Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
THOUSANDS OF
THEM CAUGHT
GOV ERNMENT AGENTS CAPTURE
MANY KAISER ALLIES AND
MORE TO FOLLOW

Audubon County received perhaps
one of the greatest surprises in it's
history early this week when a
Government Agent arrived unex-
pectedly and assisted in ensnaring
a large number of Kaiser Allies
in raids made upon the grasshop-
pers. Great hosts of these enemies
have been living all their lives in
our midst and during the past weeks
have been quietly destroying much
of the Country's food supply. Many
more are still at large and should
be captured and destroyed before
they continue further in their de-
Wasting work.
Deputy Sheriff, J. C. Boyer, Coun-
ty Clerk. John Horning, County
Agent, p NJ. Wolf accompanied by
special Field Agent E. V. Walter of
the Bureau OF Entomology went
down into Oakfield township to the
A. p Hansen Farm Tuesday morn
ing where they captured about a
bushel and a half of grasshOppers
of all kinds and sizes in about S5
or 40 minutes. Many more were
found dead on the ground as re-
suit of poison scattered along the
field last week.
In the afternoon some 20 citizens
of the county were present to wit
ness a similar raid on these pests
on the Jorgen H. Jensen farm
northeast of Audubon, where the
some convincing results were OBJ
tanned thru the use of both of the
practical methods of Kidding the
county of these enemies, viz the
hopperdoZer and the poisoned bran.
Farmers whose farms have been
visited and many others report to
the County Agent that the damage
done by grasshOppers is becoming
alarming. Fields of oats, wheat,
barley, pastures and in some cases
corn are being destroyed by these
pests. Many of the hoppers are
still quite small and have not begun
their real damage. If they live I'M
til cold weather these "hordes' of
insects promise to make serious in
roads upon every thing green. Corn
fields are in danger if something
is not done to check the grasshop-
pers.
Every community infested with
these insects should get together to
take up measures of protection for
their growing crops. in Adair
County farmers thru the assistance
of the County Agent c. Burge are
working together with astonishing
results. Audubon County farmers
can and should take every step
possible to check the loss which is
sure to result from the hoppers IL
ohey are left unmolested. County
Agent Wolf is willing to help with
this work and will seure materials
at cost for individuals and groups
farmers who wish to do what they
can to eliminate great deal of the
damage being done.
The hopperdozer is a long trough
on runners which is dragged thru
pastures and over meadows or stub
BILE fields by horses hitched on
both ends of the machine" A
back stop is built back of the
trough in such a way that the hop
pers jumping up before the moving
'Dozer" strike the back and drop
down into a mixture of water and
kerosene in the trough The trough
collects the hoppers jumping up be-
fore the moving 'Dozer" strike the
back and drop down into the mix
ture of water and kerosene in the
trough. The trough collects the
hoppers; many more being killed
by the slightest contact with the
kerosene:
The other method is the Poisoned
bran method. The formula for
this is as FLOWS:
25 pounds bran,
l pound Paris green,
2 quarts low grade mOlasses
6 crushed fruits. oranges or lem
ons.
2k gallons of water.
Mix bran and Paris Green dry;
dissolve molasses in water; and
crushed lemons or oranges, stir
thoroughly, then add to bran.
Stir until bran is evenly moistened.
This material is scattered broad
cast over the fields by hand or with
an endgate seeder. The bulk is
sufficient to cover four or five acres
when properly applied.
The cost of the materials run
less than 40 cents per acre. The
poisoned bran method has been
found in the west to be cheaper
and easier method to combat the
grasshoppers and is rapidly plac-
ing the hopperdozer. as the poison
can be scattered in growing crops.
There is little or on danger of
poisoning stock as the materials
are too thinly spread out on the
ground.
Results from both methods are
sure and practical. Any one wish
ing further assistance in the pur-
chase of materials or in the spread
ing of the poisoned bran or in the
construction of the hopperdozer
should call the County Agent. Do
| 1t now.