| Show grasshoppers ARE A destructive PEST combination of three small Hopper dozers attached to wheels In Manner to be pushed instead of pulled by horses hoi tea prepared it by y the united states department of agriculture over it ft large portion ot of the country west of the mississippi where the annual rainfall la Is less than 25 inches grasshoppers are among the wo worst pests which the former h has is to combat in farmers bulletin united states department ot of agriculture two practical measures of control are suggested 1 the destruction of the e ggs eggs and 2 the killing ot of the insects by means of 0 poisoned bait the eggs tire laid shortly before the coining of freezing weather lier the adult insects selecting tor for this purpose when available firm soil in nellif wel drained locations abandoned fields undisturbed strips under fences and along neglected roadsides the banks of irrigation ditches and buffalo sod along the edges ot of infected fields are f favorite places the eggs hatch about the time of the last spring frosts and the young grasshoppers then push upward to the surface in j order to feed upon the nearest vege toge 1 land should be left rough to expose as many eggs as possible and after hard freezing weather it should be harrowed to expose any eggs that may have been covered before if these precautions are not adopted and the grasshoppers are allowed to hatch from the eggs they may be controlled later in by the use of the following poisoned bait bran 30 36 pounds white arsenic or parts green 1 pound oranges or lemons 6 pounds cheap of 2 quarts water 3 gallons white arsenic Is preferred ovi onn ing te tc its cost which Is must less than parit pan green at tile the present time the dry bran and poison should be b mixed in a washtub the and the juice and finely chopped pulp and peel of the fruit should then be added to the nater tt ater and poured over the mix ture lure of bran and poison this ahll mast la Is very attractive to grasshoppers while it Is fresl but when dry or stale it Is 19 of little value the early morning I 1 Is the best time to scatter it over the in JI za kv 4 I 1 sowing bowing poisoned bran bait from a buggy in treating meadows meadow to destroy grasshoppers ers tn in new hampshire fallen if the land Is plowed to a depth of at least six indies inches early in the year the eggs will be covered so deeply that the young cannot emerge niter they have been hatched it is desirable eesi desirable rable that this plowing should be as much before april 15 as possible T cf CT tt t T chere where tile crop to be grown on the land does not require plowing the eggs may be destroyed with little expense by stirring tile the ground to a depth af pf p about two indies incites before march 1 this breaks and crushes many of the cylindrical capsules in which tile the eggs ore are cemented firmly together others tire destroyed by exposure to the weather or from the attacks of natural enemies in clenn clean soft ground a heavy barrow will stir the ground sufficiently to destroy the eggs in heavy soils weedy fields alfalfa or land in which patches of sod occur the disk harrow barrow Is required in treating alfalfa in this way care should be taken not to opt et the harrow deep enough to cut off the crowns of the plants tile tested land ns as the grasshoppers are ara just beginning to feed then and the mash does not dry out as quickly a it if it were applied later in the day after the first day little of the bait la Is eaten so that several applications application may be necessary in badly infested fields the formula mentioned will provide si a sufficient lelent quantity tor for 5 acres of heavily infested land and should cost about 25 cents per acre for one application if the infestation Is not very heavy the amount should be enough to treat 10 acres if the poisoned bait is scattered evenly domestic animals and birds will not eat enough of it to harm them the halt bait however should never be placed in heaps or scattered thickly about and care should be taken to keep the poison out of the reach of children find and domestic animals it is best not to use the hands for mixing as the poison may be absorbed although there tire are no known instances in fit which poisoning has followed the cowig of tile the wet bait barehanded |
