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of 'turkey trusts,' often more than compensated by the value of 
the pounds of flesh which this domesticated fowl stores up from 
its favorite food of locusts." 
The most practical remedy for outbreaks of Orthoptera under 
the usual New England conditions is doubtless the use of a poi- 
soned bait, such as poisoned bran or the Griddle mixture. These 
are about equally effective. They are prepared as follows: 
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Poisoned bran bait ' 
Coarse bran or "shorts" 25 pounds 
Paris green or white arsenic 1 pound 
Lemons or oranges 6 fruits 
Cheap molasses, "black-strap" or cattle molasses (a 
strong-smeUing article is necessary) 2 quarts 
Mix the bran and poison thoroughly together while dry. Chop 
the fruit fine (watermelons, tomatoes, etc., may be substituted if 
desired) and add to the bran. Add water as necessary. Pour on 
the molasses or syrup and knead thoroughly. This quantity is 
sufficient for five acres. 
The modified Criddle mixture is made as follows: 
Fresh horse droppings I barrel 
Paris green or arsenic 1 pound 
Lemons or oranges, finely chopped 6 or 8 fruits 
Mix thoroughly. 
Apply by sowing broadcast over the infested fields, either by 
hand or grain-seeder, in late afternoon or early morning, making 
sure that it is broken up into flakes, not left in lumps. The bait 
will not show its full effect until from one to five days have elapsed. 
To be most effective and to save material, crops, and money, it 
should be applied while the insects are young. 
In combating the European Earwig, poisoned bread bait made 
as follows is especially recommended : 
Stale white bread 16 pounds 
Paris green 1 pound 
Grind the bread fine in a meat-chopper and thoroughly mix the 
Paris green with it while dry. Stir and slowly add water enough 
to make a mixture which will run through the fingers and which, 
1 Sawdust has also been used successfully to replace a part or all of the bran. 
