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destroyed. One way of accomplishing this is to gather the locusts in a 

 pile, cover the latter with straw and then set fire to it; or they may be 

 collected in grain sacks and immersed in scalding-hot water until life 

 is extinct, after which they may be fed to hogs or to poultry. 



One of the best nozzles that I have ever used for spraying this solu- 

 tion is the u Cyclone" nozzle, originally introduced by the Department 

 of Agriculture. It throws a very fine spray, and by its use the upper 

 as well as the under surface of the leaves can be directly sprayed an 

 object that could not be attained in using the old "San Jos6" nozzle, 

 which threw a spray from its end instead of from one of its sides. 



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