50 



II. Catches at villages near Siralkoppa on the 

 18th July 1911. 



Taking the first and the last of these records, we get a total catch 

 of 43,000 grasshoppers in about one hour with one bag together with 

 the practical clearing of 185 square yards of bund representing at least 

 two acres of paddy land and probably decidedly more. 



A comparison of these figures with those given above in the body 

 of the text shows quite clearly that early bagging can be done both 

 more rapidly and effectively than later bagging and should be insisted 

 upon in any organised campaign against the pest as it occurs on paddy. 



