The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-04
.H0PPERS BY THE
MILLION IMPERIL
CROPS s OF SLOPE
Mclean County Alone to Ex-
pend More Than 100000
in Combating Pest
THREAT IS WIDE SPREAD
Shires on Both Sides of River
Affected - Must Guard
Against New Brood
CHRISTOPHER MIXTURE.

GRAsSHOPPER MIXTURE. "
Mix dry four POUNDS Of white
arsf,ic or Paris green with 100
pounds Of bran. ~
Mix two gallons of black-strap
molasses with five gallons Of wa
" ter and three pounds Of salt. I 1-2
dozen oranges or lemons which
have been grated. Moisten bran
and arsenic with above.
This will cover Is acres. Put on 4
at night to be there before they
!. come from roost.
Washburn, n d., June 4.-Reports
received in Washburn from different
sections along the Missouri Slope
country indicate that the grasshoppers
are doing extensive damage to crops
and unless the farmers engage in
quick and concerted action there is
danger that the products OF the field
will be completely destroyed. Ex-
.perts are inclined to believe that the
condition reported to prevail through
out this section will soon be reported
Of many other sections Of the state,
and that, in fact, the whole of North
Dakota will have to do battle against
the devastating pest. It would seem
that this visitation of the grasshop-
per is to be concurrent with the
plague of the seven.year, locust, which
is predicted to occur this year through.
out wide section of the United
States.
That the grasshopper fight is on
throughout big section is indicated
by the fact that Twin City wholesale
houses, asked to hurry in supplies for
fighting the pests, have wired that
their stocks already have been de-
pleted. This seems to apply particu-
larly to white arsenic, the poison used
to get rid of the grasshoppers. Nc
Lean county alone will need $4,000
pounds of this poison, which is to be
ordered through the county commits
si0ners. This is apart from other or
ders Of large supplies sent in from the
different towns. Lemons, another re-
quisite for the ''last meap' to be served
the pests, are so much in demand that
the Wholesale price already has jump
ed to "a cents case. But it is not
the price which bothers the farmers
but whether there will be enough lem
Ons to go around? Mclean county
commissioners alone are going to
spend $2,764 on lemons, provided they
can get them.
s45,ooo Appropriated.
That the Mclean county commits
sioners are prepared to wage stiff
battle against the hoppers is shown
by the fact that they have appropriat-
ed $45, 900 already for the campaign
1t is not unlikely that altogether the
farmers in the county will have to
spend about 100000 in the fight,
since many of them are ordering d-
rect through their town merchants,
afraid that the commissioners will not
be able to get enough materials for
all requirements. Stark county,
which is about half the size Of Mclean
county, has appropriated $4,000 to
wage on the campaign, according to
word received by County Agricultural
Agent A. l.. Norling of Mclean
county. Fr
SIG Tons of Bran.
Some idea of the campaign being
carried on in Mclean county alone is
shown by the fact that the county com
missioners are going to order SIS tons
of bran. Apart from this, Underwood
ordered several tons yesterday and
other towns may have to do likewise.
The supplies of bran in the county are
somewhat small and it is quite ques-
tion where a sufficient quantity is to
be secured on such a short notice. A
of Mclean county left
for Minneapolis last evening to see if
the arsenic, bran and other supplies
are obtainable. Such other supplies
include 46,000 pounds OF salt and 23,-
900 gallons of molasses.
. Farmers Discuss Problem.
Farmers from Washburn to Coal
Harbor and Turtle Lake, comprising
more than half the territory of the
county, have been holding meetings
in school houses the past couple of
days and discussing the situation.
Most of them are agreed that the only
way to fight the menace is through CO.
operation. Some of the farmers al
ready have lost fields of wheat, which
now present only black stretches of
decayed vegetation. Rye likewise is
ching similarly attacked while the lat
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