38 MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 2tU 



APPENDIX 



A few letters received from Montana farmers relative to the 

 success of the 1934 grasshopper campaign: 



Chester, Montana, July 30, 1934. 

 L*car Sir: 



The campaign carried on in Liberty County for the oxtemiiuation of 

 grasshoppers, has been a tremendous success. I am fully convinced that had 

 this effort not been put forth for their extermination. Liberty County would 

 have harvested scarcely any crop. I lioi)C tlie good work will be continued 

 in 1935. 



Yours truly, 



G. A. Isaacs, President 

 Liberty County Wheat Production Control Association 

 Coffee Creek, Montana, July 20, 1934. 

 Dear Sir: 



In regards to the grasshopper bait want to say it has surely been a crop 

 faver for us in this community. We haven't killed them all by any means 

 but have kept them down to where the damage they have done is very slight. 

 Expect there will be lots of eggs laid as weather conditions are just right 

 for them, consee^uently I fear we will need the bait again next year. 



Yours very truly, 



J. 11. Wilson. 



Luther, Montana, Aug. 4, 1934. 

 Dear Sir: 



I wish to thank you for your cooperation in distributing grasshopper 

 poison in this community. It has certainly saved a whole lot of crops in this 

 neighborhood and I do not think it dangerous to stock if handled carefully. 

 I have used a considerable amount of it and have not lost any stock. Have 

 sown it in pastures where I had cows and horses. Have also sown it in sheep 

 pastures but kept the sheep of for three or four days after sowing it nad 

 old not lose any. I sow it veiy thin and leave no chunks. While I have 

 no accurate way of knowing, I believe we killed from 60 to 80 per cent with 

 one soAving. 



Very respectfully 



Herman E. Kuhl 



Scobey, Mont., July 26, 1934. 

 Dear Sir: 



I have been in on the grasshopper poisoning this summer in Shennum 

 Community and we have had very good results where the poison has been 

 put out at right time. It has resulted in 100 /f kills in places, and where they 

 have not spread any the hoppers are moving in on the green feed that is left. 

 Please do all in your power to have the government keep the poison coming 

 next year. 



Yours truly, 



E. B. Henbet 



