News and Herald Farm Page
ly 24. 1041
PAGE THIRTEEN"
Grasshopper Infestations Decline In Klamath Basin
o
wetoprmg toiven
Credit for Fewer
Insects This Year
WHy C. A. HENDERSON.
County Agtnt
Hvy infestations of grass
hoppers aro Innn numerous In tha
Klamath hasln this year than for
ninny years. Due to the wet
spring, jmrtiruniri y May and
Juno, hatching w slowed up
and to dale few grasshoppers
have reached thn (lying stage
generally attoined shortly afler
thn 4th or July.
About tho only epidemic o(
major Importance wai that oc
rurrlng on the upper Williamson
river. Small secondary infesta
tion occurred in the northern
and southern portion of the
Upper Klnnuith murxh. Sent
tered hoppers, however, occur
red In various areas throughout
the county and some late sum
mer damage to seed crops will
still occur. Lours have been at
mlnlr.nim and hardly notice
able, due portly to the abtind
yard of feed available for live-
M.k this year.
In several areas of the rounty,
particularly on tho Williamson
river, a new dusting material
Dlnltro-Cresol was used for the
first time in an effort to find
soma material not too costly,
easy of application, that would
rapidly kill the young graas
hoopers on the egg beds and re
main on the ground and foliage
In sufficient quantities to kill
new hatches for several days or
weeks aa they occurred.
A material that could do this
would be of outstanding im
nortanca Inasmuch as grass
hoppers hatch out on very small
areas but continue to hatch over
a long period of time. Eggs
Disced In tho bottom of the egg
packet, deeper In the soil, hatch
several weeks later than inose
on top. While eggs laid on the
north side of a hummock or
knoll hatch much later than
those on the south side and par
ticularly In wet areas that are
Q In the fall at egg-laying time
grasshopper eggs continue to
hatch throughout tho entire sum
mer as tho moisture evaporates
and tha land dries up. This fac
tor makes poisoning or any
other control measure extremely
difficult in securing 100 per cent
kill.
It was noticed this summer In
the use of tho Dlnltro-Cresol,
when applied as a dint, nt the
rate of 30 or 40 pounds per acre,
that all young hoppers were
killed within the first hour,
while young hoppers Just emerg
ing from tho egg sacks died in
a few minutes. It was also ob
served that there was some re
maining effect and that hoppers
hatching out four or five days
after the application were at
fected by tho material, most of
them dying. In somo cases this
material was used In laying
Ovn strip barrier and where
quantity was sufficiently
heavy, attaining a strength of
60 pounds per acre, excellent
kills were made. Some of the
kills reached as high as 100 dead
hoppers to the square foot. After
hoppers had spread, this mater
ial was not as effoctlve and was
too costly for general applica
tion. However, unquestionably,
use of this or a similar material
has considerable possibilities in
grasshopper control, greatly re
ducing tho amount of equipment
and man-power needed, as dust
ing with a mechanical duster
ran cover huge areas In very
short space of time.
Notwithstanding these expert
mentol trials, poisoned bait was
again brought into use, nearly
UD0 acres of Infested lands D
fj nolsoned. A total of approxl
matcly 30.000 pounds of this
bnlt was used In tha county,
with possibly another 8000 to
10,t)00 pounds being used witnin
the next two weeks in tna pro
tection of small seed crops. Ma
terials used In tha manufacture
of this poison omounted to 100
sacks of bran, 200 sacks of saw
dust. 60 gallons of sodium arson-
ite, and 100 pounds of white
arsen c. Total cost of grassnop.
per control operations for the
season from all sources win be
in the neighborhood of $1000.
. It Is interesting, as a compari
son, to go back 10 years and see
what the grasshopper situation
was in 1031. Total expenditure
In thnt year was $30,525, amount
of poisoned bran bait mixed and
spread wns 2,234,600 pounds. At
thn peak of the season, 150 men
were employed In carrying out
the campaign. Materials used In
cluded 0500 sacks of brnn, IB,
000 sacks of sawdust, 8,000 gnl
iO sodium nrsenlte, 8000 gal
lons molasses, 200 gallons ainyl
acetate, 1200 pounds white ar
senic, and other Incidental ma
terials. Materials were trucked
over tho hllla from Upper Klam
ath lake to the Sycon district tn
northern Klamath and Lake
counties. Areas poisoned wera
Lower Klamath lake, where
SO, 000 pounds of poisoned bait
wns used; Tula lake, where B4,-
600 pounds of poisoned bait was
used; and the entire northern
section of Klamath and Lake
counties, where 2,050,000
pounds of poisoned bait was re
quired. Areas poisoned within
this area Included: Wood River
valley, Upper Klnmnlh lake, Up
per Klamath marsh, Sprngue
river, flycan marsh, and extend
ing eastward to the Chcwant-an
country In Lake county.
