The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
THE RIGHT THING.
Farmers in!CounciI. The Crasshopper Cues.
ton Discussed. An Interesting
Report.

Hebron Grange, No. $50, Feb. %, 1877.
Grange opened in due form.
Minutes OF last meeting read and ap-
proved.
James Hughes stated that the object of
the meeting for the evening waste dis.
cuss the important question what shall
we SOW and plant? And how can we
best guard it from the voracious hop>
per? The lecturer then spoke very ear
nestly of being prepared and decided
what to plant ;of the Importance of being
organized in any event to fight them es
efficiently and as effectually as possible,
He expected to sow and plant; he re-
GREETED that conscientious scruples pre-
vented some people from catching or
destroying them. He was anxious to
know where to get seed peas on the
most reasonable terms; some farmers
preferred to club together and each
guard one side or section of field and
hold it in common against the enemy and
be more successful than to undertake to
guard thereby morelthan they could des
fend. There was caught on six acres OF
his land 120 bushels Of hoppers. Caught
two bushels of hoppers in going 16 rods
with a two horse machine Did not
believe in giving up the fight until the
last ditch was reached.
Z. r. Kennedy saw a machine made
by man at Winnebago Agency which
had the merit of catching the grasshop>
pers, crushing, and leaving them to ter>
tilize the land. Machine was not expen-
sive, could be made for about SIS, 90
gave his experience in raising peas in
Vermont; they were not injured in the
spring by snow or frost.
ThOs. Hodson had read OF machine
built in Minneapolis which was highly
spoken OF by tue press. Said he did
not find any eggs in his stubble but his
pasture was full of them he would
sow his wheat screenings and pasture
his stock on the same ground after they
were up, apd if he could keep the hop.
pers off he believed he would have q
good crop, he had known of such being
done. Charles Wetherille spoke of 4
hopper-dozer gotten up in good working
order in the northern part of the county
said he and his renter had faith ;-expect
pected crop, had already sown wheat
would SOW other grain, and corn was hi
best hold having grown it twelve fee
high-believed that JOHANNES would no
+ leave the field vanquished, he knew
his man; his address to the hopper was
ssCome one, come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as |"
In regard to peas he said his expe
rience was that the foul-mouthes
fedgeling did not respect them in hi
garden he noticed they went for re-
: peppers, onions, radishes, summer saw
! DRY and sage; did not seem to be in tn
: least nervous as they chewed up the las
of his tobacco and took their bitters d
wornwood and tanzy and then stared q
him ia q bewildered manner. 1t wa
suggested that such eating made ther
mad, and they had got beyond thei
: usual bill Of fare. 1t was finally Con
0 ceded that field peas were not acceptabl
2 to them, although they could worry dow
e some garden peas to get rid of the ohio
= breath.
d James Hendleyjwould pasture his Ian
d and attend to dairy interests; woul
s plant corn in field protected by tin
e Der, would plant squashes literally ;theI
was no better feed for mich cows tina
souashes, they gave rich good tas
re anu COlOI 10 Luc OuslCI 1uo Auiins ouu .
10 good ifnot better than Mangel Wurz
or any other root
Joseph Hodson will try raising pc:
as he has had good success with then
d and rye he found out that he could pa
A ture his cows on rye late in the fall al
= early in the spring; and afterwards e
good crop. Spoke of the hoppe
y catcher made by Ben Sylvester of s.
sr Peter and others that were used-woul
seed and plant and believed in pcrsi
% tent and determined fight.
% Cordelia Carson said tha4 she woul
D. have considerable OF her land seeded ar
e planted; had no doubt that much coul
II be done by the judicious use of keroser
}; to destroy and prevent them from eatir
Of crops.
tie John Hindley had not made up b
Re mind to SOW any small grain, but wi
l. GO largely into corn planting. it being
y fancy crop with him, will attack the Ell
ne envy Is he has heretofore done as soon
O. they appear, with pillow, spade and no
Secretary read communication from
G. Knifin, state agent at Milwaukee
1g regard to seed peas.
to j. 81. Durham exhibited . new XII
he of cereal called Pampas or upland ri
he from South America, in which tho
n. nresnnt manifested considerable lnter0i