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The following is the formula which was recommended: 



I 



25 lbs. Paris Green or White Arsenic. 

 50 lb.s. Bran. 

 Mix these dry. 



II 



6 oranges, or lemons, chopped up fine, rind and all. 



4 quarts syrup. 



5 gallons water. 



Mix these tnree together thoroughly. 



Mix I. and II., then add sufficient water to make a wet mash. 



Caution: — Do not add water until the daj" the poison is to be dis- 

 tributed. 



Early in the morning between 5 and 7 o'clock this poisoned bran 

 should be scattered broadcast in the infested areas. It is of great 

 importance to get the poison out early as the hoppers eat it l^etter 

 W'hen first beginning to feed. 



Summary of Results 



County commissioners of the following counties cooperated on the 

 above plan and furnished the several amounts set opposite their 

 names: 



Finney, Garden City — 4,000 pounds Paris green — 40 T. bran. 

 Gray, Cinunarron — 1,700 pounds Paris green — 17 T. bran. 

 Hodgeman, Jetmore — 1,000 pounds Paris green — 10 T. bran. 

 Ford, Dodge City — 4, .500 pounds Pari.s green — 45 T. bran. (The Santa Fc, the- 

 Federal Bureau, the College, and the University worked together here.) 

 Scott, Scott — 1,000 pounds arsenic — 10 T. bran. 

 Kearney, Lakin — 2,500 pounds Paris green — 25 T. bran. 

 Edwards, Kinsley — (The same forces worked here as in Ford County). 

 Pawnee, Lamed — (Professor Dean of the college took fuU charge here). 

 Meade County — 1,500 pounds Paris green — 30,000 pounds bran. 



In the following counties the entomologists of the University gave 

 individual assistance to the farmers: 



Hamilton, Ness, 



Wichita, Lane, 



Pratt, Stafford. 

 Barton, 



The morning was found to be the best time to applj- the mixture. 

 It does not dry as fast then and the grasshoppers are more eager for 

 food, and are, therefore, more easily attracted to it. When scattered 

 broadcast, using three to five pounds of the mixture to the acre, the 

 danger of poisoning fowds is eliminated. 



Chickens eating the poisoned hoppers do not appear to be affected. 



