Show insecticides urged in hopper Topper control declared better than use of polson poison baits warmers turners have hav access to easler easier ailcy and better wan way to protect their crop crops against grasshoppers thail than by the use of polon poison baits any of three newly developed insecticides chlordane phen or benzen benzene lre ire are recommended by the uj U S depart i moot of agriculture for general use against hoppers hop perls peris on 00 a large number of crops another well known insecticide DDT IDT work against grass hoppers hop bop pers peri experimental work with the three insecticides insecticide has been carried on by federal and state agencies long enough to td be sure cure of the results remits each has hai advantages and choice should hould depend on special pedal need needs the type of sprayer prayer or duster used makes little uttie difference so 0 o longas the insecticide goes on evenly and in the right amounts all three insecticide insecticides are both stomach and contact pol poisons sonn sons under field conditions chlordane and ar are kne best as stomach poisons chlordane is best as a spray made from an emulsion for half grown and most full grown hoppers use one half helf pound of actual chlordane per acre double the dose for tuli full grown crown or big yellow grasshoppers Cb chlordane lordan iordan Is a slow kills killer and results are not apparent at once but hoppers stop feeding as soon as all they swallow a good dose the killing effect of chlordane lasts about 10 days benz benzene ene is best as a dust dusk although at may be used as an a spray made from powder use at the rate of three tenths of a pound of actual gamma isomer benzene per acre or 30 pounds of one per cent gamma gemma qt per acre directions on the package will win tell you how to get this concentration the effect of this insecticide lasts about two days or chlorinated can be used as a dust as a powder or as an emulsion the emulsion usually lasts longer Is aval avel available lable labie in 10 or 20 per cent dusts it gives good results at the rate of ad 30 pounds of 10 per cent dust per acre As an emulsion it should be used at the rate of one and a half halt pounds of actual against small hoppers or two and ad a half or three pounds against large hoppers is effective for ab about out 10 days if the hoppers are confined to the field you want to treat you can do a good job with benzene but if it the pests are moving into your nield field from the outside be wise to use the longer lasting chlordane or A agricultural 9 aids lin lie K aw AWK T X the dolens Go lens of winston salem balem N C may not be graduates of a farm fann school but bot their advice tsoU Is followed owed by hundreds of thousand of farmere farmers throughout the south their year old blom blum almanac 12 rull full of bold predictions safe advice witty sayI sayings ngsi and Is the market place for no strums household aids etc william williamm goslen and junius juntus goslen jr are shown here admiring the he almanacs almanacs on the wall Is the he port portrait rift of junius janius W goslen who published blums before them i water soluble chemical eli eff effective active on quack grass quack grass can be killed with a water so soluble lubie chemical according to TL F carlson michigan state college horticulturist tests have proved that quack grass can bo be controlled through use of a chemical commonly known as quack grass Is one of the greatest nuisances cm on the farm and in the garden and ando is the best bast chemical available now for its cab COB nol noi rol carlson said seid |