals enn bo prevented fiom lighting on the vines hUI.IMUTfl H.MOKINO A Nebrsski fumer rurnlshoB one nt our San l'mntlsm tonteinpoi irlits with what Ini dalms Is an Infallible menus of driving awuj the grasshoppers He thus describes ft Takt hay straw nr rubbish, nnd dump It off In fnrkfuls a mil upart over tho Hell on the wlndwnnl side. Next. Mirlnkle from one-fourth to hnlf a pnu n I of sulphur on 'uch pile, mid In tho evening s, t the substance on lilt About sundown, Ihe air being suffl-eltntly suffl-eltntly heavy to keep the smnko down dose to tho gioiinl the wind will roll It nll ovei Hip Held Tho smoke will stent everything growing upon the Held tn suth nn extent that krusshop-I.is krusshop-I.is will never crime, them ngilu during dur-ing the Biason that the sulphur Ih applied ap-plied I trltd this method for thrco sensoiiH In sin tension when the gruss-ho) gruss-ho) pers swarmed In my i lads from tho Itorky n'oiinlnliis nnd It nluuvs pinvnl Btitcessful Tht, rnurlh II mo I applied the sulphur Finokp Iho troublesome fuse, fu-se, ts hnd been hiitdied uton tho Held and had cut nlT the cro s nf wlient clear to tho roots, but laftei being ' smoked' they disturbed nothing fuither Tor about eighty nrrea of lm I from forty to fifty pounds of sulphur aro icqulred IJSINO nuns AND l)l'ICUi:S t the labt Invasion thn Natonia vine-jard vine-jard nonr Sitrnmento wna saved by llrlng gruss lilting the inudwiija and all glassy patches mid hiving the posts lino the llames and ditches 'tho great iiuark was fnnn the foothills outsl lo tin ditch that tnolrths the, vine tract mil Hie) weie kept out Tho attempt wiiH r.vude nlung the eiisttin bortler of thn vlnoymil In ktii thu tleptruetlvo hordes moving southward nnd t this t lid a gang of e'hlntso wna ktpt busy belting thn grnunl with boughs ind sat Its Iho greator tltpendenre on the Natonia rstnto Is put In dilvlng them Inln Hie opt n watti ionises an 1 by llrlng llr-lng tlm kius on tho bird and Inked ginuuds 81 HAW TftAl'S Many liisfds un eislly ilostiojcil on open hnds b) burning slum Tho Btiuw was laid In long Huts mil tea or twtntj fiet wlilt Tho hnppers In their inanh, nr on btlng drlvin from other pines w mid tuko iliellir under tin stiaw f i inliig lo pi ft i It tn ginks buisli ai I all other things. They i ml 1 f irnly bo tlilvcn nut of It When the travv wna uufllcl ntly full ut them It vvus tired and tho destruction of almost eveij grasshopper In It was I v. il ' irl B nssureti It rl is B ASriIAl.Tt'M I'AN'S V iUl In Ktin cnimtj 'n tirevloiis jeirs tlm IfK ; pffi fBl pest has lit en unite 1 und sluln nlmost m v X HBl 10 cl, i munition A slns.t nf iinn six- ft," "p lee n fpet long anil foui feet deep, e!M ,,jt turn, d up llko n slid iiuimr nt tho S ; h .I front e.lgi In bit, bed bt hind tvo hi ' ,6 hoi?, s It. twee, i this nml the hnrsca R. smiill i Inlns uie so IKed ua tn awctp gifi ' 1, the ground thus e lining ivrry grass t,M . 1i hopper tn got nut of Hint ' '1 here 1 1 lB It, H a slight lln, in on in I mis p'.nle nf Inn l't t tUf nut upon Us upp, r am rat , verj llqu i f,'.-, Jfl nsphnlliim la poured I lieu the in j',j :ttW HH Is started up iliog.'llllg thin tint til,- ij I , fflj BBf oil the Kmlind lithlml It with In )!: i"; ,n J suit that tvei) gi isi boi or l Its K ,'h iH HBl t tlisp wlilth Is Inr. ppough ti li p J f iif-M HnH sooner or liitr fulls Into Iht II I i Mlfll HB turn nli.l pirlshts Thi hurt le 1 I ! of aspliiiltuni i ulns him so Hi i in s I ill HjHJ who even lou, li II no Intt 1)1 s IH &B HbB It 1 na beta found Hint In i ir i of lml' tM, lb HJ 11 mile 111 nphnltum bet it le o I lded Kit . ' JM BBf wllh grasshtiptteis tint II h l I tn bo 'jJi ( ' fl scrape I rr unl ft, sli li),r Jtlded It H? I't1,! W Ih i-stllllltid Hint en, h llVtl of nsplnl ' i , it, i SMJ Imn will hoi I 12(oou Binash q tia, a R,'i Kl'lllH hnrvept of tuOOJi) gr iiinhopfeis per ifti1' 3i ''J IB LW Having; limed Hip , III,. 'icy of this (MS t U (& Um nit llio I Ihe Ikoin lounlv Iind com ftf Sl.aaj WM UUf pans weiii at Iho work of pxliliiiliullou Bwfl U jW H In Hi. st llinmiinli wiv II, vennf tnfM'i M yf Mml these plnl.B sixteen feet by four wem taimrli'p; l 1 Mm liiiul I nliminl miking a moving llin MM i i IH of n'pliillum 17i; fit Ioiib nml r.nir MM f H iJ IH ft I Wile tnpllbl, nf Clldilllg 27f000) SMI Si"? TiB nH grassboppiiB tvti milt piovnltd th it RlfH 3W 1 1 aH lb. sitpili loll mu unl as i Ighl- eu KH'n!nll ji laafl mill linvcl Is a dm s woik, Hut nindn Ifc 5&W aiaaaai liromiiii ginsshopi.rH In nsph ilium raiN Gf f mWl "i " fm ftk ,m iaH |