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Show THE SAUNA SUM. SAUNA, tTAM. I r i The Fastest Washing Machine Made The Maytag HOW TO POISON GRASSHOPPERS IN 1924 Grasshoppers were much more abundant in many parts of Utah the past summer than they were the year before. Plans should be made early in the spring to carry on a vigorous campaign against them this coming summer in places where they were abundant in 1923. The Utah Experiment Station and the State Board of Agriculture suggest the following formula for poison bait: Bran (free from shorts) 100 lbs. Sodium arsenite (weed killer) 1 or 2 quarts, (see below) or White arsenic 4 or 5 pounds. Sugar-bemolasses, 2 gallons. Amyl acetate 3 ounces. Salt 5 pounds. Water 9 to 11 gallons. The above formula and the notes that follow are based on the experience of the past season in Utah and surrounding states. In some cases sawdust may replace bran in the bait or may be mixed with it half and half (see Mont. Agr. Exp. Sta. Cir. 112)., This has given good control as a rule. If this substitution is made, it has been found wise to replace the bran with the sawdust by bulk rather than by weight. For example, if normally a sack of bran would be used, a sack of the same size filled with sawdust should be used in the substitution. Sodium arsenite (weed killed) has given good control in almost all places where it has been used. It has the advantage of being cheaper and of mixing more easily (See Colorado Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 287). When use one grasshoppers are quart to the 100 pounds. When used in the above formula a grade should be used that contains eight pounds of arsenious oxide As203 to the gallon. Five pounds of crude white arsenic is usually considered equal to four pounds of the refined product. Either grade should give good con trol, if sodium is not obtainable. The addition of salt is favored, es n pecially when grasshoppers are at the time of poisoning unless the soil is alkaline; then a bait is better without salt. The use of amyl acetate as a substitute for fruit was almost universal last year. It is much cheaper and equally attractive to the grasshoppers. ollwever, it should be ordered early as there was trouble in obtaining it when it was needed in some parts of the state last year. Be sure to have a good grade of amyl acetate The grade technical No. 1 is the usual one used. Some brands that are labeled banana oil or bronzing liquids contain little amyl acetate and have impurities that may repel rather than attract the grassTheie is no advantage in hoppers. increasing the amount of amyl ace tate given in the formula. In fact, it has been shown by experimental work that when too much is used it acts as a repellant. If grasshoppers are abundant and amyl acetate cannot be obtained, use the bait without it but use 20 or 30 oranges or lemons. 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