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HOPPER DOZER [1 record]

Record 1 1991-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Farm Equipment
DEF

A device for exterminating grashoppers which consists of a shallow pan partly filled with a mixture of water and kerosene which is attached to the front of a tractor or automobile and pushed slowly over a field causing grasshoopers to fly up and fall back into the solution.

OBS

It is less efficient than poisoning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Matériel agricole
DEF

Appareil utilisé anciennement pour ramasser et détruire les criquets dans les cultures.

Spanish

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