Show POISONED BRAN TAKES HOP OUT OF pestiferous grasshoppers V V ak Z MAI k side and back view of destruction of hoppers hors horses are hitched to projecting ends of two by four prepared by the united states department of agriculture there Is nothing so good as poisoned bran for taking inking the italy hop out alit of a grasshopper grass hopler and ana there them Is no better way may of buying find distributing tho the bran than through a community organization specialists of the united states department of agriculture fand in ili the areas tho the grasshoppers come iowa down on the farm crops crop 8 like all tile of I eget galt thero there should be grasshopper fighting organizations izat ions just juat us its there are fire lighting units in ili every cery city fighting a grasshopper invasion without the help of tit the neighbors Is like trying to put out a fire in ili a powder ponder factory with one bucket of water in tile the pacific states tile the vast uncultivated areas of mountains foothills find and grasslands afford ideal breeding grounds grou nila for nt at least eight coalition species of grasli shopper gia opper un disturbed the rests posts call mass their forces in alie spring anil and bo be ready for a descent upon the alfalfa fields and cultivated crops of the farmer when lion weather eather rt conditions pernile lt lucio seems kerns to bo be little hope of destroying the grasshoppers pias shoppers in these isolated breeding nicas areas and for foi that reason specialists oc of entomology united states department of agriculture that it will be ninny many years before the grasshopper menace disappears from froin the west hut but while tile the eight plagues cannot be exterminated at their source they can iw ile net with a systematic syster natle well ell directed barrage of poisoned pol balt alre find other weapons copons for control when they to linnae tile cultivated cult fields preparing for the attack avery locality should have tin an or fully equipped and prepared to meet tile grasshopper on oil slaught all preparations bo be made early eaily in ili tiie the spring before tile insects have hae left their breeding grounds the org organization bo be directed nit and controlled b and energetic leaders and it onit to have the operation cooperation co ant nicil support of ever every farmer lu abe community a well ell its aa the landowners who hold t to lc to tho areas from which the plague spreads f an equitable method of raising funds for the work can nc fie if every landholder Is on tho acreage he holds or s the funda fund should io ile collected lud aral placed at the disposal of a good busi man who will W know liow low and where to go about buyink poisons and othor other supplies when they tire are needed without the necessity of untangling red chat act rustles of each species lire fire to ilc ascribed scribed in ili farmers bulletin nullet ln 1140 grasshopper Orn Oras shopper control in ili the states which lil cli may bo be bull annl upon request of the united states depart ment of agriculture washington 1 I C in ili addition to n brief description of tile lie pests tire bulletin rives gives tile alio recipes for mixing tile most efficient effi clent pol suns to spread find liow how to place tile the halt so ns to nold avoid injury to lle live stock special control measures tire me required to meet different geographical conditions mid find the publication licati li cation oll presents alie illeth methods that lime have proved effective after the live years enis of experimentation |