Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1919 — USE THE TELEPHONE [ARTICLE]

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“Blimips” is an English slang word applied to a small nonrigld dirigible. The origin of the term is unknown. It is sometimes applied to the same type of aircraft here; that is, the small dirigibles without rigid frame.

This seemj to be au off year for grasshoppers, according to entomologists of the United States department of agriculture, who recently made a survey of the grasshopper situation. A comparatively small number of eggs were deposited last fall, probably due to parasitic incects having killed most of the hoppers before that time. Except in the counties mentioned fully 85% of the eggs that were deposited have since been destroyed by Insects that feed on them. The success of the use of poisoned bait was also noticed by the entomologists. Very few eggs could be found on the farms where poisoned bran was used last summer, but on other farms nearby the eggs were unusually abundant. This difference was so great as to be noticeable even in adjacent fields.