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COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION 
Destroying the Locusts .—The little hoppers, when very abun¬ 
dant about the border of the fields or along ditch banks ,can be largely 
killed by a thorough spraying with arsenate of lead, 3 pounds to 50 
gallons of water, or Paris green, V2 pound to 50 gallons, as for other 
insects. A narrow strip, not to exceed a rod in width, sprayed early 
in spring-, will not endanger stock eating the hay later on, but care 
should be used not to put stock upon sprayed areas too soon. 
Where straw is available, it may be spread lightly over ditch 
banks and other places where the hoppers are abundant and be burned 
In gardens and among potatoes and other vegetables poisoned bran can 
often be used with success. Mix i pound of Paris green with about 
40 pounds of bran, add just water enough to moisten the whole, and 
then sow it broadsast where the hoppers are most numerous. If 
this poison is used, care must be taken to keep chickens and other 
domestic animals from the poison for some time. 
One of the simplest and often a very effectual remedy is to grow 
plenty of chickens and turkeys to range over the infested grounds. 
Wherever coyotes abound, however, precautions must be taken to 
protect turkeys and chickens at night. Turkeys are very profitable, 
if raised with proper care, as they protect crops from destruction, 
forage nearly their whole living, and sell at a high price in the fall or 
winter. 
Hopper ‘"dozers” or pans are also very successful where they can 
be used. Anyone wishing directions for making a good hopper pan 
should write the experiment station for a copy of Bulletin No. 112. 
I shall always be glad to receive inquiries concerning insects 
that are doing damage in any part of the State. Send specimens of the 
insects when possible, with samples of their injuries. 
RAISING HOGS ON THE PLAINS. 
BY H. M COTTRELL. 
Farmers living in the Plains regions of Colorado will find it ad¬ 
vantageous to give special attention to the raising and fattening of 
hogs. 
The surest grain crops under the dry land farming are barley, 
wheat, milo maize and Kaffir corn, all four are good feeds for the pro¬ 
duction of pork. ' 
Barley is the best of all grains for the production of pork of fine 
quality and flavor. It requires less water to mature a crop than any 
of our other common grains, and when seeded early is the surest 
grain crop on the Plains. Many growers on the Plains report an 
average yield of 2,000 pounds of barley an acre, and this is sufficient 
to produce over 400 pounds of gain when fed to hogs. 
Wheat will produce as much pork as the same weight of corn, 
and many farmers have found it profitable where rainfall is limited 
