Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-23
.HOPPERDOzzER
AND BATS READY
!. FOR CHRISTOPHER
New Mexico Farmers Being
Urged to Take Necessary
Steps 10 Discourage Pest
Alfalfa Especially Liable to
Damage,
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county agents stationed IN various
counties Of New Mexico are taking up
with the farmers the matter Of grass
hopper control and 1t IS believed Mr..
Grasshopper will meet with q discour-
aging condition of affairs when he be-
gins to attack Alfalfa and other crops.
From all indications, there will be an
abundance Of grassshoppers this sea-
Ison---but the farmers will be better
prepared and equipped than ever be-
fore to put them out of business. Ear
~ In the season the poison bats are
very effective. Later il will be ncces-
sary to resort to hopperdozzers II the
early season work is not properly un-
dertaken or successfully carried out
The hopperdozer is a machine that
deals sure death 10 Il multitude Of
Igrasshoppers. Last year there We're
some thirty hopperdozzers in use In
Eddy county and excellent results
were obtained There are two types
Of the machine. the LIQUID and the
dry The greatest objection to the
liquid machine is that II costs from
IQnt ~ IVY AZ au1 Api oPtAeNh
ing expenses, crude oil, kerosene or
dstillete being necessary. The dry
machine is a trapping device and
there IL no operating expense. In ac-
tual field test in Eddy county last
year, one dry machine captured TWEEN
| ty bushels Of grasshoppers In three
hours. The liquid machine was not
aIthA,frIx h.
ing many grasshoppers.
The county agents are prepared to
give all the necessary information re-
gardlng grasshopper machines and
will be glad to suggest means of elm
linating the pests, or to supervise the
construction of hopperdozzers. If no
county agent is available, full infor-
nation may be obtained by address
ing a letter to the extension depart
ment OF the New Mexico agricultural
college. ~t
Bulletins are being sent out by the
county agents suggesting various rem
edies to poison the grasshoppers. A
typical bulletin is the one sent broad
cast through Colfax county by " L.
4 M III ilIittius MI tintd0 RhiiNA'ii
suggests u poison bran bait which has
been used with success in many places,
THE bulletin follows:
;, THE grasshopper, in many locali-
ties of the county. has made it's APP
lpearance again this spring In num-
hers large enough to be a serious
menace TO crops.
,ya.
controlled very effectively in this and
lother states by means of poison bran
bait Last year u number of Colfax
county farmers prevented serious loss
by using this remedy at the proper
time:
The ingredients and proportions as
outlined in farmers bulletin No. 6S7
are as follows:
"26 lbs. bran
II ID. Paris green.
~ quarts cheap molasses or syrup.
&c to 8 oranges or lemons.
"2 to gallons of water.
Thoroughly mix together the bran
land Paris green An ordinary wash
tub will answer the purpose. Into a
tHtBbldit NtOCti wv ~ VI
lsqueeze the juices Of the fruit; then
chop up finely the skin and pulp OF
the fruit and add this to the syruF
mixture; then dilute with, two gallons
of water Mix this LIQUID portion with
the bran and Paris green, and IL nee
lessary add enough more water &c
bring the whole to stiff dough.
This amount of material If proper
ly scattered is enough TO treat from
five to ten acres The poison bait
should be scattered early in the morn.
ing before sunrise, SO that the grass
hoppers will feed on it before 1t dries
too much.
This bait can be used with entire
safety II properly scattered. II should
not be distributed i'll piles but should
be broadcasted.
White arsenic may be used instead
of Paris green in the same proportion
and is at present much cheaper.
The materials should be very thor
oughly mixed and no ingredient
should be left out.
lit will be a great deal cheaper ant
more effective TO begin poisoning al
the grasshoppers mostly along ditcl
banks and field borders, This viii
lessen the amount OF material needed
and also the labor Of distributing II
Later the grasshoppers will spreaC
over the entire field.
Your very truly.
". l. MARTINIsAU,