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thought the only way to obtain relief now, in the sections in which 

 they were hatching, was for the farmers to destroy them by use 

 of the roller, by driving them into ditches, drowning or burning 

 them there, and by thoroughly cultivating the soil. He was of 

 the opinion that much more could be accomplished by concerted 

 action among the farmers than would be supposed from the sim- 

 plicity of the remedies proposed. He thought it would be a good 

 plan for the State to offer rewards for the killing of the pests and 

 for the destruction of their eggs. This had been practised in Eu- 

 ropean countries with good results. 



No. 2 of vol. iii. of the Transactions was laid before the mem- 

 bers. 



Mr. Chas. J. Norwood, Columbia, Mo., was elected a Corre- 

 sponding Member. 



May 31, 1875. 



Dr. G. Engelmann, Vice President, in the chair. 



The regular business was dispensed with, the meeting being 

 specially called, with an invitation to the citizens generally, to 

 listen to a lecture by Mr. Riley on the Rocky Mountain Locust, 

 the ravages of which were absorbing public interest and atten- 

 tion. The lecturer by the aid of diagrams gave an exhaustive 

 account of this locust plague — showing how best to manage it, 

 and prevent a recurrence of the evil which the State is now suf- 

 fering under — and insisted that the suffering and destitution in 

 our western counties would soon end, and that the insects in the 

 course of the next two weeks would leave the State. There 

 would be time to raise many important crops, and he fully 

 expected that, within three months, the people in the ravaged 

 districts would be blessed with a plenty that would be all the 

 more appreciated by contrast with the present desolation. 



October 4, 1875. 



In the absence of the President, Dr. Forbes was called to the 

 chair. 



Hon. S. M. Breckinridge was proposed as an Associate Mem- 

 ber by N. Holmes and R. Hayes. 



