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Show Report Submitted On Pest Control Approximately 125,000 pounds of poison bran bait was used effectively effective-ly in subduing the grasshopper plague in Sanpete county during 1932, according ac-cording to a detailed report just submitted sub-mitted to the Sanpete county commissioners com-missioners by Clinton Kjar, district agricultural inspector. The poison bait distributed in the infected areas consisted con-sisted of a mixture of bran and sawdust saw-dust and other ingredients. In the entire en-tire campaign, 40,500 pounds of bran, 0,000 pounds of white arsenic, 25 gallons gal-lons of sodium arsenate, 25,770 pounds j of molasses, 21 gallons of amyl acc-; acc-; tate, and many dozens of oranges and lemons, were used. The combined cost of buying the bait, trucking and distribution, dis-tribution, totaled $1,370. Through the cooperation of the board of county commissioners, the farmers and citizens in general and the individual aid of Elmo Irons of Moroni, one of the most threatening attacks of grasshoppers known to the county . was checked. Early in the spring evidences of the pending plague were plainly visible, especially especial-ly in the northern part of the county. Millions of the pests could be seen in the hatching stage and various methods me-thods of control were resorted to in (Continued on last page) Report Submitted On Pest Control (Continued from page 1) the hopes of checking the spread. Driving the hoppers into straw and then burning the straw, and driving into trenches and then burying, were resorted to. Flocks of turkeys and chickens were liberated in the infested infest-ed fields and partial results followed. The most effective method of control, Mr. Kjar's report showed, was the use of the poisoned bait, and only for the cooperation of all concerned was the crop saved from the ravages of the grasshoppers. No estimate of accuracy as to the number of the pests killed is available, avail-able, but it can be safely said that millions of the grasshoppers were killed, and it is believed that the campaign of last year will result in less pests this season. |