Grasshopper Control 
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Pig. 3.—Part of the 553 hogs grazing on alfalfa after Paris green 
bran mash had been sown to control grasshoppers at the rate of eight 
pounds per acre. No animals were poisoned. (Original). 
past season in the grasshopper control in the San Luis Valley and 
elsewhere: 
Paris Green . 3 pounds 
Bran .50 pounds 
Syrup (a cheap grade). 1 gallon 
Water . 5 gallons 
Lemons .10 
Mix thoroughly the bran and Paris green while dry; dissolve 
the syrup in the water; squeeze the lemons into this, and finely 
chop the peel and pulp and add them also; pour this mixture into 
the bran and Paris green and stir so as to dampen the mash thoro- 
ly. Then sow broadcast as thinly as possible. The above amount 
will cover, if properly applied, 6 acres of ground. 
This Kansas formula has been used and checked with four 
other formulas: Bran, Paris green and water; bran, Paris green, 
syrup and water; bran, Paris green, syrup, lemon extract and 
water, and bran, Paris green, salt and water, and the results were 
decidedly in favor of the Kansas formula. 
DISEASES 
Grasshoppers, like other animals, are susceptible to diseases. 
There are two or three known to attack them: 
First .—A fungous disease ( Empusa grylli Fres.) (Figs. 5 
and 6 ), which has been reported to be successful in grass¬ 
hopper control, but later experiments have proved it to be of no 
practical value. It appears that under favorable conditions this 
disease will appear, with more or less virulence, and spread with 
