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Show ttRASKIIOlTKIt HKDS ARE MMRKOUS IX COUNTY - In a communication received by the Pyramid this week from F. H. Lamb of Wales, the statement is made that in Sanpete county for Man-ti Man-ti north to Fountain Green may be found numerous beds of grasshoppers any of which is sufficient to destroy the crops in this section of the county. The Wales Farm Bureau this week with the aid of county agents, T. W. Bennion, and W. VV. Owens - have been successful in destroying these pests by the use of poison. It is estimated es-timated in places ' where they have fed the grasshoppers poison that 8 0 per cent of the insecls are dead. A count of 255 dead grasshoppers per square foot was made on a bed of four acres. If any of the farmers have grasshoppers grass-hoppers on their farms they should notify the Farm Bureau or the County Agent at once. The "Poison Method" is cheap, effective, and dependable. |