The Review of Applied Entomology, Vol. 7

Download or read book The Review of Applied Entomology, Vol. 7 written by Imperial Bureau of Entomology and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Review of Applied Entomology, Vol. 7: Series An, Agricultural The first of these is a popular bulletin giving some practical suggestions as to the use of poison-baits for killing grasshoppers and describing the construction of a hopperdozer for collecting the insects from the fields. Owing to the present difficulty of obtaining wheat bran, the following alternative is suggested lucerne meal 15 lb., Paris green 10 oz. (or white arsenic 1 cattle molasses 1 us. Gal, squeezed and ground up lemons 4, water 6 us. Gals. The second bulletin, issued in view of the heavy infestation of grass hoppers expected in Nebraska in the summer of 1918, gives directions for the preparation and application of poison-baits and describes the construction and use of the hopperdozer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.