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distributed, and where control work had been conducted in 1914, the farmers 

 organized under the immediate direction of Father J. I. Trudel, the resident Parish 

 Priest and Agricultural Missionary. In this parish, practically all farm land — 

 estimated at over 21,000 acres — was treated with mixture 'No. 1, using Paris 

 green, however, in the strength of 13/^ pounds for each 20 pounds of bran. The 

 bran, Paris green, molasses and lemons were purchased in large quantities at 

 wholesale rates, and the mixture distributed over the land during the week begin- 

 ning June 4, at which time the locusts were from one-quarter to one-half 

 an inch in length. Counts made a few days after the application in various 

 fields ranged from 80 to 120 dead locusts to the square foot. I visited St. 

 Etienne de Gres on June 23 and examined many of the treated fields. Com- 

 paratively few living locusts could be seen and the farmers generally were much 

 pleased with the effectiveness of the mixture. Father Trudel estimated that 90 

 per cent, of the locusts had been killed. Of the area treated about 7,000 acres 



Oat field at St. Etienne de Gres., Que., saved by one application of poisoned toait. 



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were in oats. These crops, as well as fields of other grains and vegetables, were 

 sa\ed from destruction. According to the Parish Priest, not a single field was 

 devastated and the pasture lands in addition were protected from injury. The 

 cost of the application at St. Etienne de Gres was 15 cents an acre, exclusive 

 of labor. 



Following the advice given in our Entomological Circular No. 5, similar 

 work was carried on in 1915 in the following additional parishes of the Province 

 of Quebec : Mont Carmel, Pointe du Lac, St. Boniface de Shawinigan, and Alma- 

 ville. The Quebec Department of Agriculture, I am informed by Mr. J. A. 

 Grenier, Provincial Deputy Minister of Agriculture, made the following grants 

 to assist the farmers in the purchase of bran. Paris green, etc. : 



St. Etienne $1,013 00 



Mont Carmel 675 00 



Pointe du lac 200 00 



St. Boniface de Shawinigan 100 00 



Almaville 100 00 



