The Anderson Coal-oil Contrivance.

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The Anderson Coal-oil Contrivance was a simple and effective locust extermination device. A flat pan was filled with coal tar or kerosene, and dragged over the surface of a locust infested field. Locusts would panic and jump into the pan, falling into the kerosene/tar, and die.

Keywords

The Anderson Coal-oil Contrivance, early pest control, agricultural devices, locust extermination

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Agricultural Machines, Disease and Pest Management

Source

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1877 (Washington, District of Columbia: Government Printing Office, 1878) Plate VIII, after page 264

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