| Show I WITH WARRIORS 1 Enormous Losses Caused by Ravages saVageS of Grass Grasshoppers Grasshoppers Grasshoppers hoppers F y KNOWLEDGE GIVES POWER C l HI HIro Ihl To ro nr II 0 wo loll or of 0 f i Is 11 pol lit said Hall al III atthe 1 Gr s yesterday mako nuo fillo hc th the material tOt for practical Instruction In InThe n tull The Th pupils in tile tho schools can My ul erve their Ld Lct thorn tham bring brInI eggs ggs In tho thu thoral school room loom Plant n few cew the rail ral into III to them In spring and watch I lit ch feeds beil hatching and 1111 the doings doI of o tho th h They rhey are aro tiny fly things young oung JC IC permuted to feed on favorite plants almost eo them Increase In InIze cnn tn size Ize Tc The r uda Iron C IRI Inri of ot 30 35 3 years extinct but there thero arn Irn oth i It now 10 tig r f s i o o or 1 th the worst the Wan W lor I heth on tho thu wilt alt If or 01 I alkali l Hats flat U caused causel great 6 I la In I Sanpete a 1 few fuw years i co H It Is 13 migratory In habit and n hence to 10 o bo be feared Tho Tha eggs are arc laid just iT i on oil the he edge cd of ot the alkaline places es lInens thi the alt aIt lt grass and I ii arc nil all found fo do clos together in a fl few The rio young oung hatch in early carlY spring and bli 8 lions of thorn march maich Ilko an nil army In Inne lone nt ne They The turn aside for fOI i nothing nut not een even for or food and Mid will vIII cUt rIght through an nil oat heidi eating J close to O the ground that part of or It 5 which lie He directly In their path but hut sparing the tile remainder on ench side sl e 5 This Ibis mIgratory initiatory instinct makes fools lot of 01 them for tor they walk straight on to toI I barren places when many perish parish But Dut ButI I when get wings they fly fi In Ini i swarms over ocr all nil the tho fields and devour I th crops DESTROYING THE TuB I In attempting to destroy tho the swarm swarmIng swarmIng Ing warriors the tho state and the tho counties have paid out thousands of dollars at 11 1 per pel bushel But Dut had theIr life his bin history tory torr been known this expense would have haie boon been entirely unnecessary Tho The speaker had Investigated the egg areas 1 In Sanpete and SevIer counties and hud had found that the tho eggs are laid only on I small areas Irons hundreds to every overy square imio These Thes eggs can call be destroyed by the with nn an harrow In Inthe Inthe Inthe the tall tail If Lf the grasshoppers hatch hutch out itch catch them with a II balloon a sack hack I with wItha a a mouth 12 1 feet cot wide 2 foot feet rl et high und and andI 12 I feet Icet long supported on a n frame A Arnall man on gallops over oer tho the thoMA thon MA feid n ld dragging the balloon and catching the young hoppers as ns they rise Thirty two tons Ions were vere thus thun taken from a four tour aero Md field Ditching is 19 also employed Tho The ditch Is oblique toward tho the direction from tho the swarm Is III coming coining The Tho hoppers will wIn walk right Into it Ii mini the side being beIn In the same samo tl l n they th cannot get ret out aut They hatch very vory early in III tho th spring and pt gt g wings In July ALFALFA GRASSHOPPERS or grasshoppers arc or of two kinds the tho red legged l and antI tho The lays GO O 0 tho the sec second cud ond HO eggs eSs They The lay la their thelt eggs In the ditch banks along fence rows lOs in land landan an among limon poor alfalfa They Tho hatch hatchIn In spring pring tho the little hoppers stay here hele hereIt It Is IB driest for a few tew ow days das und and then spread preal over tho the fields They rarely travel 1 more than 40 or 50 10 rods reds In their lifetime Disc Dine the ditch litch minks banks and other places especially the tito lucern which will also vastly the tho leia and you ou will have havo very vcr fow few grasshoppers to catch If they hatch out cut which really should never occur prison Izon them by sowing Rowing broadcast a 11 nature mature of ot 15 11 pounds of bran and und to ono one pound of