Show JOI JOIN N IN grasshopper FIGHT crop valued edat at in five north dakota counties saved by farm bureau prepared Pit pareA by the united staten dep ar y merit ot of agriculture annn bureaus of live counties of worth north dakota by fighting grasshoppers last year saved crops valued nt at slope county alone saved worth of crops nt at a cost of it wits as wen seen that nothing short ot of an organized fight would stop tho the pests so the county commissioners ot of the different counties were up appealed pealed to for funds with which to purchase imrch iise polson and other materials the money was voted from the lic general fund of oc tho the counties and the tanners tanner 3 were fur nashed with w ith poisoned bran the county money made it possible to purchase the materials in quantities and nt at much tower fewer prices tito the farmers soon saw that the poisoned bran when properly used wits ana doing the work and the county agents sicre kept busy tracing shipments of bran molasses ani arsenic F banners Fan arinders ners ninny many of whom would have been forred forced to rive give up their farms tt if this fight had have expressed appreciation for tho the assistance given them by tile the county agents and tile the cou chui coui 11 s and the county ers are arc said to feel that tit til money was well spent |