Show BAIT URGED AS MEASURE FOR ropper HOPPER CONTROL wherever there are large areas of land threatened with grasshopper infestations this year mechanical bait spreaders should be uga according to dr G F knowlton associate entomologist at the utah agricultural station a control treasures should not be delayed too long iong dr knowlton says at least tons 0 of bait will be needed the state this year of that amount one hundred tons are now on hand tor for control opera operations ti ong counties have signified a need tor for at least tons already dr knowlton says polluting pointing out that a serious grasshopper year seems inevitable unless weather her conditions seriously affect the hatch this year poison bait schuld bo be used as aa the principal control measure la in the 1938 grasshopper campaign according to dr knowlton it has proved to be very effective effe ethre he points out when it is scattered at the hatching grounds to kill the young grasshoppers before they disperse early season control is urged vince since it requires less material and labor lessens lessells the damage of early season grasshopper feeding and limits the area to to be controlled |