Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-12
New Mexico Bug Errert sug-
gests Cleaning sides Of
Roads and Banks of bitches
to Put Crimp in Army of
Long Legged CrOp-DestrOy-
ers Travelling Through Rio
Grande Valley.

49, ~~~@a8 A@N@WA0A 49,
Grande Valley.
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Las Cruces, ~ A.. June H.
orasahoppers IN sufficiently large
numbers 20 seriously menace crops
In the upper part ~ the Mesilla val
ley have sapptnred and are getting
more numerous. state Ent0noiogist
ID. II. Merrill OF the State College has
made an inspection trip through the
valley and az result has addressed
the following letter TO Manager G..
A. Thompson 81 the south New Mex
leo TURNER'S association
ON my visit 30 your region this
week ! found that you had plenty Of
grasshoppcrs that are native with
you. bus there was no sign 81 a.
scourge. You viii doubtless have
trouble In places with the grassh0p-
pers on the later crops as YOU ala
last year and several years previous.
n you do not use some OF the means
az your command TO thin out their
ranks now before they have reached
the adult stage. When they have
come 10 the adult. winged stage they
are very dlffcuit 20 treat ana they
are larger and eat more and will have
eaten for longer time even aa
Young ones. Bg reducing their NUM-
bers now you may avoid any appre-
ciable damage to your crops Then
look out for the preventive. cultural
treatment Go reduce their numbers in
succeeding years
WORE where Weeds.
The hoppers. sO far as | could see
through the region. are worse along
fieisd that have tots OF weeds along
the borders and along bitches that
are badly grown 10 weeds. They
We're plentiful along roadsldes where
There were weeds for protection
Attention 10 such places makes for "a
better appearing arm and country
side and lessons the number OF breed
ing places. stir up the soil In these
places In The winter or spring ms well
az keep the weeds down In the sum
mer. The summer weeds furnish
resting places for the hoppers ana
also protection from some OF their
bird enemies that would get more OF
them v they could not hide IN big
weeds 50 successfuily. These hop
pers that bother you do not live on
vegetation in this country, 90 an eN-
tent, that Is not Irrigated OF near IT.
rignted land They are sort 81 civ
iiized. you see We have species
that live entirely on the shudscule'
creosOte, Wild crosses. etc. hut they
are not troubling you for they never
get onto the cultivated crops.
Clean Waste SPACES.
So the proper attention 90 those
waste places and places that are let
80 uncultivated and with weeds un-
cut. and cultivation 81 alfalfa hslds,
this not being necessary yearly u the
hoppers are kept In control IN other
places, ! think You can. keep the
numbers down below damaging pro-
portions. II has been done IN other
sections and there h no reason why
IA cnnnot be done here. u is only "A
matter o. convincing the people mat
IL IN necessary. You viii always nave
hoppers. There IL no magic way 20
charm them away. Foresight anu IN
telllgent action IN the matter VIII ~"
the work necessary.
One species OF. hopper yon have m
great numbers will bs fun grown now
la few days They are beginning
10 come 20 the adult stage now u
N one of the damaging kind. No YOU
viii have 40 set noW 90 get ~. A Sec
ond species, la less numbers, VIII he
injured about July T. The third,
and largest la numbers an" ~. HiNe "i
individuals and 80 most dhmarinE'
viii nof be matured llll about the
s..iaal. AZ Yuir Ia IL now very small