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Show DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT HOPPERS Corinne Farmer Sets Tur keys to Work and Cleans Up On Pests (Special Dlspntcvh i BRIGHAM CITV. July IS. John Nelson who owns a farm -west of Corinne Cor-inne In Box Elder county Is not wnr rying over the Krnsshoppcr nnd crlck-i'i crlck-i'i pexi destroying ciop In Northern Utah and Southern Idaho Mr Nelson Nel-son thought coil ji li.ippN schi-mo1 m1 last spring and put his Idea Into no-tual no-tual operation with wonderful success This spring he recalled that turkeys wcr fond of gra-jhoppei-s and remembering re-membering how hard he had been fighting them the prist f'w years and ratting nowhere, he decided to grow a flock oi turkeys and let hem hcl .. him fight the pests He met wh i unusual success m producing the birds :md now has a flock of 200 turkey RorKinr themselves several times s das with grasshoppers. So effective Is th'' scheme that Mr. Nelson is not the e.-it bit concerned this year about the pests botherlnc his crops. The turkeys work e.irlv ;md late gathering In tn hoppers as they advance Instead of crying hard times Mr Nei.son is preparing to grow more t ui-lc ui-lc eys so they can devour more hoppers winch win enable him to grow more crops. The grasshopper pest ha- put I dollars in this farmer's pocket. His. i"crop" of turkeys have already boon 'contracted to a local dealer at a fancy fan-cy price on |