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Show THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE. Thc Invasion by the grasshoppers still continues In Sinpete and Sevier counties, coun-ties, and the pests nre now reported In Utnh county, doing grent damage to crops on the bench hinds The propo-Won propo-Won ns to how to most effectuall) combat tho hoppers Is u, serious one The people of banpete county have worked nobly ln their efforts to save tho crops, having employed almost every known means of dcstro)lng tho pests. The bounty paid by the County Cnmnilsslnnera had n stimulating effect nnd caused the pcnplo to catch several thousand bushels of hoppers Thc hop-perdozers hop-perdozers also exterminated vast numbers num-bers It Is said b) close observers that tho fungus sent out by tho Department of Agriculture for the purposo of spreading disease nmong1 the hoppers works well In damp weather or when tho camping placo nf the hoppers Is on wet ground There Is still a limited supply of the fungus tn be hid free of chnrgo by applying to the Utah experiment experi-ment station at Logan The inash ot poisoned bran worked well as nn Insecticide for the grasshoppers grass-hoppers in Webor count) last car Tho mash la prepared b) mixing one hundred hun-dred pounds nf bran Into a stiff dough, with water ln which five pounds of vhlto nrsenlo nnd one nr two gallons of molasses have been dissolved This mash should he scattered In. small plleB nnd covered with a light layer of lucerne lu-cerne or gross ln the path of the hop-peis hop-peis It would be silly to claim that any ono plan of operation Is tho best Tho sltu-ntlon sltu-ntlon Is a serious one, nnl the people of Utnh may bo confidently relied upon to meet the enemy bravely and lgor-ousl). lgor-ousl). One word of advice seems timely time-ly nnd that Is to net promptly Mark Twain once read In" an autograph album al-bum Thrice armed Is he who hath I"!s quarrel Just Mark ndded1 Hut four times he who gets his lick in fust So It Is In this grasshopper war Tho faimer who gets his lick in fust' will bo the victor In tho fight. |