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Show THE MIDVALE MESSENGER, WHOPPER fS BOOR FDR FEED INSECTS HIGH IN to PROTEIN Potato, Carrot, Beeto, Turnips, Etc. Wall Drained Location Should Be Selected Straw, Leavea or Similar Material May Be Uaed for Lining Cover With Dirt Prepared by tho United State! Department of Agriculture.) When graaahoppera make their ap- pearance they can bo destroyed by the common poisoned halt method. But there Is another way of getting rid of grasshoppers that makes the pests pay for the trouble of killing or catching them. This method consists of driving a grasshopper catcher through an Infested field, catching all the grasshoppers that hop, and then feeding the Insects to chickens. They can bo dumped Into sacks and hung up to dry and fed as dry grasshoppers, or If It Is preferred to feed the grasshoppers alive, the mrhl" can be hauled to the poultry yar placed so that the front will 3 jee the light The Insects will find their way out but not too fast for an ordinary flock of chickens. Thus the grasshopper catcher becomes a r. poultry An analysis of grasshoppers shows them to he high In protein and therefore good chicken feed. It Is known that chickens are more productive when Insects are a part of their ration, and grasshoppers when dried can be nsed with other feeds during the winter. Make-U- p of Poisoned Balt The poisoned bait recommended consists of bran or sawdust made tasty and attractive by the addition of molasses and fruit and treated with an arsenical poison. The following formula Is recommended : Bran (half and half bran and hardwood sawdust, or sawdust alone), 25 pounds ; parls green or crude arsenlous aside, 1 pound, or white arsenic, pounds; molasses (cheap feeding grade), 2 quarts; lemons, bananas or oranges, B fruits, or 1 ounce of cheap lemon extract ; water, about 2 to 4 gal- Outdoor banks or pits an used very generally for keeping vegetable The conical pit la uaed commonly for auch vegetables as potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, salsify, parsnips and beads of cabbage and is constructed as follows : A location should bt chosen and the product piled on tho surface of the ground; or n shallow excavation may be made of suitable size and six or eight Inches deep, which may be lined with straw, leaves or similar material and the vegetables placed on the litter In n conical pilau well-drain- self-feede- Grasshoppers Can Be Captured In This Portable Cage. mains a small central uncut area where the grasshoppers will have gathered and may be quickly and cheaply destroyed liy the poisoned bait If the grasshoppers are feeding in corn or young trees more water, or better, more mnlusses and water, should be added, and the mixture thrown forcefully co that the particles will adhere to the crops to be protected. How to Make Grasshopper Catcher. The grasshopper catcher, which has an advantage over the In that the Insects can be utilized for chicken feed. Is about 10 feet long with an upright but curved piece of tin In front and so arranged that the grasshoppers will strike It as they hop up, falling to the bottom and bock through a narrow trap opening Into a box behind. The tin front does not extend quite to the bottom, where, Just In front of the tin shield, Is a trip of tin ao placed that there la an opening about IM or 2 Inches wide, nils front atrip or lip may be made by nsing a length of gutter, one Ida of which Is flattened outward. The back and top of the box In the rear Is covered with wire screen and the top should be so hinged that It can easily be opened and the accumulated grasshoppers shoveled out as needed. A horse la hitched to an extended beam at each end and the catcher dragged through the Infested area, beginning at the aides and working toward the center of the field. old-sty- 16-fo- ENSILAGE IS VALUABLE FEED It la Excellent Feed for Cows, Sheep, and Beef Cattle 81 lo le Good Investment. While you are canning fruits and vegetables for your home, as you surely will, why not can (ensile) feed for your live stock? Ensilage may be railed canned feed, and It la a very valuable feed for cows, sheep and beef rattle. The silo will be an Investment If you have many animals to feed next winter 4 IN PARIS HUH WEST NOTES Elect rieiaus In the employ of the Montana Power company went on strike lust week. Demands presented lo the company are for un increase from $0.50 a day, the present wage, to $ti a day. Iailior unrest Is Induced in a largo measure by unsempuloiis met Inals emto a ployed liy profiteers, resolution adopted by the Butte Engine rs union, which was iiiiiialinvd lit the house Monday by of Silver Bow. In conformity with the lvcomiiioiid-i-lioiiof Guv. Saul V. Stewart amt suggestions of Mayor Slodden of ltiiiie, Trelnnr of Silver Bow has intmdih-ea measure in the legislature which prohibits policemen from inlle.-- ing salaries after ihcy have been discharged. Owing to the shortage uf hay and Mont.