Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-24
Vice Consul De Martini. at Trieste, in

Vice Consul De Martini. at Trieste, in
describing these measures, says:
Under the guidance OF their masters
the boys of all the communes of the
province of Goerz We're trained to in
tercept the march and capture the To-
Gusts in their inv aston Of that agricul
tural district in 1909. Exact Stats
tics have just been published, giving
interesting particulars, which may
prove useful to their agrarian fields,
even in the United states.
The official report describes the
method used to combat the pest and
shows the results of each commune
IN" number of ltres of locusts killed
and prizes awarded to each school
and the number of DAYS of work-a
days work consisting of three hours
of each boy. The days Of work
are stated to have been &C. Si5. during
which eleven railway wagon loads of
lGCuStS We're captured. The total
amount in prizes awarded to the boys
was loco crowns ($345D. Each boy
received Il cents day for three hours
capturing. on an average, tour quarts
CT locuStS each day The total ey-
Derditures We're as follows: Prizes To-
boys, S345l; Implements and their re-
pair. $500; overseers S4o6 school
masters. secs: administration. sos:
total, 1864. +d1
This ork. due to proper organza-
ton of the srhoOlhoys. shows what
might be achieved ny similar means
on much more extensive scale 10
wipe out this plague If it is COM
puted that each locust consumes daily
1ood 10 half the volume of its body.
1t follows that locusts thus captured
would nave devoured sixty railway
wagon loads of hay (six tons to load
besides damaging cultivation OF the
iocusts captured. four hundred made al
htre. The 100000 litres gathered rep
resented. therefore. about 45,OOoONI
i"cuSts, 10000 900 of which were fe.
males that would have laid 3,0OO,No0
N" eggs fol a new generation.
me implements consisted of coec-
tors. reservoirs and litre measures. ThpI
coil'ctor Is luadrangular framework
Oh Zlhc wire. 11a inches on each side
ana OF the shape of Il cone. 219s inches
deep. covered with linen bag Ont
one side of the frame is attached a
movable wooden handle forty seven
inches long. The two sides of the |
frame that touch the ground are COW
crrd with leather. These collectors
when ordered wholesale cost 40 cents
each. The collection or the capture Of
the locus:s is effected by agitating theI
coilHctor to the right and left or by
dragging 1t forward along the ground
at brlsk pace. Every now and then
the collector must be shaken brskly
10 let the locustS gathered on it fall
stunned to the bottom.
ne reservoir is simply an empty
petroleum. tin box, in which square
opening is cut. closed by a tin door,
Wheli the reservoir is full the locustsI
are DESTROYED by pouring boiling water
INTO ltA The locusts die within five t"I
ten minutes after being scalded, when
the reservoir is emptied and the dead
"cISts are measured with the htreI
measure.
Locusts may be turned from PEST
20 valuable food for fattening cat
Tie. pigs and fowls. For this purpose
the locusts, after being thus Killed
are spread on the ground and sprih-
Kled with solution Of kitchen san
and water and dried in the sun. Thel
boys Keep turning the locusts over tot
drN on both sides-New BedfoIu
Morning Mercury. ssatAlI