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MEANS OF COXTROL 



Poultry: Grasshoppers can be controlled and at the sam^ time can 

 be mad." profitable by raising turkey's to eat them. It is a good plan to 

 herd the turkeys on grasshopper ground one to two hours in the morning 

 and again in the afternoon. In this way they are prevented from damag- 

 ing crops and ar^ protected from hawks and coyotes. In order to herd 

 at a profit one should have a sufficiently large flock to make it a paying 

 business. Elach farmer or farmer's wife in a locality can easily raise a 

 few turkeys. As soon as thes3 are large enough to be herded one man 

 can buy them or take them to raise and sell on shares. Usually, as 

 soon as turkeys are large enough to be h-^rded, grasshoppers and other 

 insects have made their appearance. When the grasshopper season is 



Fig. 10. — Turkeys and chickens thrive well in Arizona, are big assets to farms and are 

 great insect destroyers. 



over it requires but little feeding to make turkeys ready for market This is 



a suggestion which every community troubled with grasshoppers should 



consider, since Arizona climate is favorable to successful turkey raising. 



Chickens and guinea fowls, when allowed free range, are also very 



helpful in destroying grasshoppers and other insect pests. Every farm 



should maintain a good supply of pure-bred chickens. One farmer in a 



badly infested grasshopper district was protected from these pests by a 



large flock of White Leghorn hens. 



Poisoning: In the absence of turkeys, poison baits are economical and 

 effective for destroying grasshoppers. By the use of poisoned bran several 