In (he central part of Klamath
county, poisoning was required
on lands adjacent to Lower
Klamath lake, along the Klam
ath river, and In areas east of
Klamath rails. The project was
carried out Jointly under the
supervision of tho rounty ogcnls
of Klnmuth and Lake counties
Cooperating tn the program that
year were: U. a. Indian service.
I!. S. Forest service, State of
Oregon, Lake rounty, Klamath
rounty. U. S. bureau of reclama
tion, livestock operators, and
general farmers.
The extensive campaign of
1931 completely rleaned the
grasshoppers out of many dis
tricts and greatly reduced the
populutlon In such major areas
as Upper Klnmuth marsh, Lower
Klnmnlh lake, Tule Inkp. and the
Syran. and continuing opera
tions In these areas since, cou
pled with Increased land cultiva
tion and farming, has reduced
t h a grasshopper population to
the present low level perhaps
the least serious for many
years.
I SHORTAGE OF
E
PORTLAND. July 24 (AP
No shortage of freight cars has
plagued the nation's defense ef
forts so fur, Charles E. Danny,
president of tho Northern Pa
cific railroad, said Wednesday,
Efficient loadings and dis
charges have avoided the short
ages that occurred during the
first World war.
He scoffed at the suggestion
the government might take
over railroads. He said the
NP's July carloadings so far
were 30 per cent above those
for July of 1940.
Read the Classified page.
Classification and prlra lists
for the 80th Oregon state fair
horse show have Just been Is
sued and Indicate that $4300 In
stakes and prizes will be award
ed. Also several trophies will
go to winners. Fair dates are
September 1 through 7.
Responding to the popularity
of horseback riding as a sport
the fair management has In
eluded two new classes, one for
stock hones with western
equipment and the other for
pleasure horses. Changes have
been m a de in the Jumping
classes also but aside from these
the 40 classes follow last year's
plan. Twelvo of tho classes or
breeding classes for registered
American saddle horses.
The Dean Harvester perpet
ual trophy, presented by Dr.
J. A, Bradley of Eugene, Is new
this year and will be awarded
the final Saturday night (tha
horse show is not slated for the
closing Sunday) In the roadsters
to bike $200 stake class. The
trophy honors Dean Harvester,
the donor's retired stallion that
won the roadsters to bike event
six nights In a row at the 1939
state fnlr.
ION AT
A new high In the number
and quality of animals that will
go on the block at the 4-H club
boys' and girls' auction sale at
the Oregon state fair Septem
ber 1 to 7 in Salem is promised
by club leaders. This will be
the third annual 4-H stock sale.
For the first time the club
bers will offer a number of
baby beefs, as well as 100 head
of fat lambs and a number of
hogs. At least 15 head of baby
beef being fattened for tho fair
sale are now on feed In tha
Willamctto valley. Lsmba and
hogs will come from many
parts of the state.
The club auction, only live
stock snle conducted at the fair,
Is scheduled for tho fifth morn
ing, Friday, September 6, at 10
o'clock.
Restaurants, packing plant,
meat markets, business houses,
one chamber of commerce and
other Institutions made lively
bidding at the 1040 club sale
and even greater Interest Is
anticipated at the 1941 state
fair.
A lease form prepared In such
simple language that it hasn't
a single "whereas" or "party of
the first part" is available for
tenants and landlords in any
county agent's office in Oregon,
announces W. L. Teutsch, as
sistant director of extension.
These lease forms have bean
prepared by the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture after con
sultation with tenants, land
lords, state colleges and others.
They aro designed to aid both
renter and land owner in ar
riving at an agreement which
will be put down in writing to
avoid future disputes and which
will be fair to all concerned.
One major objective is also
to reduce the number of an
nual shifts from farm to farm
by tenants. A flexible feature
of these simplified lease forms
provides for automatically con
tinuing the lease from year to
year if no notice is given by
either party at least three
months in advance of tha and
of the lease year.
Forms are also available for
leases of three years or more in
which case the period of notice
to terminate Is usually not less
than five or six months.
Committeemen Nominated
For Spud Marketing Plan
Committee members have
been selected for administration
of the proposed potato market
ing agreement in Klamath, Sis
kiyou and Modoc counties.
Klamath county, district No.
2 in the proposed agreement,
has named the following:
Representing growers- J. R.
Rnlllff. Merrill, with Harry
Jackman of Malin as alternate;
G. J. Hilyard. Klamath Falls,
with Clyde Griffith of Klamath
Falls as alternate.
, Representing handlers Paul
Dalton, Klamath Falls, with
George C. Burger of Klamath
Falls as alternate.
Tulelake potato growers at a
recent meeting proposed George
Yost from Siskiyou county and
C. J. Main from Modoc county,
with M. L. Sutton and O. A.
Schultz as alternates.
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