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Show Dtatli to Grasshopper. Superintendent l'ruiik M. Driggs ol tho State school for the deaf, dumb and blind, and County Fruit Tree f nspeetor Hicko'ilopcr liave just completed u sorted sor-ted of experiments on the school farm that may prove of the greatest importance import-ance to the Inrnii'rs of the State. The experiments wuto conducted with the idea of producing tin til'ectual remedy for tlio grasshopper r.ut with which the farm was iifllicleil. That tlio experiment experi-ment was n success Is evident by the fact that to-day Plot. Driggs nnd Inspector Inspect-or HickenUpei went over (he Held and gathered up bushels of dead grasshoppers whero the iciucdy had been applied. Messrs. Driggs and Hlckcnloper nre highly elated over the result of the teBt and today gave Thu Tribune the for-mula, for-mula, recommending its use by all who aro bothered by the i.oppers. Tko re-cipo re-cipo is us follows : Tnko twenty pounds of bran and one pound of arsenic, and mix thoroughly Then tnke u bucket of water and a pint of molasses, stir together to-gether with the bran, and sew along tho edge of the Hold lucerne, orchard or vino. Tribune. |