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FARMERS BULLETIN 835. 



by means of the poisoned baits described below. The more injurious 

 kinds of grasshoppers nearly all live over the winter in the eggs 

 which are placed in the ground by the old grasshoppers in late sum- 

 mer or early fall. The eggs hatch the following spring, usually dur- 

 ing the months of May and June in the Northern States. Every 

 effort should be made to discover the young insects (fig. 8) before 



FIG. 8. Young grasshoppers feeding on clover. In this stage they are easily killed by 



poisoning. 



