Show plan war against ainest grasshopper pest ten states and 3 canadian provinces unite I 1 forgo fargo N D once more the so called biological balance ot of nature seems seeing due for an adjustment and central north america including canada faces the task ot of the most intensive war on grass hoppers in the history of agriculture to lay careful plans for that wat wai representatives of ten tell middle west eru ern states and three ClIn canadian adlan arv inces haie hae just concluded a con ference here devoted to control ol of the grasshopper scourge believed more threatening for 1034 titan tins has heretofore been conceded governors entomologists from the varl arl ous states and from the department of agriculture and representatives of numerous commercial organ la lions are enlisted in the battle that are sure must come in 1031 1931 north dakota which Is in the midst of the infested area Is takina the lend lead in preparing for a determined m ined onslaught against the insects w which well have destroyed millions of d dollars 0 liars in crops the last two years situation Is menacing in statements fortified with figures from carefully complied compiled in made in the held field agricultural school experts from wy oming north dakota south dakota minnesota idaho wisconsin Wis const nebraska and montania Mon and fro from man isoba and saskatchewan re reported arted that hopper eggs deposited th this a fall fail together with the fuel fact that the ml all type of hopper a descend ant of the old rocky mountain to lo cust cusi Is evidently present in great numbers combined to make nin ke the t h e sit I 1 it antion one of great potential men ac ace the conference appointed appoint ea a corn com of ten headed by it I 1 11 sum slim tier ner of minneapolis secretary of the crop improvement asso cia citation ci atlon tion to draft a program for co oper arlve state tind and canadian action to tight light the conference urges war imminent danger to northwest ag ae ri culture lies in tiny any appreciable delay of the war against the hopper according to the report adopted by the conference these are the dec la rations chrit a calamity of major proportions impends Im that it enn can be prevented by prompt intelligent and organized notion that because it affects all the states of the central and northwest it Is a federal government job that the federal government should proceed at once to organize and finance the campaign that it should start not later than january the plan of campaign submitted calls for direction by the bureau of entomology of the department of agriculture co operating with grasshopper control committees in earni each state organized under the direction of the entomology departments or the farm extension service departments the plan includes a preliminary educational campaign among bust ness men and farmers as to the se riou of the situ situation allon and the circumstances that the menace can he curbed with proper effort it was pointed out the lute late cold rains next spring might destroy most of the eggs but that it was unwise to lene leave the matter to the tha caprice of nature |