. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 54 THE EEPOET OF THE Xo. 36 infested section in Michigan, for example, where it gave such good results that the farmers of that section of the state, according| to information furnished by Mr. Don B. Whelan, extension entomologist of Michigan, will order a car load in anticipation of grasshopper and cutworm troubles next year. AVe find that the poison bait can best be used in fields such as clover about the time they are cut, by first cutting around the field leaving a small central area uncut in w
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 54 THE EEPOET OF THE Xo. 36 infested section in Michigan, for example, where it gave such good results that the farmers of that section of the state, according| to information furnished by Mr. Don B. Whelan, extension entomologist of Michigan, will order a car load in anticipation of grasshopper and cutworm troubles next year. AVe find that the poison bait can best be used in fields such as clover about the time they are cut, by first cutting around the field leaving a small central area uncut in which the hoppers will congregate and here they can be slaughtered by the use of a comparatively small amount of poison bait. The bait is likewise of greater value in corn-fields, orchards, and amongst other crops where the grass- hopper catcher cannot be used; and in corn fields it is'advisable to make the bait more adhesive by an extra amount of water or, better, twice as much molasses, scattering the mixture forcibly amongst the crops so that small particles will adhere to the foilage. The grasshopper catcher, such as was first recommended by Dr. E. D. Ball and later advocated by Cooley and others, proved highly successful wherever ? * > «J r,. u*. Fig. 7.—Field of navy beans being destroyed by grasshoppers entering from an adjoining field. This catcher differs from the better known hopperdozer by having a screened box attached to the back (as illustrated), into which the grasshoppers are carried. This has a money value advantage over the hopperdozer in that the insects can be used as poultry feed. After filling the box it is a simple matter to haul the appa- ratus to the poultry yard where the grasshoppers can gradually escape through the front opening at a rate agreeable to a fair sized flock of chickens, thus giving us an ideal poultry self-feeder. Or, probably better, the insects can be bagged and allowed to die and dry within the bags and laid aside for win
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