Show RIDDING FARM all A arx OF grasshopper favorite Ilcin ner edy nedy by colorado agricultural collece in arsenic bran mash nig a 8 artnur bounso colorado agricultural college in eplite of tho the act that a great deal of work has been done by experiment stations on grasshoppers no royal road to control has baa yet been found hach each attack has to bo be considered on its own merits and relief sought through the most promising channel one of the favorite remedies Is nr ar bran mash this Is made by mixing one pound of white arsenic with 25 pounds ol of bran the nr ar conle Is so BO near the color of the flour in the bran that it Is 13 not easy to tell when the mixing la Is well done to overcome over como this difficulty the arsenic may first bo be collected by adding a littie dry paint after the bran and arsenic are well mixed they should bo be moistened ned with water put in just enough to make the particles stick together this mixture should be scattered where tho grasshoppers are thickest it if the insects ire are invading a garden or potato patch it Is well to scatter the bran nash about the borders in the fields of alfalfa or grain the bran should be scattered where the grasshoppers congregate on ditch banks anil and dry places all the insects will not find and eat it but many will and otten often the crop can bo be fairly well protected the writer has never used this preparation against young grasshoppers but some farmers state that the crops may bo be completely protected by its use while others claim that they will not eat it of course it will not do to scatter hla his substance where chickens will be likely to pick it up tip and none of 0 the mixture must bo be left where domestic animals are apt to get it or bo be fed from tho vessel |