TO DISPOSE OF THE GRASSHOPPERS.
BY PROF. LAWRENCE BRUNER ,
Professor of Entomology , University of Nebraska.
During the past few years more or less injury by locusts or grasshoppcis , as
they are usually called in this country , has been reported from various localities
in interior North America. Even within the present month quite a number of
such reports have reached us from different localities within our own stale.
When the natural checks upon locust increase seem to fail , and these inlets
multiply abnormally , it is necessary to use artificial means to reduce their num
bers. It is chiefly to suggest what can be done in this direction that the present
article is written.
Aside from the birds , reptiles , und .some of the smaller mammals that habit
ually feed upon locusts , these insects are attacked by numerous species of other
insects. These latter , of course , increase and decrease accordingly as their food
increases or decreases , but they are also affected by climatic conditions. Condi
tions that are unfavorable to tile increase of these enemies do not seem to appre
ciably affect the 'hoppers ; hence , the frequency with which the latter become de
structive docs not seem to lie materially regulated by parasitic insects.
When we have removed about the only natural check to increase in destruct
ive numbers of the locusts , we
must , therefore , naturally seek re
lief artifically.
Thus far we have been only'
partially successful in our attempts
to destroy these insects by the use
of fungus diseases. Unlike the
chinch-bug fungus , the one that
attacts grasshoppers is compara-
Tilii Dii'ifjjRBNTiAi. LOCUST ( MAW ) lively slow in its action , and only
appears to take hold of the insects after they are about half-grown. This being
true , we must look elsewhere for means of warfare.
If we carefully watch where eggs are deposited in rather large numbers , we
can destroy these by harrowing the ground and exposing them to the drying .in
fluence of the sun or the keen eyes of birds. Deep plowing during fall and early
spring will bury locust eggs so deeply that the young 'hoppers are unable to reach
the surface.
By all odds the best method of destroying these insects is the use of the
' "hopper dozer , " or kerosene pan , which is shown herewith. This is made of
btove-pipe iron by turning up the sides and en-Is about four inches , SD as to make
along , flat pan about four inches in depth. This is then mounted on runners
varying in height according to requirements. On the frame back of the pan i $
btretched a piece of cloth to prevent the insects from jumping over the pan.
When ready to begin work the pan is partially filled with water and then some
coal oil is added. If the ground is level , no cross-pieces are necessary , but if the
pan is to be used on sloping
ground it should be made as
indicated in the illustration
to prevent the oil and water
from running to one end.
The height of the runners
will necessary vary from
two to eight or ten inches
THE TWO-LINED LOCUST ( MAT.E )
according to the crop to be
protected and the age of the insects to be captured. The machine may be of any
length desired up to sixteen or eighteen feet. It" small it can be drawn by hand ,
but when larger a horse or two is preferable. When full the insects may be re
moved , a little more oil added , and the machine started. In this way a number
of bushels of 'hoppers can be destroyed in a single day. The cost is trifling , and
the remedy very effectual.
J. F.
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TRAINS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS :
CENTRAL TIME.
No , 2. Vestibuled Express , daily ,
Lincoln , Omaha. St. Joe ,
Kansas City , St. Louis.Chi-
cage , and all points south
and east 6:15 A. M
No. 4. Local Express , daily , Hast
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No. 6. Chicago Flyer 4:40 I1. M
No.148. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Hastings and intermediate
stations 5:00 A. M ,
No. 76. Freight , daily , Oxford , Ilol-
drege , Hastings 6:30 A. M ,
No. 80. Freightdaily , Hastings and
intermediate stations 7:27 A. M
No. 64. Freight , daily , Oxford , Red
Cloud , St. Joe , Kansas City 4:00 A. M
No. 5. Local Express , daily , ar
rives at 8:05 P. M ,
MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. I. Denver Flyer 6:20 A. M.
No. 3. Vcstibulcd Express , daily ,
Denver and all points in
Colo.Utah and California , 11:40 r.M
No.i49. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Akron and intermediatesta-
tions 6:45 A. M
No. 77. Freight , dailyStrattonBen-
kelman , Ilaigler , VVrayand
Akron 1:50 ! . M
No. 63. Freight , dailySlrattonBen-
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Akron 4:30 i1. M
No.i75. Accommodation , Mondays ,
Wednesdays and Fridays ,
Imperial and intermediate
stations 6:38 A. M
Sleeping , dining and reclining chair cars
( seats free ) on through trains. Tickets sold
and baggage checked to any point in the
United States or Canada.
