Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-12
Gr0sshOppers Menacing Mesilld Valley
Entomologisi Tells HoD TO GET Rid of Pest

II r. the one that damages the late
crops most Get them now before
they mature and you have them out
OF the way.
Use Hoppcrdozcr.
You can reduce the numbers with
out much srouble or expense by using
the hopperdgzer and the poisoned
mixtures You can not get al OF
them, but you can get enough TO
bring their numbers down 10 normal.
But you will an have 90 do A. Yorr
association should be able to effect
that. The hoppers from an uncieaTed
field win soon cover cleared one
and the thrifty man be made TO lose
the benefit OF his work You will
have to come 20 this matter of co..
operative control sooner or later, and
II better be sooner
Use Of the iioppcrdOzer.
In recent notice the experiment
station recommended the use of the
hopperdOxer as q means for getting
rid Of some Of the grasshoppers In
fields after a damaging infeatation
was noticed. From the nature of the
machine Il will be seen that II II most
effective n used curiy IN the season
before the hoppers have reached the
adult, winged stage. Al that time the
"nymphs." or young hoppers. cannot
~ out OF the way nor can they jump
so far but that they usually strike
the machine somewhere And, once
in the liquid IN the pan. they are less
able than the adults to crawl, swim
or jump out
Measures for tho prevention OF
the Matching % the eggs are TO be
first considered Then watch closely
10 see n many young hatch out. and
II they do. use the hopperdozer when
they are young; DO not wait and watch
TO see II the hopperdozer viii have
20 be used Use 1t and then watch.
Every young hopper killed means a
saving In what u would eat 40 grow
to maturity. aud u stops any risk
that more eggs than ever witt come
from this rising generation before
being killed, possibly.
For Field Work.
The hopperdozer il manifesily bet-
ter 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 back stop or
shield. and the runners on heels for
Transporting the machine.
hopperdozer 10 be pulled by
hand may be- made by taking sheet
iron, better II galvanized. and making
a pan feet long and one foot wide
with front side and ends two Inches
high and the back turned up one
foot or the hack may be made about
four Inches high and the extra height
made by canvas on frame Triangu-
lar end pieces may be put In and the
whole riveted and soldered uil wa
ter tight Runners may be made OF
two hy four inch timbers or of metal,
such AZ old wagon tire, should be
put under either end ana allowed tc
project about "a foot IN front OF and
behind the pan va u viii ride better.
The rope for pulling the machine "
fastened Ia tho front end Of the rum
ners. Il IL better n the hitch Is
made 80 the power II applied az tho
end. for example, a man or boy az
either end. leaving the space directly
In front OF tho pan open. a partition
In the middle of the pan keeps the
llquid from stopping too much. " the
hoppers are IN the older stages, the
one foot back may be- too low IN thnt
ease. Increase the helGht with a can
vas shield as desired for back ana
ends. A strengthening cieat across
the bottom ma up the hack OF the
pan helps greatly. a device TO scare
on the hoppers before the edge ~ the
pan reaches them Ia made By tying
q small rod or pole 10 the hitch ropes
80 n viii DRAG parallel 10 the front oi
Tho pan.
no Use Machine.
To nsc The machine. pour Into the
pan about three-auariers ~ an inch
Of water. ana add a quart at cheap
kerosene Wet the shield with water
ga al Also nun INA machine over