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Making Grasshopper Bait
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At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the grasshopper outbreak of 1938 in northwestern Wisconsin that the station operated twenty-four hours a day, putting out 50-60 tons of bait.
1938
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1938 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 17 x 12 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin Plant Industry Division photographs, 1922-1942 |
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| Call Number | (W528)38107 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Making Grasshopper Bait
July 1938
At a small sawmill near Shell Lake, farmers shovel sawdust which will be mixed with a whey product and applied to fields for grasshopper eradication during the northwestern grasshopper outbreak.
Battling Grasshoppers
July 1938
Loading a truck with bait at the county mixing station at Balsam Lake during the grasshopper outbreak in northwestern Wisconsin.
Grasshopper Bulletin
1915
Bulletin urging farmers to kill grasshoppers with poisoned bran bait, featuring an illustration of a hand spreading bait for grasshoppers to eat.
Making a New Cranberry Bog
June 1938
Construction of a leadgate to control the water flow in a new cranberry section at the Cranberry Lake Development Company in Price County.
