Show Far farmers niters warned about chlordane Chlor dano A word of warning to farmers in the use of chlordane as an ansec tilcide to control grasshoppers was issued by A E smith county agent reports indicate that the material has been very effective in control ling grasshoppers but that is not the whole story the new chlordane Oct klor Octa kill Vel 1068 and others is according to united states department of agrical ture and bureau of entomology and plant very effect tive on grasshoppers however there has been very little research made to determine the toxicity of this insecticide to livestock or man it has been found that chlor dane given in capsule form to animals is lethal the U S D A will not recommend this material until more is known of its toxic effects chlor dane should not be used on crops that are fed to livestock it the material is used on alfalfa seed the chaff should be burned or des troyed chemical companies are selling this at no risk to themselves and to quote a tag found on a bag of a product put out by a chemical ca company non warranty seller makes no warranty of any kind ex pressed or implied concerning the use of this product BUYER assumes all risks of use or handling whether in accordance with directions or not it is clear that the farmer takes fakes full responsibility in the use of f this Insect iced there are three main species of grasshoppers in tooele thoele county one is an early hatching species and appears during may and june another middle season completes corn cletes its hatching approximately july and a third late species does not complete its hatch until about the middle of august if 11 chlordane is applied to control the early grasshoppers it may be necessary to repeat the dust ing to control the later hatching grasshoppers A heavy rain storm will destroy the effectiveness of the dust it if repeated treatments are necessary the cost will be doubled or tripled mrs elaine wassom and daugh ter terry ann and mrs wassom 8 9 father C R russell left this week for seattle where they will meet lt R E wassom who is arriving there july 21 from japan mr rus sell will attend the national con bention of the B P 0 E in portland before his return to tooele thoele lt and mrs wassom expect to return to tooele thoele on august 15 when lt wassom wil join the staff of the tooele thoele clinic as a dentist mgt arthur gillette and his wife and son made a visit in tooele thoele this week with their father P C gil lette mgt gillette will report back to lettermann Letter mans general hospital in san francisco on july 24 and mrs gillette and son are making a visit in ephraim |