| Show grasshopper CONTROL by 1 M hawley professor of zoology grasshoppers may be unusually abundant this coming coining summer in most parts of 0 the state slate the ground has not frozen deep enough to kill the over wintering eggs of this pest As a result we ast must expect that many small hoppers will hatch batch out in localities cali ties where grasshoppers were abundant last year it would be wise to think now about using poison halt bait tall talk it over with your neighbor and with your county agent make sure that materials will III be al al laible there may be quite a shortage of poison this summer because of the immense amount that la Is being used in the southern states tor for I 1 the control of the cotton boll we ceeil eIl in experiments carried on in montana the addition of salt to the balta baits lias has increased their attractiveness especially when the grasshoppers anre full grown about five pounds of salt are used to pounds of bran it has not been tested thoroughly enough under utah conditions to say any definitely whether it should always lie used sodium weed tiller killer has been substituted for white arsenic as the killing agent in some places in colorado one plot pint of sodium ar arsen senito tto was found to be equal to five pounds of white arsenic 08 per cent it has the advantage of being easier to mix mis with the bran and used at ho above rate Is considerably cheaper when sawdust Is available the use of halt half bran and halt sawdust has been found to give it a good results as bran alone experiments tend to show that sawdust alone Is not lot nearly as good as tho the halt and halt aalt mixture when sawdust la Is used three ahree pounds of this material should replace tour four pound ot of bran we suggest the following formula A bran 20 pounds B i white arsenic 1 pound or sodium Arse ritte about 3 ounces 15 pint dint C beet 2 quarts D amyl acetate ounce E salt opt optional lonal 1 pound r water about 3 gallias |
