Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-10-18
TO KILL H0PPERS
---r
EXPERT ADVICE ON DESTROYING
PESTS GIVEN By STATE
AUTHORITY.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
A Review Of tho Work Of the state
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various STATE
Institutions.
Pierre.


Plerre.-
Farmers who were troubled with
grasshoppers this summer should OK
anime their fields late in October for
the eggs of this pest. Soil that con-
tains eggs should be plowed, disced
narrowed or cultivated in order to ca
post eggs to wind and sun, or to get
them so far beneath the surface tina!
the young, when Matched next year.
will be unable to reach freedom. These
suggestions are offered in the grass
hopper bulletin recently published by
the South Dakota State college ento-
mologists, and distributed free to
farmers upon request by the expcrl-
ment station.
Look for hopper eggs usually in
small clumps of grass or alfalfa sur
rounded by large or small spots OF
bare ground The egg masses are in
pods up to an inch and half long
| containing so to 1875 or more eggs, and
are laid by the female hopper about
an inch and half below the surface OF
the soil. Prof. II. G. SEVERN, State col
lege entomologist, mentions finding
more than 5000 eggs in an area Il foot
square, and finding more than thou
sands eggs in small clump Of grass
| two inches in diameter Farmers
should also examine borders of fields.
ditch banks, and roadside for hopper
eggs.
Whether the farmer shall pillow, disc
Dr. cultivate to destroy the eggs de-
ponds upon the area infected. the tools
on hand and what crop is to follow
Flowing. which buries the eggs so tina.
the young never see the light, should
be at least six inches deep and done
some time between October Is and
April 30. The plowed soil should be
pulverized and packed as much as
possible.
Where blowing is not advisable, the
soil should be disced, narrowed or cul
:ivated this fall. stirring, the soil about
two inches deep to expose the eggs
to the weather. The discing should BE-
done lengthwise. crosswise and even
cornerwise whenever possible. Leave
the land rough. and next spring har
row thoroughly This work may be
done in alfalfa fields this fall with
the alfalfa renovator, or spike-tooth
disc followed by straight-tooth har
row next spring.
The grasshopper bulletin, which
gives this Information in detail. to
gether with many illustrations. should
be in the hands OF every farmer who
anticipates trouble.
Farmer Increases Income.
One South Dakota farmer increased
his labor income in one year from
$1,255 to $2.963 by increasing his cattle
from four to forty head. The IN
creased number of cows consumed the
roughage that had gone to waste prior
to 1916. and the farmer cashed in on
this leak The foregoing instance is
reported by Ward A. Ostrander OF
State college, xtension division How
ever. in modification, he says that it
does not pay farmer to feed more
cattle than he is able to handle at a
profit. He should hook ahead and plan
for the future by getting in alfalf;,
and other things to warrant more cat.
tie. 1t is better to grow into more
stock than to jump into the game un.
less one knows the distance he car,
cover. Furthermore, suggests Mr.. Os.
trander: Don't buy scrubs-better
watt
Students In Harvest Fields.
On account Of the increased amount
of harvest work in South Dakota
many students are unable to begin
their studies at State college at the
, authorized opening date To such
students President Perisho has ad
dressed letter stating that their la
bors in food conservation are impor
tant and therefore the college has ar
ranged to accommodate all students
who are obliged to enter college late
in the semester Every effort possible
will be made to help students who
could not come at the opening of the
year to make up their studies so that
Quarantine all new stock purchases
: that originate from stock yards, warn:
DIR. ]. T. Dinwoodie. specialist with
the State college extension division
Stock yard Notwithstanding
septicemia-which is prevalent in ev
cry stock yard. is often contracted
! by cattle which pass through. Thi,
disease does not confine its ravages t.
! the new stock but may spread to thu
= cattle at home, but 1t may be pre-
J. vented from thus spreading by keen
t Ing the stock cattle in a separate fell
or running them as separate bunch