| Show E u A 9 THE discovery of the ancient geometer when in natures garb he ran through the thay street making the above exclamation was utterly insignificant and valueless when compared with the dis co covery ve ry of a method of destroying the ho hosts t of grasshoppers or locusts which have infested grasshoppers t the e fie nie fields ds and gardens of this territory for the past four or five years ears the discovery of archimedes M did not affect the food and lives ot of the people but aa as the hoppers threaten ane destruction of the peoples bread a in ethod method of destroying them and preventing their doing harm to the cr crops p might save life such a discovery has we are assured been made and in p proof of the assertion the discoverer can show eight acres of wheat treated by this method untouched by the pests while the crops of his neighbors all around him have been destroyed by them the author of this discovery is bro norman G brimhall of south cottonwood who for the benefit of all callea called this morning and reported his method of procedure assuring us that from his own experience he can guarantee success to all who will follow his plan early in the season when the pests began to move and threaten the crops brother BrIm bramball Bri mahall mahali hali ball commenced experiments for their destruction he first drove them into herds which is easily done and then put straw around them and set iton it on fire burning large quantities of them he constructed water ditches BO so as to turn the course of the hoppers and in this way caught many bushels in sacks and buried them he also dug pits and drove them in and covered them with dirt but autie butle the way is not yet told that was to scourge them with willow scourges urges at which he and his boys worked until they completely vanquished the foe the result being bro brimhall assured us that he has a better prospect for crops than he has had for nine years past the period during which he has farmed the same ground when by the scourging process a goodly number of the pests are killed the survivors will not touch the crops preferring to feast on the bodies of their defunct fellows bro brimhall being deeply interested in this branch of entomology tom studied the habits of these noisome insects and he knows by observation that where parties will take this thia course and scourge and slay the pests while young there is not the least fear of their touching any other kind of food so long as they can feast on the dead of their own kind there is one period in their youthful days which is said to bo be peculiarly favorable for dispatching them that is before their wings are developed they are then very dull and will not move and while thus situated they can be destroyed in large numbers while they are shedding their coats costs they are also harmless and may be easily killed bro brimhall and his boys carried on the war for twenty four days and triumphed neighbors on every hand who gave u up the he contest now wonder at his line fine prospects and mourn over th their ear own blighted and barren fields fieldsa the scourging process may be carried on in wheat fields before the grain comes into the boot when instead of doing any damage it is said the crop will be improved by the operation this is the process related to us this morning others have had a somewhat similar experience such a remedy is within the reach of all and if it the liberal use of the willow will save the crops and make bread plentiful we predict for that terror of school children the birch rod a much higher standard in public estimation than it has ever enjoyed heretofore |
