Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1920 — FIGHT GRASSHOPPER PEST IN MICHIGAN [ARTICLE]

FIGHT GRASSHOPPER PEST IN MICHIGAN

Lansing. Mich., June Mason,-Charlevoix and _ Mecosta counties today appealed to the Michigan farm bureau for aid in fighting the grasshopper pest which, is reported to be spreading rapidly. The bureau was • undertaken to furnish poison with which to fight the pest. Hundreds of acres of grain crops have been devastated, according to county agents. The loss has been estimated-at $400,000.