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Woodside, Man. (Thos. Collins) Produced here from the 

 <eg;£r, hatching from about the 20th of May till the end of June. 

 Most took their departure about the middle of July, but a con- 

 siderable number remained till the first week in August. Went 

 south-eastward. A winged swarm arrived from west-north-west 

 about the third week in July ; remained a short time and de- 

 parted south-eastward. Whole grain crop destroyed, estimated 

 at 6,700 bushels for Woodside, Pine Creek, and Squirrel Creek. 

 A few potatoes escaped. Very few eggs deposited. 



Westbourne, Man. (P. Garriock.) Produced here from the 

 egg, hatching from the 10th to the 15th of May. Began their 

 departure about 1st of July, and continued leaving till some 

 time in August, going south-east. Great swarms were observed 

 at two or three different times, many alighting, while the rest 

 passed on. These arrived about the first of July, coming as a 

 rule from the north-west and going south-east. Disappeared 

 during latter part of July and first of August. Grain crop 

 would probably have amounted to 4000 or 5000 bushels, but all 

 destroyed except about 50 bushels. Few eggs deposited. Mr. 

 Garriock writes: — Some time in the beginning of June, if I re- 

 member rightly, great swarms of grasshoppers, quite different in 

 colour and size from all that had ever visited this country, came 

 from due south, and passed on to the north-west. Great numbers 

 alighted, but after remaining but a few hours, they rose again, 

 and followed the main body. They appeared to us to be a very 

 peculiar species of the detestable grasshopper, in size at least one- 

 third larger than the pest with which we have become too well 

 acquainted, and of leaden colour. 



Burnside, Man. (K. McKenzie.) Produced here from the 

 egg, hatching from the 10th to the 24th of May on warm sandy 

 ridges, from that date till the middle of June in heavier cold 

 soils. Left from July 8th to about first week in August, dis- 

 appearing gradually, but generally going east or north-east. 

 Winged smarms arrived in July, and for the most part passed 

 overhead. Came from west or south-west, and left generally 

 eastward. A few arrived on the wing during the first week in 

 June. In Palestine district whole crop destroyed. In Portage, 

 High Bluff, and Poplar Point districts, about 40,000 bushels of 

 grain harvested, probably about one-tenth of the crop. Potatoes 

 gave about one-fourth crop. No eggs deposited here. Mr. 



