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Show npiCKETi? MENACE NOJITH CACHE FARMS LOGAN. July 12. Farmtus of the northeastern section of (ache valley fear the return of crickets. I This is the section In the vicinity of Franklin. Preston, and Whitney, tdaho, 20 and 2". miles north of Logan. Lo-gan. Already the crickets have in-feated in-feated trait t n miles long in the ! vicinity of Pi-anklin. Running through I thin tract of land is a .-anal which prc-! prc-! vents further spread of thu pestM to , a much larger area of valuable land I planted In crops which are thriving. m the small tract now infested the pests have destroyed all the vegetation. vegeta-tion. The Insects are believed to be similar to those which visited the early Utah pioneers and devastated the lands .nd crops 70 years ago. According to Samuel Christensen district manager of the Amalgamated Sugar company ,a spread of the pasta would be a I ery serious menace to Cac)e vallej crops. He states that the canal running through the tract of land now visited by the pests is saving other lands, but if the crickets suc-. suc-. eed in rosslng the canal they will undoubtedly spread fa-. I i . Ira M I law lev. entomologist at the Utah Agricultural college, bat he. n working on the solution of some means whereby a wholesale destruction destruc-tion of the pests could be made. So far he has used strychnine, pans grei and arsenate of lead, but t It i rickct seem to thrive on on. h of these. Dr. Havvley's work In attempting to eradi-cate eradi-cate the pests will continue, in the meantime ever.. other con. oiv.iblc means of eradicating the crickets will be user! by farmers of the valley. |