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Show I HOPPERS DESTROY IDAHO DRY CROPS POCATELLO, July 26. The grasshoppers grass-hoppers have destroyed the dry-farm crops along the. Snake River in central cen-tral Idaho and arc now threatening the Irrigated crops, according to reports re-ports from many sections of the lower low-er Snake Rlve alley. The country' around American Falls has suffered heavily from the pesta and practically all of the dry lanJ wheat in the Vale section, in eastern Cassis county, has been destroyed' Much of the foothill grain near Albion has been eaten. Th third-lift canal has stopped a horde oi grasshoppers but many have flown across this wide ditch and are working in the irrigated sections be-luw be-luw Canvas traps have been placed along this canai und other places On the John Coylc farm, on Willow creek fifty bushels of grasshoppers veru trap perl and destroyed in one nig' t list week and many farms report similar sim-ilar results. Cassia eountv has ordered a carlca-J of sawdust from the mills at Parber and will mix 'his with syrup and poison poi-son for the hopo. rs This will be distributed dis-tributed this wec,i by the farm bu.-eau bu.-eau and county Agent J Barber The county commissioners of Minidoka county hae appropriated ?500 to purchase pur-chase poison which will be furnished free to the farmers of that section. oo |