Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-28

two bordering tho road and avenues
that traverse the tracts, and by frinl
the grass along these roadwavs an'
ELL grassy patches aud driving I'll,
ipests into the flames and ditrhes, tn,
nar.or rows have been kip, clea
rom thin. The gr. at attack WA.
rom the foothills outside the d,tcl
that encircled the vine tract, aud Q,
far they have heen kept oat. Tn,
trouble has been that the appearance.
"f the l"custs this year has been DIFF
fereht from that 81 '85. In that yea
they sermed to all hatch out 1t abou,
tho same time. but this y. ar they hav.
been cunning DOT for tour weeks anc
keep the forces fighting them con
stsntly on the alert. Al the extreme
eastern end OF the vineyard, referred
to above, a few table grapes have
bern d~s,ro. ed. TIE attempt j.
made along tn. eastern border of the
vineyard 10 keep the destructive
h"rd-s moving southwark, and to this
md gang Of Ch'nam-n is kept beat.
irg the gr. und with t"uehs and sacks.
!" their pres ut stage they are hard tn
drive. hut when their wings come the
can he moved more easily. unles. al
unfsvorab!e wind should prevail.
Arsenic poisoning has proved Of little
avail. The crater dependence on
the Nstons estate is pu, in driving
them into the open water CO Ir~es aud
nv firing the gr.ss or the hard and
baked hx'chi"v.ground.
TIE LOCUST AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Scientific Americana
Du''nR tue past three or four years
the Frerch government has been
making strenuous +x~rtiors to heat
down the armies of locusts coming
from the south on to the fertile lands
of Algeria. aud during the prrsen,
year they are also hayi'g \ similar
fight with these pests on the southern
borders of Tu"is. The cheap Arab
labor oh,ainabI- for this purpose has
made it possible to employ in the
work . ver,tahle army OF men, the
government o'drrng the t:ihes to form
eEcsnpments along the line on which
It Is proposed to fight the oncomirr
army OF lorusts, aud, in this wav, thu
crops have been in q great MEASURE
pro ected from the ravxR+s of thi.
plague. although no permanent relief
has been obtained.
The manner Of fighting the loo usts
adopted in AIgi-rs and Tunis ha.
been to construct u ditch, or y ditch
With = fence at one side, acro.s the
line Of march Of the insects, which
Come III such vast numb. rs that the
ditch quickly becomes filed up, VIII
the "utiv~s jump IN and trample them
to death ut the same tima thrash,ny
the living mass with u heavy stick or
log Of wood. The fence at the side OF
the trench consists OF long bands OF
cotton cloth or calico supported on
sticks, such fences extending in some
places across a mile or more OF country.
;ae material at the top having slippery
"ax-d border about 1 inches vide,
<-pt moist BY daily oil'ng. The in
ects cannot keep their hold on this
vaxed border, and inevitably drop
'ack into the trench beneath, which is
rom three to -four feet deep. When
he 'ns-cts have attained an age VII. re-
II or y portion of them have wigs.
hey are fought nv a line OF natives
nth long palm switches, q method OF
piping their progress which, to he
tf-c'ual, presupposes the simultaneous
xsruo"s Of great numbers of the Arab
aim wielders.
tn" locust. as is generally known.
ct the family Of gras.hoppers and
ricketts,, but differs from them IN hav.
e shorter horns and fe, l.rs and
,ore robust bod, aud limbs. The
sorky MountHin locust, which il the ,
1o>t destructive pest that has xp>
cared III this country, breeds every
ear IN large section, embracing
dontana and Wyoming, western Da.
t.. AMI n part Of Colorado, Utah,
daho and Oregon. together with a
Arse region in the British ppss, lions.
II n country dirrc,l, to TIE east of
''a's SO ion is y considerable region
where the locust is liable to breed for
'"m" years. multiplying IN excessive
numbers, but rom winch 1t in time
disappears, Through very much
argr section, extending almost t.
he Mississippi and the Gulf on the
-ast and south, aud to the Pacific on |
The West, the locusts migrate Ia years
IT excessive abundance. and it is
N such migrnti"ns that they are
most destructive, although in these
'eglons they seldom breed, and gen.
srallv disappear within a year. The
most disastrous invasion of this kind
Was in 1874. when Colorado, Nehraska
I"d Kansas were ovrrrun, and pats
It Wyoming, Dakota. Mnn~s.t., /
owa, Missouri, NV Mexico AIT
Fexas were rsvag-d, vast swarms OF
acus,s rom Mnt.na and British