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confined to one part of the field, it is general over the entire area. 

 When the grain is stacked at harvest, the infestation often radiates out 

 from the stack, indicating that the beetles have congregated there. 



Poison Bran Mash. — The use of the poison bran mash as prepared 

 for use against grasshoppers may prove beneficial in some cases in the 

 control of Eleodes opaca. Under laboratory conditions the beetles ate 

 it voraciously, and were attracted to it from a distance of two or three 

 feet. The possibility of its use under certain conditions where the 

 adults are congregated in large numbers around wheat shocks and 

 stacks, and piles of Russian thistles may prove practical. Experi- 

 ments in poisoning the larvae have thus far given negative results. 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH POISON BAITS AGAINST 

 GRASSHOPPERS^ 



By D. A. Ricker, W. Lafayette, Indiana 



During the past season grasshoppers were abundant and caused 

 considerable damage to clover, alfalfa, tobacco and other crops in the 

 vicinity of southern Wisconsin. Especially were they abundant in 



1 Published by permission of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



