El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-29
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FARMING
HOPPERDOZER is
USEFUL INVENTION
In Fight on Grasshoppers
It's Work Is Best Seen
i'm Larger Fields.


State College, n. NJ, Aug. 29.-The
following bulletin has been issued by
the experiment station of the State
college: 4
station recommended the use of the
hOpperdozer as a means for getting rid
OF some of the Srasshoppers IN ileIds
after a damaging lnfestatlon was no
ticed. This present notice gives in
little more detail advice as to the con-
structiOn of the hopperdozer PreVen-
ton is the best remedy OF all and the
hopperdozer is at best only one means
for lessenine the severity of the at
tack From the nature of the ma
chine it will be seen that II is most
effective if used early IN the season
before the hOpperS nave reached tue
adult winged stage At that time the
''nymphs," or young noppers, can not
fly out of the way, nor can they Jump
so far but that they usually strike the
machine somewhere. ana, once the
liquid is in the pan. they are less able
than the adults to crawl, swim or jump
out. However, since the hoppers die,
even if only wet with the kerosene and
then escaping, the great dlI1lculIy IN
the way of catching the adults is that
they fly up and away far enough not to
strike the backstOp, and so escape.
Still, enough are caught TO lessen the
damage appreciably if the use of the
hOpperdozer is persisted in
Measures for the preventing OF the
Matching of the eggs are to be first
if many young hatch out, and if they
do, use the hopperdozer when they are
young; do not wait and watch 10 see II
the hOpperdOzer will have to be used
Use It and then watch Every young
hopper killed means a saving in what
il would eat to grow to maturity, ana
il stops any risk that more eggs than
ever will come from this rising genera
ton before being killed, possibly.
The hOpperdOzer is manifestly better
adapted for field work. Usually small
patches may be cleared in ways suited
to them in particular
The essential parts of a typical ma
chine are the pan, the backstop or
shield, and the runners or wheels Tor
transporting the machine.
A hopperdoZer TO be pulled by hand
may be made by taking sheet iron, bet
ter if galvanized, and making a pan
eight feet long and one foot wide, with
and the back turned up one foot Or
the back may be made about -FOUR
inches high and the extra height made
by canvas on frame. Triangular end
pieces may be put in and the whole
riyeted and soldered till water tight
Runners made of two by four inch tim
bers or of metal, such as old wagon
tire, should be put under either END
and allowed to project about a foot in
front of and behind the pan so II VIII
ride better The rope for pulling the
machine is fastened to the 'front.' emo
of the runners 1t is better if the
hitch is made so the power is applied
at the end, for example, a man or boy
at either end, leaving the space dt-
rectIy in front of the pan open \
partition in the middle of the pan keeps
the LIQUID from stopping too much. If
the hoppers are in the older stages,
the one foot back may be too low In
that case increase the height with a
canvas shield as desired for back and
ends. A strengthening cleat across the
bottom and up the back of the pan
helps greatly A device to scare up
the hopper before the edge of the pan
reaches them is made by tying a small
rod or pole to the hitch ropes SO 1t
viii drag parallel to the front of the
pan.