Show Too Tooele le Farmers Far ers May M y Use t Turkeys Turkeys' in Cricket War TOOELE With TOOELE With federal agricultural agents and C C C boys fighting a losing battle against an army of crickets farmers Thursday Thurs Thurs- Thursday d day yur turned ed to turkeys in a last desperate move to save 1000 acres ol ot dry farm fann wheat and alfalfa a. a Possibility y of oI bringing In turkeys from Marysvale was wa being c considered by local loul farmers Fred Marysvale 7 turkey ranch ranch- er went over the e. e ground with Charles Hymos Hymas county agricultural agent Thu Thursday afternoon n. n Should they reach an an agreement I entire flock of ot young turkeys would bo be placed in the Infested Infested in infested In- In area Farmers arc hoping the turkeys will dp do Q what the seagulls seagulls sea sea- gulls guns did for tor t the i early Utah pioneers In stopping the Ute horde of ot crickets In 1848 when the first crops of ot the pioneers were threatened by crickets seagulls gulls halted hated the destruction destruction destruction tion by eating the pests I Eleven lust Just guns are being operated operated operated oper oper- in two shifts by C C C C. boys from the local ocal camp directed by agricultural wo workers kers The guns are concentrated at the mouths of canyons canyons can can- I in thy the hills hlIs cast cost of or Tooele but despite strenuous efforts the crickets crickets crickets crick crick- ets have broken boken through and are progressing steadily across more than 1000 acres Crops on the farm of ot Gust Buzi- Buzi anus and the community property operated by the tho Tooele L. L D. D S S. seventies' seventies quorum have been virtu virtually virtually virtu- virtu ally destroyed Other farmers are cutting the tho first crop I of dry farm fann alfalfa now but have little hope of ot harvesting g a second crop or of saving their dry farm grain unless the invading horde is halted |