Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-27

cost OF canvas for the wings is very
little. IL y ma" is ingenious, he can
construct one himself at u cost of
about sc for materials. Crude. petro>
leum is used in the watts, and can be
used over again after the insects have
been strained off.
The way they used a fire pan in
Kansas for destroying tie pests before
thev ct wing, is as follows: PIow
two deep trenches, about SO feet spsr,,
outside # the fields you wish to pro.
tect. Construct one or more troug rs
Of sheet iron, say 4 to 6 fee, long aud
9 TO II inches deep Attach a long
chain thereto, and which can be drawn
BY horse, with hoy rider. Throw
few stones into the trough to give it
weight, and built in it FIRE Of xny
light material. Keep the outfit NOV.
ing up one trench and down the other.
What Rrasshoppers nigh, have es.
capped being crushed ny the weight Of
a similar apparatus will surely Dr. de-.
stroy-d b. the r-d.hot sheet iron. II
one trough is found t., be insufficient,
othe's can he added, as the, eau BE-
constructed cheanlv.
BARRIERS.
As tn barriers to grxsshnpper prog.
r"ss, small stream is no prot-c.
tion whatever, hut rather the reverse,
MS tie insects float DOWN and land
wherever there is food, and then 90
off agsi. but largo river, being too
wide TO float across, is . great protec.
tion. A small ditch can, no wever, he
made available hy covering it with a
fiIm OF petroleum. by rigging u can
1T kerosene 80 it will leak about four
DROPS per minute upon the slowly
moving water. will spread = dea ii,
film Of oil over the surface of thu
ditch.
OTHER barriers which can he used 10
project orchards aud whey ards which
ARE ~ the path Of the invasion. NAV
he described as follows: One of the
best VANS to kill thu young insects is
Nv dithing or ,renchine. Simple
d tch.s. two feet wide and two feet
d .ep, with perpendicular side, offer
ffrctual barriers tn tn young hop
pers. They accumui.t, in such
bitches and die in such masses that
the sten'h from them is in,olerable,
and the practise ia to hurry them with
soil. Ia order to keep the main
main trenches open, il is customary to
dig pits here and there in the trenches.
which are filled up as soon as full OF
'hopprrs. and other pits dug for new,
c"mers. Anoth~r plan is 10 bore holes
IN the bottom Of tho trench with a
post hole suRer, and cover with earth
~ soon as these holes are nearly
filled. packing down the soil, 6, MS to
cave the bottrm of trench smooth AZ
before. One Of the most successful
operators with this plan OF destruc.
ION, noticed in the report Of the Com.
Mission, was F. J. Adkins, OF Kansas
lily, No., who saw. d 100 acres:
nd his neixhtors, seeing how we'll
IS bitches worked, cut others through
heir growing grain, aud saved parts
ven at = the edges Of fields had
rem invaded.
Prof Riley says that where bitches
r. not easily made, and where lum Il
r. is plentiful, \ board {. nee two
~ high and with three. inch bat,en
allied on the top or side from which
'c"s's are coming, the edge of it =
nenr-d with coal tar, will answer as
effe"tual barrier, aud prove useful
protect fields or gardens.
1t IL stated sha. when the 'hoppcrs
'mmencs to fly Trey need not he
AIRED in the vineyards. since hv
',ld'nR fires and making q smoke.
'ch MS is used as protection against
st. the p'sts can I've prevented from
Rhting on the vines.