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infested section in Michigan, for example, where it gave such good results that 

 the farmers of that section of the state, according| to information furnished by 

 Mr. Don B. Whelan, extension entomologist of Michigan, will order a car load 

 in anticipation of grasshopper and cutworm troubles next year. 



AVe find that the poison bait can best be used in fields such as clover about 

 the time they are cut, by first cutting around the field leaving a small central 

 area uncut in which the hoppers will congregate and here they can be slaughtered 

 by the use of a comparatively small amount of poison bait. The bait is likewise 

 of greater value in corn-fields, orchards, and amongst other crops where the grass- 

 hopper catcher cannot be used; and in corn fields it is' advisable to make the bait 

 more adhesive by an extra amount of water or, better, twice as much molasses, 

 scattering the mixture forcibly amongst the crops so that small particles will 

 adhere to the foilage. 



The grasshopper catcher, such as was first recommended by Dr. E. D. Ball 

 and later advocated by Cooley and others, proved highly successful wherever tried. 



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Fig. 7. — Field of navy beans being destroyed by grasshoppers entering 

 from an adjoining field. 



This catcher differs from the better known hopperdozer by having a screened box 

 attached to the back (as illustrated), into which the grasshoppers are carried. 

 This has a money value advantage over the hopperdozer in that the insects can be 

 used as poultry feed. After filling the box it is a simple matter to haul the appa- 

 ratus to the poultry yard where the grasshoppers can gradually escape through the 

 front opening at a rate agreeable to a fair sized flock of chickens, thus giving us 

 an ideal poultry self-feeder. Or, probably better, the insects can be bagged and 

 allowed to die and dry within the bags and laid aside for winter use. Such 

 feed for hens in winter appreciably increases egg production, not a small item 

 these days. We have been able to secure an analysis of mature grasshoppers^ 

 through the kindness of Mr. E. G. Proulx, State Chemist of Indiana, with the 

 fdllowino- results. 



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