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Show Knowlton Lists Bait Needs For Grasshopper Control Utah's counties will need: at least Sj 706 tons of baits and bait mater-ials mater-ials to adequately control the grass-hopper grass-hopper problem: in 1938, Dr. George F. Knowlton, Associate entoniolo-cist entoniolo-cist at the Utah exDeriment station M told county agricultural agents ut a rn recent extension workers meeting. Dr. Knowlton based his predictions on survey of live grasshoppers and hopper eggs taken last fall. "The large grasshopper popula-tions popula-tions still on hand at the end of " the 1937 season constitute a serious r threat for next year," Dr. Knowlton Knowl-ton said. "The unused bait held in storage during this winter, according ac-cording to a report ol the Indianapolis Indian-apolis conference on hopper con-trl, con-trl, indicates poor cooperation on the part of the states concerned." Urging that local officials get their orders for bait into the hands of state comimiteemen, before April 1, Dr. Knowlton pointel Out that i not all bait orders can be filled unless un-less additional federal funds are made available. "Promptness in making application will help a 0 county to obtain sufficient bait for its needs," Dr. Knowlton insisted. N He also urged that local officials M, obtain sawdust deposits in case the IE fornishtng of this material was re-0 re-0 quired as a part of the county com- mittee's responsibility in the 1938 ES bait program. 2Q Cricket infestations will also be D worse in 1938 than last year, Professor Pro-fessor C. J. Sorenson, entomologist ' at the station told the extension agents. Professor Sorenson urged dusting breeding grounds with a lime-arsenlte solution as soon as iY eggs begin to hatch as the best means of controlling further cricket development. Juab, Millard . and Tooele counties were most severely infested last year, while Cache, Se- . vter, Sanpete and Uintah counties suffered some slight depredations. f |