Show grasshoppers ARE A destructive PEST fa combination of three small Hopper dozers attached to wheel wheels in mannera to be pushed instead or of pulled by hone horses prepared by the united states department of agriculture her oer a it large portion of the country ot of the chere liero the ho annual IH Is erwi than 2 21 1 inches grasshoppers are among the borst oret pesta chich the fanner lina ti to combat in tn farmers bulletin GUI CAM united santes department of agriculture to tuo practical ine aun of control are ruff aug 1 I 1 lie the destruction of tho the eggs and 2 the killing lilling of the insects by nunna of poisoned lo leonel bait the eggs are inid laid shortly before tho the coining of weather eather the adult insects selecting for thi this purpose ahen callable mal lable firm soil in vcr drained locations abandoned fields undisturbed turbid strips under tenets and niong along neglected roadsides the bank banks of irrigation ditches dit clies nui butelo eod niong along the edges of infected fields are favorite places the egg hatch about the time of tho the lost last spring frosts and the young grasshopper grasshoppers then push upward to tho surface in order to feed upon the nearest vege land should be I 1 it ft tt rough to expose ne as ninny eggs a ws possible pos elble and after hard freezing weather eather tt it should bo be bar rowed to expose any erga eggs that may hare have been covered before if these precautions arc are not adopt ed d abid the are allon allowed ed to hutch hatch from the eggs they mav may be controlled luti inter in hy by the use of if the follow follan ing pol poisoned iio leoned bait lorfn SO 30 pounds blitte arsenic or taris green I 1 pound oranges or lemon lemom 0 pounds sarup of nio inola laiso isco 2 quarts ater 3 gallons 11 hite Is preferred oming ottin to its cost Is must leis alian larl groen green at the present time the dry bran and poison should hl mixed in a the omi anil the juice and finely chopped pulp and peel of the fruit should then be addea to the anter and poured over the mix ture of brim bran and poison polson this mash Is very attractive a to Krca gresi shoppers hoppers hild it Is fresh but when nhen dry dr or stale state it U 14 of little value the earl morning in 1 the beat bt time to ri catter it oer the ln in N T ix 0 S A sowing poisoned Polo ned bran bait from a buggy in treating meadow meadows to Des deitoro troyo fittl ff A KA grasshoppers ers in new now hampshire antion it if the land Is plowed to P depth of at least elx six inci es i arly in the year the eggs will be torkied so deeply hat that the joung cannot emerge they lime been hatched it la to desirable esi rable that this thi plowing should bo be as much before april 15 as us possible 4 where the crop to be grown on the land does not require plowing the eggs may be des destroyed troed mith little ex pense by stirring the ground to a depth of about to indies inches before march 1 this breaks and crusham ninny of the cylindrical in aich the eggs are cei cemented rented firmly gither to others are des destroyed troed by exposure to the s or froni from the attacks of natural ene ulles in clatin soft ground a heavy hairum u III aa the to datt destroy y ehg g gi 1 in li aca deiv jr AN weedy fields alfalfa or land in which patches pat clie of eod mod occur the diek liar row ts Is required d in treating alfalfa la in his nay may cire should be taken acl nci to act the deep enough to cut off the cromity of th plants the tested land oe as the grasshoppers are just bul beginning to food then and the mash doe not dry out fie as quickly 04 if jt it vure applied later in the file day flay after the first day little of tho halt fit eaten eo so hot that several application may be necessary in badly badir inflated ields the formula mentioned mill provide a sufficient BUdi clent quantity fr 5 of heavily infested Infest eI land and should coat cost about 25 cent cents per acre for one application if the lie infestation ie in not very heavy tho the amount should be enough to treat 10 acres ackes sag j att ctt if it the poisoned b bilt lit tx 1 ac litterst event domestic and birds will not pat eat enough of it to harm haria hem them the bait ho housler how cier ucler neer be placed in heape or battered eatter cd thickly nebout and c aro should ie le taken to koep mhd enior out ut of if the reach of children and domestic doicu atle anlin als it Is 1 lt bist not to 0 use the hands fur mixing as the poison may bo be absorbed although thare are no knoma in witch po leonin hue has fol followed loed tho the sun sunlit Lic of tho the net bait |