| Show LOCUSTS AND SALT LAKE AT the recent annual meeting rne ings at detroit of the american association a for the advancement of 0 lf science prof C 7 bliey hiley state entomologist mo logist of missouri Miss gurl guri read a paper entitled the locust plague and how to avert it in which he discussed the merits of five methods with that purpose in view L 1 destroying the eggs egg s 2 destroying the fledged unfledged un insects 3 exterminating the perfect insects 4 encouraging their natural enemies in les ies 5 preventing their ravages b by y artificial methods it was concluded that the surest way would be to carry the t e war into 0 africa 11 that is to attack the insects in their home in the rocky hocky mountains employing the soldiery if necessary to accomplish the purpose that last would be a capital idea better than silting sitting down on their haunches at corinne corinno to prevent the people there from being frightened to death think of the soldier boys out on the benches chasing the locust and following the grasshopper the secretary read dr A S packards paper on the supposed 1 ancient outlet of the great salt bait lake in which it is conjectured that the lake once flowed out through the bed of an ancient river which can be partly traced beginning feet above the present lake level the reduced altitude of the surface is supposed to have been caused by evaporation |
