CAMP BROWNWOOD Garza County 4-H girls are ready for a good week at Camp Brownwood. Back row, Beaux Patton, Rein Howard, Bella Hayek, Kayla Arredondo, Aalayah Guerrero and front row, Zoee Ray, Morgan Tadlock, Sara Tadlock, and Lexie Arredondo. | COURTESY PHOTO
READY AND WAITING Garza County 4-H boys await their first activity after being dropped off Sunday for their week at Camp Brownwood. Pictured are Jonsey Belongia, Samuel Reiter, Rody Howard, Jose Narvez, Cooper Britton, Lane Nelson, EJ Webb, and Kellan Patton. | COURTESY PHOTO
HEMMING Debbie Sneed assists Zoee Ray with the hem of her apron during the 4-H sewing class last Wednesday. | XANE REITER PHOTO
MACHINE WORK Kye Baker works hard at the sewing machine during the 4-H sewing class last Wednesday. | XANE REITER PHOTO
SEWING CLASS 4-H students met at the Garza County Extension Office for a sewing class last Wednesday, each creating their own apron. In the back row, Trinity Arocha, Brooklyn Hyndman, Amelia Miller, Aalayah Guerrero, and Sarah Palmer. In the front, Morgan Tadlock, Samuel Reiter, Sara Tadlock, Zoee Ray, Samuel Gibson, and Connor Griffin. | XANE REITER PHOTO
GRASSHOPPER DAMAGE In pasture, 13 grasshoppers per square yard can consume as much forage as a cow, and they will eat the grass closer to the soil surface than a cow. | SUHAS VYAVHARE TEXAS A&M PHOTO
METICULOUS Connor Griffin focuses on sewing the hem of his apron during the 4-H sewing class at the Garza County Extension Office. | XANE REITER PHOTO
DAVID KERNS, SUHAS VYAVHARE, JOSE SANTIAGO-GONZALES, PAT PORTER | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE Grasshoppersareamong the most widespread and damaging pests in Texas. There are about 150 species of grasshoppers in the state, but >90 percent of grasshopper damage to crops, gardens, trees, and shrubs is caused by just a few species.
Grasshoppers may cause isolated damage every year, but they become very d…
