Show hopper poison Is ready for battle Gov government emment has supply on hand and infested states are supplied prepared by the united states department of agriculture service A now it C w mixture of gra grasshopper poison that carries R 50 per cent sawdust a lower loer infestation its as a result of last years poisoning campaign and a surplus of poison bait that drouth ridden farmers did not use in last st year rear nil all these factors indicate that the united states department part ment of agriculture will need to buy very little hran bran and other bait materials in 1935 1035 dr P N annand of the bureau or of entomology and plant quarantine who directed the first intensive grasshopper campaign financed with federal fei leral funds says part of the surplus has been allotted re and la Is being moved into states that otherwise might run short of bait it if the existing supplies of bait are not sufficient clent for the demand this year dr annand says the department part ment will buy bran sawdust and sodium and still ship them into selected centers where the material will be mixed by hand under trained supervision this bait baft costs much less than tile the factory mixed bran molasses and arsenic used last acar and according to the results of field tests the past season Is just as effective in killing hoppers last year the department started with a poison mixture containing 25 per cent sawdust but found by trial that a mixture with 50 per cent sawdust Is satisfactory although the number of grasshopper eggs laid last fall was far below the number laid the year before doctor annand says there are enough in the ground to start another heavy infestation this summer unless the weather at hatching time Is unfavorable to hopper development |