The Colorado Kxperimpmt 
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length of about a quarter of an inch VT ’fl 6 g [ Ubs which attain a 
during June or early July Thev fr Jm " T br ° od is t0 be found 
the young tuber stems of the notafnes d 7 CUt mto and destroy 
setting of the crop. The second hm^ U /, preventin ? a regular 
August and September. This brood h arvae appear during 
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The leaf injuries to /° r tWs peSt is k ™w„. 
avoided by spraying- the leaves thn ^i tornatoes m ay be largely 
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the parts of the plants covered with tlf ,!, nsects appear to avoid 
and to seek fresh tissues upon which to feed d ' T S . a F eeabIe substances 
ie insects hibernate, but they are nfte < ^ IS not cer tain where 
numbers feeding on stray nnhf ? ft f ° Und m the fall in laree 
have been left in the fields It £ wTL° r , P ' eCeS ° f tubers which 
lately after the crop is gathered Thps ° ° Car Up tIle irn me- 
found on new ground and e Insects are seldom, if ever 
Planted in succession. 11Uch Worse whel 'e potatoes are 
yy T GRASSHOPPERS. 
species thatTeronJ injuriousTaTe ° f grasshop P er s> but the 
much alike. The eggs Te aid in Z r u hlSt0ries whicb are very 
containing from thirty to a hundred ee^ Tl in the ^ round > 
inch below the surface of the soil ^Ti - lelr P OSItlon is about an 
Places which are comparatively d™ in rhe v m u sects appear to select 
and we have found most of them this ? h ‘ Ch to de P osit the eggs, 
grass under fences, and alono- ditch ^hanp” pat f bes of weed s and 
young hatch rather late in the1! V b , ", ks and roa dsides. The 
until mid-summer or later. & a ” d d ° n0t becom e full grown 
vading^thenffront ^lebo^de^s^biTt?^'' 11 '* 111 ' 6 P ° tat ° fieIds H in¬ 
food plants. The most serS ’relatio 'f ” 0 ‘ T ° f their fa ™rite 
oes is indirect rather than immediate 3,1 ° fasshoppe, 5 to the pota _ 
falfa to renew and enrich the soil Tld ° §Towers de Pend on al- 
>n the fields newly sown to alfalfa is di P ? SmCe ° f grasshoppers 
destroy the little plants and it is inmossiTf "T’ - for the ^ Quickly 
Prevents a proper rotation of crons ° btam a stand - This 
^ring is'S^ ; b ryrtT e T, P 'l fab and 
me eggs. The first step in this work 
