Show WAGE WAR ON G grasshoppers RS SHOPPERS california authorities I 1 devising ways and means mean s t to 0 P prole rot t aft t A agriculture g at al lands fr frostl 0 I 1 pest county hot horticultural coin commissioners miss loners throughout california ave been asked aske d to forward information on the grasshopper pest reported in a number of districts fp in northern california Call fornia 0 fo o george 11 hecke state bortl horticultural ral commissioner V F fragmentary rag re received nt at heckes office have indicated that large swarms of have infested agricultural in sutter slitter modoc lasan a batte and other counties and have caused considerable damage to crops melds S one of the best methods of extermination an official the spreading of pol poisoned bran which the hoppers devour quickie burning of the grass also Is an effective means but the fire menace at t this season necessitates the of 9 greatest greatest caution 2 harrowing by means the eggs of the hoppers are arel rought to the surface to be earn ean ea n brants or other insects and flooding flood ing tt t ground also are e advocated to prevent hatching the enforcement of flaws for the curbing of pests Is vestile in the county horticultural commissioners but in cases where the menal e to crops Is extensive the state commission ion coop co op crates in a concerted boriss campaign laign of extermination as was ame this spring achen the statewide state wide r eat drive was conducted |