For information , time tables , maps and
tickets , call on or write A. P.Thomson , Agent ,
McCook , Nebraska , or J. Francis , General
Passenger Agent , Omaha. Nebraska.
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Will McManigal is night operator ai
ambridge.
Mrs. Ellis Ford is entertaining her
mother , Mrs. Kaster.
Will Sayers is here on a visit to his
sister , Mrs. Frank Clary.
Brakeiuan H. C. Riser made Oxford ,
this week , between trains.
Switchman Charles Erway of Hold
rege is east on a visit to relatives am
friends.
Mrs J. W. Line went up to Denver ,
Monday morning , on a two weeks' visit
to friends.
Engineer G.R. Johnson "pitch-forked"
a six-pound carp , this week. Shades o
Ike Walton !
Brakenian George Leach returned ,
Monda3 % from seeing the sights of the
Trans-Mississippi.
Miss Crowe , a sister of Brakemau
Crowe , is over from Oberlin , the guesl
of Miss Irene Putman.
Special Santa Fe car 219 passed
through on 3 , Tuesday night , containing
Mr. Walker and party.
Brakeman E. Benjamin returned to
work , today , after a lay-off of about a
month , from injuries received.
Miss Hattie Yarger is visiting her
brother Oscar , the company's agent at
Hartwell , Nehraska , this week.
Miss Edna Dixon returned home , last
Saturday morning , from her visit in Chicago
cage and other eastern points.
Supt. Campbell went up to Denver ,
Monday night on 3. Master George am
Stuart McLean accompanied him.
Traveling Auditor W. P. Foreman
spent Wednesday and Thursday here on
business of the auditing department.
Jack McNeff came down from Sheri
dan , Wyoming , first of the week , on a
short visit to his children and friends.
Trainmaster J. D. McFarland of Holyoke -
eke , Colorado , had business at Western
division headquarters , Tuesday evening.
Miss Delia Mowbray went down to
Oxford , Tuesday , to visit relatives , and
will proceed to Lincoln , Saturday , for a
similar purpose.
The Imperial train ran off the track ,
Monday morning , about a mile and a
half west of Beverly , but no special dam
age was caused. Only two cars got ofi
the track. The wrecker went up and
pulled them on in a short time , delay
ing them abont four hours on the return
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Miller went down
to Omaha , Tuesday night , with their
little daughter , who was so severely in
jured in a runaway , some mouths ago.
The little one's condition took a sud
den change for the worse , this week ,
making it necessary to go to Omaha at
once for treatment.
The passenger department of the Bur
lington has issued the following bulletin
to conductors : "Passengers are allowed
to carry with them in passenger cars
only ordinary hand baggage or parcels
of small bulk that can be held in the
hands or placed in the racks in each car
provided for that purpose , no more space
to be occupied than that to which each
passenger is reasonably entitled. Pas
sengers will not be permitted to take
with them into the coaches bulky pack
ages or bundles consisting of miscellan
eous articles , or merchandise. Such ar
ticles must be shipped by freight or ex
press. Every passenger violating the
above rule or who upon request shall re
fuse to comply therewith should Se re
moved from the coach with the bundles
thus prohibited. "
Exhibit of Live Stock.
The exhibition of live stock at tin
Trans-Mississippi Exposition will be helt :
from September igth to October aoth ,
and everything points ton large display.
J. B. Dinsniore , commissioner of live
stock , states that the correspondence re
ceived from intending exhibitors is far
larger in advance of the date for the clos
ing of entries than it was at the Colum
bian Exposition in Chicago. If Mr. Dins-
inore's expectations are fulfilled the ex
hibition of live stock at Omaha will be
one of the finest ever given in the conn
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A sum of 535,000 was set aside by the
directors of the Exposition to be award
ed as cash prizes to livestock exhibitors.
