Show GRASSHOPPER IS MOST INJURIOUS Sometimes Appears in Sufficient SS h. h Numbers to Consume Every Green Thing in Sight DRY WEATHER FAVORS YOUNG t Az J i Hoppers Hoppers Are Active and Able to Jump I tt Immediately Upon Emergence Emer m gence From Eggs Three Eggs Three Methods Meth Meth- I s. s of Control f Y t j A. A Prepared by the tho United States Department Depart Depart- r ment meet of Agriculture t The periodical cicada an Insect nl- nl al almost most universally miscalled the year 17 tot f locust has a bad reputation but the t destruction It causes Is negligible compared compared com coin pared to that wrought by grasshoppers t r pers pers which which by the way are arl true members of the locust family The ci cicadas cicadas dadas d- d adas have been blamed for much of V t. t th the work of the grasshoppers Both Roth the young joung and old hoppers gnaw naw and devour the grain crops t. t wholesale and work In large swarms r which sometimes attain sufficient numbers num bers to consume almost every green 2 thing In sight t Dry weather ordinarily favors ors the f successful hatching hatch of the eggs and K the subsequent development of the h hoppers while cool wet weather as fiS asa I a n rule Iule Is unfavorable and J rM h hr s r Young Grasshoppers Feeding on Clover pers often die In great numbers fromY from Y u disease when weather conditions of Yr this character prevail The grasshoppers pers lay Iny their eggs In the soil soli the j 4 banks of Irrigation canals being favored favor favor- ed for this activity and the young youn ti tf grasshoppers appear the following spring In some of the Southern and Southwestern states the hoppers emerge as early as February while In Inthe Inthe Inthe the northern territory the eggs are not hatched before the middle of May 1 or orthe orthe the first part of June The Time young i grasshoppers are active and able to toc c hop almost Immediately upon em emergence emergence emer emer- 1 gence gence from the eggs In In 70 to 90 DO days duys they attain maturity and develop t wings Hence the time for the farmer to attack attach the pest is during Its young stages singes Three Methods of Control There are three methods of controlling controlling controlling control control- ling grasshoppers according to specialists of or the United States department depart depart- m meat ment nt of agriculture agrIculture destruction destruction of the eggs catching the Insects In the fields c by traps and use of poisoned baits Wherever possible the ground containing containing con con- taming the grasshopper eggs s should be thoroughly plowed or disked and bar bar- rowed In the fall as these oper operations prevent the eggs from hatching the following spring The Is a n mechanical control Implement and consists of a 5 galvanized sheet Iron pan or trough having a back at right angles f J to the pan It Is about 16 18 feet In length and mounted on runners made of wood or old wagon tires Hopper Hopper- dozers often are made of a of pan galvanized galvanized galvanized gal gal- sheet Iron but the back and side wings are usually built bunt with a wooden frame covered with stout muslin mus mus- lin or light cotton duck thus ing fag lightness and elasticity of ture The rhe insects hop Into this us trap which h Is drawn across the field by horses horse As many as fiS bushels of grasshoppers have ha been collected by the use of on acres of alfalfa How to Make Poisoned Bait As ordinarily prepared the bran bait baitis is composed as follows Wheat bran 2 pounds parts paris green 1 pound or white arsenic 1 pound 6 0 fruits of ot finely Chopped lemons or oranges orang s 2 quarts of ot low-grade low molasses 2 to 4 gallons of water according to climatic conditions The Too bran and parts paris green or other arsenical are thoroughly mixed while dry The fruits are then finely chopped and added and last the diluted dl di molasses Is pouted poured over the bait I and the whole thoroughly kneaded This amount of poisoned bait is sufficient sufficient clent to treat about three acres acres when the grasshoppers first hatch Later when they are nearly full grown this mount will suffice for about five acres res If sown broadcast in strips one onea yard a apart S Blow mow flies files robber flies files and digger wasps' wasps all prey upon grasshoppers while wild birds from the minute humming humming hum hum- humming ming birds to the mammoth hawks also assert a marked control Complete Information relative to o ogra gra grasshopper shopper control is presented In In Farmers' Farmers Bulletin which has Just been reissued by the the United ted S States ta tes department department department de de- of agriculture a copy opy of which will be mailed free on request |