Show turkey growing urged to fight grasshoppers A group of parowan carowan tanners farmers met with the county agent last week end at the courthouse court house in parowan to discuss methods tor for grasshopper control in the parowan carowan fields during the coming coining crop growing season it was decided by the group that one very effective means for controlling grasshoppers and thus turning what would otherwise be a peat into a profit would be the production of a small flock of turkeys on ion the il chopper lopper infested farms of carowan parowan valley twenty tour four men attended attend edthe the mee meeting tingo nineteen of chour signed up fo for approximately 2000 turkeys turkey boults ordered per farmer varied from SO 50 to the county agent recommended that turkey boults be ordered for each 40 acres of grasshopper infested land in the farm at least turkeys could be used to very good advantage in this project in the marown parowan Pa rown fields V A plan is underway to interest land owners in the paragonah Para gonah fields in a similar project in order that the grasshopper menace may be controlled and it if possible entirely I 1 eliminated front from the now infested areas hareas some of the best turkeys from the standpoint of quality and i certainly the most successful projects from the standpoint of economy of production were to be found on farms where small flocks of turkeys were permitted to range rather freely over the tann and collect grasshoppers and other insets for their teed feed turkeys will not only assist in the control and elimination of grasshoppers but will also greatly assist in the control and eradication of alfalfa weevil I 1 A committee was a appointed led at tho the parowan carowan meeting to investigate prices of boults make arranga arrangements for brooding facilities etc conal consisting consist ng of geo rowley chaar man ross rosa taylor and arnold Y stevens commAtee comm tte emen men any one interested te in this project and all who have grasshopper infested lands should be interested are urged to icon coata jact ot members of the committee lor or the county agent tor for further details and additional information I 1 t af to prices and time of placing the orders for |