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SUBSTITUTES. 



If the Paris green ean not be secured, half the amount of white arsenic 

 may be used instead, and reasonably good results expected. Oranges 

 may be used to replace the lemons if the latter can not conveniently be 

 secured. It' bran is found too expensive, good results may be expected 

 by substituting either alfalfa meal or rice meal. 



METHOD OF SPREADING POISON. 



Where the poison is to be spread on rocky hillsides, ditch banks, and 

 fence lines, it is most convenient to have the poison bran mixture in a 

 bucket and spread it by hand, as in the manner of broadcasting grain. 

 If fifty or one hundred, or even one thousand acres are to be covered 

 with this poison, it has been found most practical to spread it with an 

 end-gate grain-seeder attached to the rear of a farm wagon and geared 

 from one of the rear wheels. The poison bran bait should be spread so 

 that it falls on the ground as fine as possible, avoiding any lumps, which 

 are a waste of material. The above proportion should be sufficient to 

 cover an area of about five acres. 



WHEN TO SPREAD POISON. 



Grasshoppers are naturally most hungry and thirsty after they have 

 been driven to the shade by the intense heat of a summer day, and may 

 be noticed to begin feeding ravenously late in the afternoon. For this 

 reason it is desirable that the poison should be spread in the afternoon, 

 and still early enough so that it is on the ground before the hoppers 

 have secured their evening feed. It. is better to spread the poison over 

 fields a few days before irrigation, than just following irrigation. 



RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED. 



Two or three days after the poison bait has been properly spread over 

 the field the grasshoppers should begin to collect in the crowns of plants 

 and other shaded places and die in great numbers. The dead grass- 

 hoppers are frequently destroyed by beetles, ants, grasshoppers and 

 other insects, some of which are active only during the night. 



DANGER OF POISONING LIVE STOCK. 



If the poison has been properly spread over fields there should be 

 absolutely no danger of poisoning live stock. This poison bait has been 

 used in great quantities by the writer, on alfalfa fields which were being 

 pastured by young and old live stock, with no indication of injury to 

 any of the animals; and even around farmyards, with very little loss 

 to poultry. It must, however, be remembered that this poison should 

 not be mixed near the house or barnyard where poultry and live stock 

 are present and may chance to eat quantities of the poisoned bait. 



