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gallons. Fifty gallons of this is sprayed over an acre. 

 The material costs about thirty to fifty cents per acre. Insects 

 partaking of this poison appear to be paralyzed and die in from 

 twelve to thirty-six hours. No injurious effects are noticed 

 among animals eating foliage thus sprayed (Fig. 214). 



Poisoned bran mash may also be scattered about where cattle 

 and chickens have not access to it. It is found useful hi portions 

 of the West and South. It is made as follows: two pounds Paris 

 green, twenty-five pounds bran, two gallons cheap molasses. Mix 



FIG. 214. Spraying for grasshoppers. 



the Paris green with the dry bran, moisten with water, and stir in the 

 molasses. This mixture should be about the consistency of chicken 

 feed and should be broadcasted over infested fields in the evening 

 or early hi the morning, before sunrise. The United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture recommends the following as an effective 

 bait : Mix one pound Paris green with twenty-five pounds of wheat 

 bran. To two quarts of cheap molasses or syrup add the juice 

 of two oranges or lemons, as well as the finely chopped skin and 

 pulp of the fruit; dilute this with two gallons of water and add it 

 to the poisoned bran. Add enough more water to make a stiff 

 dough. This is to be spread as above indicated. 