The Union Stock Yards Company of
South Omaha and a number of the breed
ers' associations and other live slock or
ganizations offer additional prizes ; the
total amount offered as premiums to live
stock exhibitors being not far short of
$50,000.
The live stock exhibit is divided into
six classes. Of these the poultry exhibit
will be given first from September igth
to September 30111. On Monday , Octo
ber 3d , the exhibits of cattle , horses ( in
which class are included jacks , jennets
and mules ) , sheep and swine , will open
to continue until October 2Oth ; and the
fat stock will be shown from October
I3th to 2oth , inclusive. Entries close
for fat stock on August 15111'and in all
other classes on August loth.
Probably all of the northern states
will be represented in the poultry ex
hibit. Correspondence has been received
from prominent fanciers all over the
country , and the indications aie that
there will be a fine collection of birds.
Commissioner Dinsniore is especially
pleased with the prospects for exhibits
in cattle , sheep and hogs. He says there
will undoubtedly be not less than i.oco
cattle , the same number of sheep , and
twice as many hogs.
Tue $35i00o prize money offered by the
Exposition will be distributed as follows :
Cattle , $7,000 ; horses and mules , $8,000 ;
hogs , $7,000 ; sheep , $6,000 ; fat stock ,
$5,000 ; poultry , $2,000. Money from
other sources will mostly be devoted to
special premiums.
Educational Exhibit.
Lincoln , Nebraska , July 20 , 2898. To
Nebraska School People : Many have
experienced difficulty in locating the
Nebraska Educational Exhibit at the
Trans-Mississippi Exposition ; hence this
circular.
This exhibit is to be found in the Ga'-
lery of the Manufactures buildiug. Some
visit our Educational Headquarters in
the Nebraska building and fail to find
the exhibit , not knowing that it is put
up in another building.
The exhibit occupies some fifteen
thousand square feet of floor space , and
comprises all grades of school work from
the kindergarten up through the State
University , and is pronounced by lead
ing educators of other states as one of
the finest educational exhibits they have
ever seen. The New England Journal of
Education , published at Boston and
Chicago , in its issue of July 14 , makes
the following comment : "The educa
tional exhibit of Nebraska at the Trans-
Mississippi Exposition , Omaha , is one
of the best , if not literally the best , ever
made in the United States. " Great
credit is due to the thousands of educa
tors and pupils of the Nebraska schools
who so faithfully co-operated with us in
making the exhibit a success.
While we all are proud that Nebraska
has the lowest per cent of illiteracy , we
feel that this exhibit is right in keeping
with the high standing our state has at
tained.
The work is neatly arranged and taste
fully decorated. Visitors can find seats
where they can rest and examine the
work. You can "Stand up for Nebraska"
perhaps in no better way than Ysy taking
your friends with you to see this exhibit ,
which no doubt is as fine an educational
exhibit as was ever put up by any state.
W. R. JACKSON ,
Supt. Nebraska Educational Exhibit.
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.
John Thomson returned , Sunday , from
his visit to Omaha.
W. C. Cox enjoyed a short lay-off in
Denver , close of last week.
S. S. Frederick succeeds Roadmaster
Strouiberg of the west end.
Switchman J. H. Patterson indulged
in a business visit to Wauneta , this
week.
Mrs. Emerson Hanson accompanied
her sisteV home to Denver , Wednesday
night.
There are all sorts of rumors regarding
prospective changes to be made in the
running of trains.
Conductor P. I7. McKenna attended
the bell consecration services in the
Catholic church at Arapahoe , Wednes-
daj * .
. The wreck on the Imperial , this week ,
was caused by a rail "buckling" on ac
count of the extreme heat. The engine
and two cars were not built to follow the
curve made by the "buckle" and ran off
the track.
Conductor Joe Hegenberger left on 6 ,
Wednesday , for Pacific Junction , Iowa ,
on a visit. He will also see the exposi
tion briefly- during his absence. Con-
Juctor George Beck will have his run
Meanwhile.
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Lot No , 3 now 11c ; former price 15c , 18c to 20z.
Mulhouse Organdies now 19c.
Other Organdies , good quality , now 15c.
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CALL WHILE THE ASSORTMENT IS GOOD.
We have Linen Suitings , Just the thing i
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Mon's Ready Made Duck Sums.
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