-tnn- . feed crops, the Jlounditp. Commercial club undertook to ship in and sell at cost to fanners, su li bay u they might need. The rf r was first published hist week, and within three days (inters for over Utm tons bail been received. Concorde in de la 4 Paris American the Tluce General vW of the troops during July celebration, showing At the request of I.aue, through Senator Myers of Montana, Monday introduced a Idll providing an appropriation of $500,000, or so much thereof ON AERIAL STARTING HONEYMOON ns limy 1m necessary fur the purpose of protecting timlier on the public lands from forest fires, to be expended under tin? supervision of the of the interior. Twenty-fou- r counties of Montana have fileil petitions with the seereiary of state against holding Hie special primary amendment eleetiou mi J .and five others are known to be on the way to the capital. If tlu-- reach the election will be autumat-- J Ically held up, uncording to a rilling by Attorney General S. C. ford. Damage to crops has resulted in Elko county, Nevada, through ravages by ground squirrels, lit- loss beIn SHUNHJ tin Meing estimated at tropolis and I.uiniiille fanning districts alone. An organization Inis been formed at Metropolis to provide funds with which to coiidin-- t a campaign of destruction again! the rodents. Niitb-of alliances ranging from 10 to 23 per cent in the rent of apartments at Spokane wus served on tenants, und rents uf business property and dwelling house also wen; raised somewhat. Ijtndlnnls denied Increases A real honeymoon In the clouds was Hint ol I.leut. J. Kllwood Iioudwlii, stationed lit Hulling field. Washington, were tho result uf concerted uction, but their aerial honeymoon. iul Ids bride. A special plane, painted a creamy white, wus placed at the couple's disposal fur were demanded by the adsaid d cabin makes an Ideal brldul chamber. Tho bride la vancestheyin cost of W was called the Honeymoon Express," and Its upkeep of their hown entering the plane and Lieutenant Boudwln is shown In the pilot's seat. . proiM-rtyState mid federal law Is to be invoked against criminul food profiteerprincess OF cherokees ;. CHICAGO NEGRO FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE ing in Montano. The county attorney of Silver Bow county at Hntte is with the fnired States district attorney, who will be asked to secure indictments liy a federal grand Jury against those persons who cannot lie reached by state law. Notice litis been served in the house of Montana Hint of representatives when the measure to enforce prohibition comes up, un iiuiciidineiit making It unlawful to possess liquor stored prior to July 1 would he offered. This has ruised a question ns to common law rights of citizens, which have hecn observed for centuries. The measure was iincxpccicd, hut prohibitionist expect it will be passed. Ten proposed met bods of procuring 'financial aid or employment for farm-- , ers whose crops have boon destroyed were at an executive session of tiie M'iilt;,i:a house, but a solv.:i n to all preblei.i which is apple-ablre raied by ;!. drought lias not lie. :i Cniislitu-- ; ir was stated, lioiml provisions make it impo-.;b:- . for the state to contribute financial sislance. A1! hough no rcpirts of serious dein tin' Malm and Montana velopment fop'! fire silmcion had boon received t fure-- t sen ice headquarters This photograph, taken in tin' black licit" of Chicago during the bloody at ili'trii race riots, shows a colored mail miking a desperate run lo escape wliil- - ui Missoula, Montana, officials declarhoodlums who were trying to eateli and kill him. Such scenes were frequent. ed conditions wire alarming with an absence "f ruin ami no prospects for relief in this din'd ion. Ed. J. lliggs, assistant cashier of the , MAIMED VETERANS ARE EXPERT DIVERS Wyoming National bank at ('usH-rshot and killed himself at llio home of the Itev. W. II. Bradley, pastor of the This Is Cliunkus Champ I it l.a. oil I'resbyterlau church, whose guest he wus to he at dinner. As Riggs arrived tueen and princess of the ciiemkees at the minister's home he wus handed lone of the five civilized Indian tribes). a i; ii from the girl he was lo marry .She hates modem dollies mid cannot breaking off their engagement. A'alt until site gets hack to her OklaStories of v.aicr shortage in MonTurk Now homa ranch to teur oil the arc not home out by statistic tana s finery and put on her leather mocca-slnon drowning for the iimulli of June, La and Jumpers. Princess lu according lo !r. J. J. Sippy, state epilores American music and believes that demiologist, whose figures show that It should precede all foreign 1." persons lost their lives In this manner. Willi one exception, that of n baby drowned by falling into a bucket Admirers of Bums Pleased. at Eureka, the deaths were the result So Intimate and personal is the of swimming accidents. that the verses of Itohert Burns An estate valued at $25,000 in real Inspire In a host of admirers scattered and personal property In Multnomah the world over that the reported county, Oregon, wa left by Georg isirtralt of a