Show grasshopper area sees less trouble only one state reports increase in number of eggs in ground the prospects tor for damage from grasshoppers over the infested area as a whole are much less alarming than they were a year ago according to the results of the I 1 1932 survey of 0 grass hopper conditions reported by the b bu u reau of 0 entomology of the united states department of 0 agriculture only north dak dakota ota shows an increase in the number of eggs in the ground over the number deposited to in the fall fail of 1931 if the weather this spring and early summer happens to be fa for grasshopper growth growt h how ever more than five bye and one halt half million acres in eight western states may need applications of poison bran to save cereal and forage crops from wholesale destruction by the hoppers detailed surveys in operation cooperation co with state entomologists of the areas where the 1032 1932 grasshoppers laid their eggs show that a big hatch may be expected in six counties in colorado 10 in idaho 55 in minnesota 23 in Alon montana tana 42 in nebraska W 0 in north dakota 48 in south dakota and four in wyoming the number of acres in these states that may need poisoning ranges from with an estimated cost of for material in colorado 1730 with an estimated cost of nf 1 1 0 for material in north dakota grasshoppers gained a firm foothold in the hay and grain fields of tile the west in 1930 and 1931 when the hot dry weather provided conditions ideal for the hoppers and unfavorable for the disease and parasites that serve us as it a natural control of this pest the infestation expected in 1932 1032 from the millions of eggs laid in 1931 1031 failed to reach serious proportions over much of the area threatened because the weather early in the season was cold and damp where the weather fa ored grasshopper growth many farmers assisted by states or counties took advantage of the warnings bro broadcast ad by entomologists and spread the recommended poison bait over their fields in time to destroy the young hoppers |