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Show AERIAL WAR CARRIED ON AGAINST GRASSHOPPERS On TluirwUy ami l'ld of lHt we-k, June 10 and II, fifteen thousand ncr' f range land won- pr)el by airplane fur grasshoter control, according I" Kay It. IWndlxsen, gar-field (Vmity agent. lleber Thornley, Rurcau of Entomology. USDA divided the work. It was the responsibility of the local men who used or owned the range to pay the cost of the dlesel oil used as a carrier for the poison. The total cost per acre was about slxtey cents. Millard Hatch and Datus Ow i ns representing the Pines Live-Mock Association spent considerable time locating the exact eiea Infested, and spotting the area for the pilots. The Pines Association sprayed about fixe thousand acres, Millard Hatch also accepted the responsibility of handling the funds for all those Involved In spraying on the Pines and Hest Folk a tea The Tropic East Fork Live Mock Association also participated In the control campaign Those spraying private land and allotments were Stanley Tehbs, Vee Hatch, Ilex Whlttaker. 1)111 Proctor. Carl Syrett. and l.lo)d and Ward lleaton of Alton. The Panguitch, Little Valleys I.he-Mock Association represented bv John Crosby, sprayed about 70.) iicres on their ranp.e. My spraying early this year, It If hoped that controlling measures will not bo necessary next 5 car Unfortunate)'! some Infested lands were not sprayed, because he owners refused to participate In the control campaign. Infested areas left unsprayed alwas have good breeding aie-as for future outbreaks. |