| Show I Bombs and Shells May Be e Employed in War on Insects V WASHINGTON ASI Mans Man's Mans Man's war agai against 1st in insects infects literally will willbe willbe willbe be a real one with real guns bullets shrapnel bombs and anti loud explosions If It a n new way of exterminating these enemies described de do scribed In a patent granted here to Otto V. V Huffman of ot Bedford Hills N. N Y T. T works out as well as the In Inventor inventor In- In claims Shells loaded with charges of ot powerful Insecticides are to be shot from guns to explode Into clouds cloutIs ol or deadly bust Just to envelop trees and fields and make male short work worl of ot the Insects In the same way bombs or sticks of Insecticide are to be exploded exploded exploded ex ex- ex- ex like d dynamite to disseminate throughout the entire surrounding area an ultra fine Insect destroying dust Can Use Shotguns According to the Inventor ordinary ordinary ordinary nary shotgun shells can be loaded In the usual way with compressed wads or slugs of ot Insecticides Instead instead In In- stead of lead shot When such a ashell ashell ashell shell Is fired he says the force of explosion projects the wad or slug of Insecticide like Uke a bullet except that after atter the slug has traveled a certain distance It breaks down into Inton a n cloud of ot ultra fine dust At what distance this breakup will occur depends upon the makeup make make- up of the slug or wad wad Its Its compactness compact compact- ness and moisture content But this distance can cnn be calculated ant and shells can be loaded and marked to Indicate how far the Insecticide will wll travel before beCore It explodes Into a n cloud Getting the Range Armed with an ordinary shotgun and antI as many rounds of these shells as necessary the exterminator would go about the business of warring warring war war- ring on Insects something like this Say It Is a tree he wants want to rid of ot pests He first Gist judges the range e eto to the top of ot the tree Then he loads the gun un with the proper shell sheU alms aims and shoots The slug of Insecticide explodes right over the tree |
