Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-30

ANNANh ~ MahbfI ~ thAbHf 80"
10 dry seasons. thus affording many
suitable breeding places These dry
weather conditions are also very IN
! favorable % the Development OF the
various fungus diseases that are
often 20 destructive TO grasshOppers
land aFaln because the one great
enemy Of mo Erass0hOpDer--ibe lar
lya OF the blister beetle that feeds
upon grssshopper eggs b. not 20 pien
.fIful a. thH adult blister beetle D.
being destroyed By man because u
feed. upon various garden and field
crops Birds also are not 20 mum
erous az they were several years
ago and the farmer yell knows the
value % birds upon the farm as TO-
acct destroyers
The $50 history Of grassh0ppers D.
not alRays alike With the various
pecies. bui the following 10 typical
l0f our more destructive varieties
BOO the late summer and early fan.
usually from August 70 early frost
the female grasshopper seeks a
suitable place % lay egRs She uru-
Inily selects q high and we'll drained
firm s0il aloux fences and the banks
OF bitches aud IN pastures and vacai-
ed fields. carefully avoiding moist
place The eggs are deposited b.
the soil from one 10 several inches
below the surface. and always IN
clusters % from 80 20 700
The female OF one species con
uructs three different egg pockets
within siK or eight weeks. each mass
containing about thirty eggs An.
other species lays all Of her eggs.
about 100 boz number. ln one pocket
These pockets are we'll protected
with sticky mass and PARTICLE OF
foil which become tenacious and
waterproof and somesbat hard 10 b.
destroyed by predace0us Insects
ln Texas grasshopper eggs begin
10 hatch boo the middle Of March aud
youuF insects continue 20 come out
well into MAY As general rule
however. the eggs In one mass. o.
pocket. an hatch az one time The
young emerged Insects. resembling
the adult frassh0ppcrs. remain ir
thr vicinity Of their birth for sever
al days They can often be- seen N
small colonies IN meadows alOnf
fence rows. and IN fields that were
not thoroughly cultivated during m,
previous season The CLUSTERING
habit becomes more conspicuous dul
lng the night and on cool. cloudy
days As food becomes scarce. and
a3 the young insects develop they ia
not cluster so much. but migrate Il
fields aud other places where they
can find the necessary food foi
their subsistence Although known
az general feeders. they know O.
good thing when they find IL ant
viii choose the succuient and quicl
growing cultivated crops. such a.
corn, cotton. alfalfa. etc.
Tho large wingless type. so mum
erous In some parts last year. mi
crate by walking and hopping. an,
do not therefore cover much ground
hut those species supplied WIJ
WINS often travel great distances
During cool aud cloudy weather
aud at night. the insetcs SOLICIT OF
rubbish and weeds. and early In the
morning they can be found feedin,
close 10 the ground Later Ia th'
day they will climb up into thu
plant. upon which they are feeding
habit which has been found ycrl
advantageous In collecting then
with q hopperdozer or oil pan
Control OF Grass hopers 1t h no
always possible To successfully de
stroy insects by one method, an,
this Is true with grasshoppers
combination of the various methods
must be employed In order 10 oh
tain good results
The means 20 employ In the de-
struction of grasshoppers fall int,
five divisions as follows. tll In
couragoment OF natural agencies t..
Destruction OF the egg. 60 Destruc
ton of young hoppers. Ga Destruc
ton OF grown Insects. t5l Proven
tive measures
announcement of Natural Agen
al A NNNAHnuHI 4 A. NfssF. 1. 81,
us 10 increase the small predaceoui
insects that destroy grasshoppcr L,
numbers sufficient to cheek the raw
ages of these insects. Il Is advisable,
10 distinguish those Of a destructiS,
nature SO that they can asst man
kind In checking iniuriou pests ",
can, however. greatly aid In the de-
yelopment OF such useful insect de-
stroyers as birds boy protecting thoil
nests and by encouraging then
around the fields where they mal
become useful The writer Ia.
seen where large herds of black hiru,
and meadow larks have kept grass
hoppers In check The raising oI
early broods OF turkeys should be- en-
oouraEed. for grasshoppers are veil
much relished by these birds Will,
they are yet young one farmer %
Gillespie County protected his entirr
cotton crop from destruction D,
grasshoppers by driving a flock OF
So turkeys around the edges OF hi.
field early In the morning aud lat,
IN the evening.
Destruction OF the Eggs 1t ha,
been found that where the egg cap