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egg deposition. There is little doubt that these conditions were 

 important in reducing the 'hopper problem the following year. 



The grasshopper situation in 1942 was less severe over most 

 of the State than it has been for the last five years. This was 

 due largely to a smaller number of eggs in the soil, and to the 



TABLE 2. SUMMARY OP BAIT USAGE 



1941 



1942 



Tons 

 bait 

 County dry wt. 



Beaverhead 1.4 



Big Horn 75.0 



Broadwater .25 



Carbon ■ 



Cascade 173.0 



Chouteau 308.0 



Custer-Powder River 



Daniels 1.0 



Dawson 4.0 



Fergus 5.0 



Flathead 5 



Gallatin 1.3 



Garfield 2.0 



Glacier 75 



Golden Valley- 

 Musselshell 10.0 



Hill 143.0 



Judith Basin 12.0 



Lake 13.25 



Lewis and Clark 1.0 



Liberty 140.0 



McCone 



Petroleum 2.0 



Phillips 1.0 



Pondera 1,441.8 



Powell 1.24 



Prairie 2.0 



Richland 2.0 



Roosevelt 4.0 



Rosebud 3.5 



Sanders 56.0 



Stillwater 10.0 



Sweet Grass 1.4 



Teton 539.0 



Toole 385.0 



Treasure 45.0 



Valley 84.0 



Wheatland .. 6.0 



Yellowstone L93.0 



TOTAL 3.668.39 



No. 

 Tons farmers 



bait using Acres 



dry wt. bait baited 



184.0 



13.0 



27.3 



5.2 



5.9 



4.25 



5.5 



13.1 



107.3 



3.0 



100 



17 



46 



17 



33 



10 



75 



34,000 



820 



20, MO 



2,740 



1,733 



3,325 



636,170 



691.60 



1,590 



157,773 



