The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-17
BERGER FARMER
CATCHES HOPPERS
Fills Many Grain Sacks In a
Few Hours
KANSAS HOPPER CATCHER USED
TO GATHER INSECTS.
Suggestions On Use Of Poison Made In
Pamphlet Issued 20 the Cooperative
Extension Department.

EAtSuNlon UtldElmtht.
George Hamilton of Berger, gather
ed six grain sacks fun of grasshoppers
in four hours on his clover field this
week and depleted the hopper popula-
ton greatly The device used was
made at home by MI Hamilton assist
ed by Walter Starr, and is known as
the Kansas Hopper Catcher. 1t is
said to work well and many Salmon |
tract farmers are planning to use this |
sort of machine as a result of the eX- |
pertinent
The use of compounds OF sodium ar
senate, which must not be confused |
with arsenate, is strongly advocated in
a document sent out this week by the
department of the state and national |
cooperative agricultural extension |
service, written by w 7. Mccall, coun- |
ty agent OF Canyon county and en-
titled How to Fight Grasshoppers.'
The following suggestions are copied
from the pamphlet:
Where clover or alfalfa seed crops
are attacked by grasshoppers, one of
the best methods of control is to spray
the infested field with a sodium ar
semitic spray solution made by mixing
one to one and a quarter pounds OF
a.
molasses and fifty gallons of water
This amount of solution should be
sprayed evenly over one acre For al
falfa, one pound of poison is suffici-
ent for fifty gallons of water but for
clover with dense foliage, il is gener
ally safe to use one and One-fOurth
pounds Too much poison, too coarse a
spray or application of too much Of
the solution. will burn the foliage, so
the grasshoppers will not eat the poi
son A rain will wash off the poison
and render it Ineffective therefore,
the spray should not be applied during
unsettled weather conditions.
The spray may be applied most con-
veniently by the use of an orchard
power spray outfit This should be
fitted with an extension at the rear
consisting of a half-inch pipe twelve
OF fifteen feet long, which has been
fitted with six mist nOzzles. The nOz-
zles at the ends should be pointed out
at an angle of forty-five degrees. so
that a wide area may be covered as
the machine is drawn forward. If the
nozzles are rightly spaced a path of
from twenty to twenty-five feet will be
covered with a fine mist Any one who
has seen machine rugged up for
spraying potatoes or mustard, will
catch the idea With a little ingenuity
one can arrange the necessary fixtures
so that twenty acres q day may easily
be sprayed.
The spray must be thrown in fine
mist Only fine nozzles should be
used
The machine must cover quickly TO
avoid burning of foliage.
Not less than one hundred-fifty
pounds pressure should he used.
The extension should clear the
wheels in the rear, and be high enough
from the ground. about four feet so a
mist spray will be thrown
Tank and piping should be thorough
ly cleaned before using. and only clean
water used.
Spraying may be done at any stage
of plant growth, but ii applied on foil
age from six to ten inches high. ant
before the grasshoppers are three.
fourths grown. the best results viii b,
obtained. Mature grasshOppers ca
but little, and will not get enough Of
the poison to cause death Ii rightly
done, the grasshoppers viii begin dy
ing about the third day after spraying
and sixty per cent of them should b'
dead within a week The dead hop
pers" will be eaten rapidly by those
still alive. and the poison thus doe
double duty. II no rain falls for tw'
weeks after application of the spray
at least ninety per cent OF the grass
hoppers will be killed
Poison bran mash bait is very effec
tive in grain fields pastures, orchards
or in clover and alfalfa hay fields. 70
use in the latter. IL should be applies
Immediately after the hay has beel
cut. before much new foliage ha
started The following recipe is re
commended. Twenty-Five pound
coarse bran. six finely grated lemon
or oranges (OT I ounce lemon extract
one pound powdered white arsenic 10
same amount paris green). two quart
cheap mOlasses OF sugar factory sy
rup. The bran and poison should b
thoroughly mixed while dry Then IN
molasses and fruit juice. together wit
finely grated rines. should be added
two gallons of water. This mixtur
should be sprinkled gradually over Ia
bran. stirring constantly. Enough w
ter should be added to make crun
bly, mash. If the mixture is too We
il will not SOW we'll
Do not leave piles of the mash whel
stock or chickens will eat IL.
Keep chickens out Of the fielG
where mash has been sown.
No danger ARISES. however, in fee
ing hay from clover or alfalfa fiel'
which have been sprayed, as it won
be difficult for one animal to e
enough hay from field that has be-
properly sprayed 10 cause death.
But don't forget you are using pc
son.
WEAKNESS OF THE MILITIA