244 Twenty-Second Annual Report of the 



In Saratoga county, with the efficient cooperation of Dr. Hollis- 

 ter, Farm Bureau Agent of the county, very satisfactory results 

 were obtained. Grasshoppers were more widely spread over Sara- 

 toga than any other county. Here, about seven tons of bran, 700 

 pounds of pans green, 350 gallons of molasses and 200 dozens of 

 lemons and oranges were distributed in 321 lots. 



It is estimated that over seventeen hundred farmers received 

 help from the Department in fighting grasshoppers. Forty tons 

 of bran, 4,000 pounds of paris green, 2,000 gallons of molasses and 

 1,000 dozens of lemons in all were used which was paid for by the 

 Department at a cost of $3,035. A great many farmers provided 

 their own material, and it is hoped that the good work done this 

 year will be as successful against future depredations as was the 

 work in Fulton county in 1914. 



Our inspector, Mr. Eastman, who had charge of a portion of 

 the work in the most difficult sections, reported as follows : 



Wherever the bait was applied according to directions, excellent results 

 were obtained. In following up complaints that the bait did not work, I 

 found that either the bait was not wet enough when applied — that is, the 

 person mixing the bait did not use the required amount of water — or that the 

 farmers did not look over the ground which they treated closely enough to 

 observe the dead grasshoppers. 



The only place where I thought the bait did not work well was on a farm 

 in Easton. Here the grasshoppers were very thick in an excellent crop of 

 witch-grass. The bait was applied on Monday, and the following Friday 

 there were a great many live hoppers and some dead ones; whereas in places 

 where the feed was not so good, the number of live hoppers had decreased 

 quite materially and the dead and sick hoppers were very numerous. 



Probably nearly every farmer troubled with hoppers used the bait, and I 

 think many who could well afford to pay for it, used the " free bait." Several 

 farmers added one-half pound more paris green to fifty pounds of bran, thus 

 making the dose stronger, and, I think, getting results quicker. 



There is a large area of wild land which should have been treated by the 

 county. It is this property which will cause trouble to adjoining farms in 

 future years. 



I believe our procedure along lines of exterminating grasshoppers this year 

 has placed the farmers of Saratoga County in a position to cope with the 

 situation should it arise another year. 



CROP REPORT 



The following circular letter was sent out to about five hundred 

 correspondents in various parts of the State and replies were re- 