Primrose, the minstrel, who dic'd lost at the poet will probuhly arouse more week at Stin Diego, Cal. Viola Primgenuine interest than the recovery f rose, his widow, and Albert, a brother, s long-lolikeness of almost any other were named as beneficiaries under tho writer. Mr. W. M. Gray of Warwiik-ihlre- , will, fileil for probate. England, believes he has found understood to Sir Robert Borden inch a portrait in Dundee, and the dishave a ski'd the British embassy at covery la verified by Inscriptions on Washington to request nil inquiry Into the original eighteenth century courns the arrest of Waller Scott, former preuncovered with tho removal of the linmier of Saskatchewan, at Pembina, N. D.. by a I'nltcd States immigration ing which hnd been added to strengthen It. According to this evidence the on the ground that lie was travportrait was painted by eling without passports. Mr. Scott has Anderson and the great number protested to the premier Rguinst the of readers to whom Bums Is still n treatment he received, asserting h very living poet will be Interested also was ordered to leave a Northern Pa- -' In Mr. Gray's opinion that, more than cifie train and, after I ming arrested, most o( War heroes in the Walter Wood hospital In Washington, D. any of the known portraits, this latest was kept lucked up for nearly three whom have lost an nrm or a leg, nre shown going In for a dive In the new hours before escaping by breaking likeness shows him aa he was pool recently donated to the Institution. by Sir Walter Scott. lt rough '.lie plastered wall f win cell, i S.-p- i lli-leu- 1 lons. The poison should be thoroughly mixed with the bran. The water, molasses and finely chopped fruit or extract are then mixed and added. The mixture should be wet so that it molds in the hands but Is not "soppy. The bait should be scattered broadcast at the rate of seven to ten pounds to the acre, applications being made In the early morning. In clover cr alfalfa much material and labor can be saved by first cutting around the field until there re-- TROOPS ON JULY -- (Prepared by the UMtad Sts tee Department nf Agriculture.) Pollened Balt Recommended Conslata of Bran or Sawduat Made Taety and Attractive by Addition of Molaaoea and Fruit 'N VEGETABLE STORAGE Safe Place for When Dried They Can Be Fed Poultry Flock With Other Feeds During Winter. AM ERIC OUTDOOR BANKS FOR MIDVALE, UTAH glass-inclose- Safe Way to Keep Potatoes Carrots, Et The vegetables Should then be covered with straw or similar material and finally with earth to a depth of two or three Inches. As winter approaches, the dirt covering should be Increased until It Is several Inches thick. The depth of the earth covering is determined by the severity of the winters In the particular locality. It Is well to cover the pits with straw, corn fodder or manure during severely cold weather. The amount of ventilation necessary will depend upon the size of the pit. Small pita containing but a few bushels of vegetables will receive sufficient veutilatiun If the straw between the vegetables and dirt la allowed to extend through the dirt at the apex of the pile. This should be covered with a board or piece of tin held In place by a atone to protect It from rain. In larger pits ventilation may be secured by placing two or three pieces of board nailed together at right angles. Vegetables keep very well In such pita, but It la difficult to get them out In cold weather, so that when a pit Is opened It Is desirable to remove the entire contents at once. For this reason It Is advisable to construct several small pits rather than one large one, and Instead of storing each crop In n pit by itself it Is better to place a small quantity of several kinds of vegetables In the same pit, so that it will be necessary to open only one bank to get a supply of all of them. In storing several crops In the same bank It Is a good plan to separate them with straw, leaves or other material. The vegetables from the small pit may be placed temporarily In the storage room In the basement DEAD VEGETATION IS USEFUL Grate, Straw, Stalks and Leaves Should Be Plowed Under for Humus-MakinMaterial. g According to the Ohio experiment station, vegetable matter, such as grass, straw, stalks and leaves, loses In six months tally 50 per cent of Its carbon or humus-makin- g material. In other words, these materials plowed under In the fall are twice as valuable for humus as when plowed under In the spring. Here Is an excellent reason why every day, when the ground la dry enough, should be utilized in plowing under the dead vegetation on our fields. IMPROVE FERTILITY To Maks It Possible to OF SOIL Raise Good Crops Next Year Land Must Have Good Cultural, ' Every farmer la Interested In getting large crops and ample profits year. This is laudable and highly desirable. But good crops will be need ed next year and the yean that fid-loTo make this possible the soil mast have such culture as will Improve Its fertility. : dlsi-ii-se- ' fin-lin- st 1 old-ne- w Wll-.ln- |