arsenic and three to five fio pounds of or sugar Mix dry dr and do not ot breathe tho the dust dost u it Is in dangerous Dampen h to stick the tho arsenic to tho the bran hut hit do not make It wet Let Lot this bo b done dane by the farmers and no state will bo necessary If It tho hoppers spread over the tho fields catch them tb m with a machine A box two feet Ware 16 feet long IonS covered with ItIl wiro mosquito Couite netting anti and with a II tin front fronti i f foet H high drawn dm wn by a u hoino at II t each euch Is used for this purpose At t l the tho back are ro trap doors through the hoppers are nr dumped into n a ditch or sacked for tor chicken feed For tho the grasshopper Is not clear Ho HII can an nee seo a n moving d the t e bright brigt sky sl but little more moro When hen nen this machine which has nn an arched tin Un front extending to the bottom and hiss has u IL horse homo at nt each side passed cd over the field thed the dull sighted illos away from tho ho homes hurties and against the bright ht tin which It scorns Booms to o take for the tho sky KY Down this It es and crawls Into Inlo tho the taip TilE THE BLACK Jn early carly days especially tho people suffered much loss Ios from the tho black cricket ot of tho thic mountains When It becomes too tou numerous In tho the hills It to the thc valleys Though Thought It destroys tho th crops Its migratory In Instinct Instinct cause Its Us destruction Those Thoo that migrate te never nover return They no KO straight on till they dl die from lack Incle of oC food The Tho Dost best remedy Is to catch them in ditches or 01 to stop them by a n board fence with n a curved tin Un tintop tintop top tOIl It came camo Into Inlo two years yearn ago URO Our Katydids long IonS slender Mender mot inot tied tlell green groen live IIvo on tho the or ry They rhey fhe fore foro they the tho hear henr their oars cars en Ill are aro on their front legs as os in all tho the family tho the grasshopper which has hiLS earn cars on the tho abdomen THE SAND BAND Tho Tb Band cricket yellow ellow und black blackIs Is a n harmless but formidable looking baking creature that makes a 11 good object for Cor indoor observation by children since It IL ll curious unties antics when played with lIh on Ca a n smooth table It is in often ofton called culled a f scorpion though nothing like one and is III quite generally and avoided havo two body hodY regions four Cour pairs of legs the tho front ones a n pair pul of ot strong pincers und and iv a tall tail Sand SaUd crickets have three body hoil regions three 1 pairs of legs nud hub no sting CATCHING Tim Tho Tim cockroach a lint Hat insect with feet crawls through cracks In window sills inco It Is scarcely thicker than n a peace ot of o brown paper It Is In a II pest In houses Tho The croton bug Is also a II cockroach House Housekeepers housekeepers keepers will wish to know the tho remedy for tor it A greasy dishrag In a granite iron fron kettle with a board loaning beaning against tho the kettle loft standing In tho the room nt at night will entrap the cock cockroaches roaches A more thorough remedy Is Isto Isto isto to fumigate with of potassium a deadly poison or to feed Iced thom them on sugar sUbr and borax but tho the first method is usually suI clent Tho The small black crickets occur in the harvest fields There Thero are 1110 two kinds not related Ono One sings slugs In tho the spring lays Jays its eggs and then thon dies and ono one that hat I hatches in summer and sings through harvest t No Io cricket sings nil all the year The snowy tree cricket is tho time Insect that sings In the trees In tho the fall fali It lays eggs In tho the raspberry canes Canon and spoils tho tue bush The Tho walking stick of Utah are small mall and und live IIvo In the grass KrasS They harm harmless harmless less and Interesting Like other in 11 insects sects it is well adapted by form and color to survive lit In lt environment by its resemblance to tho the twigs or stalks stalls of vf grass gross on which It lives liven |
