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GRASSHOPPERS AND OTHER INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1911 AND 1912. 



tect cannot reach it. Perhaps wide boards with inch crosspieces 

 nailed under them to keep the boards raised from the ground, as rec- 

 commended in an Ohio bulletin is the best contrivance, or employing 

 pieces of drain tile and placing the poison inside with a long hand- 

 led spoon (op. cit.) We would also suggest placing this bait, pro- 



Fig-. 61. "They promise to be gooil." Ohio E.xperinient Station. 



tected from birds of course, at the base of trees we wish to save or 

 along nursery rows. This bait can be used at any season and young 

 mice are said to eat it greedily in summer. In using it over an ex- 

 tended area, where it would not be practical to use board or tile, 

 one is naturally obliged to take advantage of all the natural covers 

 offered, in order to protect birds, etc. 



