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white arsenic; six or eight lemons, oranges or bananas or cue and <>IH> 

 half ounces of cheap lemon extract, and water to make a wet but noc 

 sloppy mash. These ingredients are thoroughly mixed and scattered 

 broadcast, the same as recommended for poisoned bran bait. 



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two devices for catching grasshoppers \\-liere I hey are too plenti- 

 ful have both been extensively used with great success. Webster 

 I 11)07) describes a cheaply const nicted but efficient hopperdozer 

 as follows: "It is constructed of sheet iron, preferably galvan- 

 i/ed. of reasonable thickness io insure strength, and. except for 

 the end pieces, made of a single sheet ten or twelve feet long and 

 2(i inches in width. . The front is formed by turning up one edge 

 a couple of inches, and the back may be turned up a foot, thus 

 making a shallow pan one foot wide, with the back the same 

 height and with the front two inches high. Ends are riveted in 

 and soldered. Runners of old wagon tire are placed at each end, 

 and another in the center is turned over in the front and back to 

 strengthen the pan at these points. These runners are riveted to 

 the pan, and should extend both backward and forward in order 

 to overcome to some extent the inequalities of the ground and 

 cause the hopperdozer to run more smoothly. I>y soldering it 

 about the heads of the rivets the pan will be made water-tight. A 

 central partition six inches high will keep the contents from flow- 

 ing to one side and running over the edge on uneven ground. The 

 pan is filled with water on which is poured enough kerosene to 

 cover it with a film, a horse is hitched to the end runners, and 

 (he outfit is then ready for use. As the hopperdozer is drawn 

 over the ground the locusts will either jump into the kerosene and 

 water direct or against the back and drop into it and there be 

 killed. By using longer, wider, and heavier sheet iron a larger 

 and stronger pan can be made and this further strengthened by 

 additional runners; a horse can then be hitched to each end, or 

 the pan may be mounted on low wheels. Crude oil or tar may 

 be used instead of kerosene and water." 



The "Grasshopper Catcher" is a somewhat similar device, but 

 instead of killing the locusts by having them fall into a kerosene 

 mixture, it is arranged so that when they strike the upright metal 

 back they fall to the bottom and back through a narrow trap open- 

 ing into a screened box. This has a hinged lid and when full, the 

 locusts can be easily removed into sacks and hung up to dry for 

 poultry feed. Full details explaining the structure of this device 

 are given in the Purdue circular above cited. The dried locusts 

 are rich in protein and make an excellent winter food for poultry. 



