Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-22
rnE GRAssnoPpER.
Uncle Sam Preparing 10 Exterminato This
Family of Insects.

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Uncle Sam Preparing To i;xterminato This
Family of Insects.
Chicago Intcroccan.
Uncle Sam il preparing to extofminate
the Troublesome era shopper by spread
ing among the insects deadly plague,
the germs of which are now being put
uE at tho Bureau Of Entomology, in
Washington, under the direction of
Prof. L. o. Howard. These germs are
TO be sent in bottles to farmers in the
grasshopper infected portions of the
United States, with directions for their
use. The fungus or germ is obtained
from South Africa, where 1t has been
used with great SUCCESS recently, yHet
armies OF grasshoppers being literally
wiped out by it. 1t il propagated
artiticially by applying . bit Of it to n
sterilized preparation 81 gelatin and
blood serum, ON which the germs
multiply rapidly. Thus prepared, tho
'cultures" are sent out In glass tubes.
| corked with absorbent cotton and sealed
with red wax. each one being Enclosed
in n pasteboard cylinder
In Colorado last summer there was
an outbreak OF fungus disease amcng
grasshoppers md quantities of the dead
insects were shipped to Washington
.nd ,,t;I;,ad tha,a e.. ,..i, T. .t.i
suras j; 4 ,vh;tiah tb,oadi;L,,e ,,,tt,
on the b,diea of Nv. r;ntirn,, s,,rs,,;sh "a ~
tha r..o,,;sita oa,,ra frhas, :. a,,it..,,
| have haan S;s,rjh,,aJ a,,r;n ~
nresopt x.or in 1;oia,aan sIe
pentaiIv whiIa tho d1saosa So, e Su.,,
Africa ~ haina triod in Toxao o"' ''o''u
IN raoair,na a hottIa4 =, ~,
The farmsr ;s d;roctad : a. an uo runsus
inc nr;ntad sl;,' 10 nt,t . ,,,'a,tn ~ ,i:s.
,,r re IL ,nnn,a ~. -. =, ivy
w;th a nnrtinn az a. 800 ,,.,41
Tbav w;iI n,,i,,SI, hao66 isr"nts.
vhan he NAV i;hs,.,a III ~
49,, o. wv hah-
up n,ha. or 30 So. IA "a,
,n;oat. thas 49, W. ne.te W soh-
, msn.sa.e suea niseasea 70 9tnei IVinR
s,,'r,.aro nj p'sss 80 ~ sno ooA ior ti'aS
r;th os III. IoH snoulu pe covered
sho,,ia Il. ~ ~, au' ~ anu SOME giass
a,,. uS ~ aIso, uan'In eh-
sash as IL .no s;omn u tue iunSus, as
n ro' ~ h icy ~ ~ t.an oGaee sne hpppess
tn,b W ~ s.y i.oe ~ eue ile.us 70 us
Tha , ,ae hsuo ";aons 'ns'r Leiiows:
s..;a,h inppor 70 one vi 'ne most
5asn,e ~ W. ono"uneereu ~ lne
tparoant y, 'nu me'. Wi" ,,, 70 ene ses-
nera ~ " ,a, se"s f1 hs Mnloh ior,ne5ly
n,od,n;npp 20 ranmios Steeuing srounus,
n the gnrae;a,'a n.ts e o.or,, orops
~ ouo Vo,au'ous pests eVery year, tne
su.s, no tSnse, ~ ehrs ID lnoso mighty
,ns.,4I. 's a'ou " atfi'e iihs ue-
lures anu ue'our everything
saoon. Du' esen noMauays noG seasoh
III IL. ~ rpe's w nos appear
~, ~ " na,,n.n n dnn. 10 some parts OF
yins .ne e,opa nuu
p LINKING sreae ioss or even rum TO the
'1 M. asriuulturIst.
h., mere Is even NOV now plague OF grass,
snoppeIs ~ tne West hhu southwest, auu
i iari,eee are mucn alarmed. Startling
EDO '' NJ VI sne supIeee are coming IN
i.on NeM meAico, oolUrauo, wyoming
eou NeDrnshh, put tne Situation In
s oousIern d a,a Seems 10 pe worse than
eh az ~ ..,h eis1 Uhe CORRESPONDENT says
. .nas .ne wneatnelus are awe with
.noppers announcer states that 'desola-
on Is lnninenL, ana third, writing
.tom Nortn riatte, Neb., remarks that
th h.a 70 a she 'hiiu year OF the pest IN
snmh reRlon.
r I've, twenty SIX years ago the Big and
minn Jioe rivers. TRIBUTARIES OF the
pi9sourl, Mere crossed at numerous
piaues " VAST coolies OF the insects,
MIL mnion ~ IohIu prooeeo 10 the waters
euge AUG pegln jumping 10, one upon
a az ua'i' tney ACTUALLY pontooned
'i 9 st.ea sh,,;.a,r,..,sj,-,.1 ,..,.,,..
wv ~ .nese nosls cnanceu 70 meet
que moving eastward and the other
westWafu-on river DUN IN the Same
iooaiity, snu DOM turning their course
,soeetnier MownWafu from perrehdiou-
,ar cnh ~ Ieet hign, they passed over
~ ~ sheet six or seven inches thick,
VIVID roaring morse like that of a
SataIhot o. water IL 10 stated on re-
llaole authoIlty that erassnoppers have
peen seen 10 SWIM over tne Dniester
hIyer, ID EUROPE, ior stretch OF one
anu anu = quarter miies IN layer more
tnan nan loot thick