Show grasshopper CONTROL by 1 M hawley professor of zoology grasshoppers may be unusually abundant this coming summer in most parts ot of the state the ground has not frozen deep enough to kill the over wintering eggs of this postas a result we must expect that many small hoppers will hatch out in localities cali ties w where here grasshoppers were abundant last year it would be wise to think now about using poison balt bait talk it over with your neighbor and with your county agent make kiako sure that materials will be aval laible there may be quite a shortage of poison this summer be cause of the immense amount that Is being used in the southern states tor for the control of the cotton boll weevil in experiments carried on in montana the addition of salt to the baits has increased their attractiveness especially when the grasshoppers are full grown about five pounds of salt are used to pounds of bran it has not been tested thoroughly enough under utah conditions to say definitely whether it should always be used sodium weed killer has been substituted for white arsenic as the killing agent in some places la in colorado one pint of sodium nr senite was found to be equal to five pounds of white arsenic 98 per cent it has the advantage of being easier to mix with the hie bran andrien and ihben Tien used at the above rate is considerably cheaper when sawdust Is available the use of halt half bran and halt half sawdust has its been found to give it good results as bran alone experiments tend to show that sawdust alone la Is not nearly as good as the halt hall and halt half mixture when sawdust is used three pounds ot of this material should replace tour four pound of bran we sla suggest gest the following formula A kran bran 20 pounds it intille IN while lilLe arsenic 1 pound or sodium Arsen its about 3 ounces 15 pint C beet 2 quarts D amyl arail acetate ounce 0 salt optional 3 1 pound r water about 3 gallons gallon |