Show I. I Poison Grasshoppers Now is the time t to begin pois ming m- m ing fug Last year this Hlis paper recommend recommend- recommended lcd l- l ed cd a bait which satisfactory tory lory that we again publish the formula for for- mula mule Tools For For mixing havo bavo some shovels and garden rakes rakes' If a Vacant va vacant vacant va- va cant room is available for Cor n mixing xing 1 the bait in it is better than a platform platform platform plat plat- form or wagon box In the open A Ag g good od tight light leader header box however ilOWe would be he very good Have also liquid measures and scales Procedure Take pounds of or bran hran coarse preferably and miX with It dry by tur turning ng over about twice 5 pounds of white arsenic To this add 5 gallons of liquid composed composed composed com com- posed of oC equal parts of water and crude syrup that from sugar factories factories fac fac- tories Lories is cheapest and as good as any Thoroughly mix these Ingredients in ingredients ingredients In- In and beat up all lumps The object of ot thoroughly mixing at this point is to work the sticky syrup syrup and poison polson evenly through the whole mass and to rid the bait of all lumps If thoroughly done thero there will ho bo no lumps and the whole mass of oC bait will be he almost I dry and very flaky When It has reached this condition it will seldom become lumpy afterward Now add 4 enough water about 7 gallons more or less to thoroughly moisten i the bit not enough to drip and mix until It Is evenly wet all aU through It is s now ready for use Spreading Bait The The only moth moth- od used to distribute the bait is by broadcasting It Scatter r In as tiDe fine particles and distribute as as' evenly as possible wherever the gras grasshoppers hoppers hop hop- pers are found They pick up flu fine particles particle of bait as well or better than they eat from lumps lump and It gets them In my work I have baTe usually prepared the bait In the afternoon afternoon af at- In Iota lots iota of ot pounds of bran larger lots lota are too cumber cumbersome some somo and begun spreading It out ont about five o'clock in the afternoon 1 and finished by dark Su Substitutes Fair Fair results but perhaps not so good have haTe been obtained obtained ob oh- by using clean fine sawdust instead of bran If so used for lor an as equal weight of ot dry sawdust increase by on one half halt th the amount of arsenic and syrup used In mixing less care car caris canis is necessary as sawdust do does not lump up If It desired half sawdust and halt half bran may be bEJ used and nd has baa been reported as giving good results In Instead tead of white arsenic one maruse may mar mayuse mayuse use Paris green in ili the same ties This bait does not kill kUI I Instantly In lu fact tact the hoppers may be sick for days before dying Those dying first are often eaten by others Home Borne times even after six weeks the bait will continue to produce when sown In rank vegetation as u I when scattered elsewhere elsewhere It is desirable desirable desirable de de- de- de to Lo bait all places where the hoppers hoppe congregate as they crowd crow in from higher or less desirable places I |