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is completely ruined l)y the insects, while other jjortions are scarcely touched. INIuch 

 of the wheat will be plowed up and cotton planted. 



[Galveston News, April 17.] 



Ennis, Tex., April 1,5. — Mr. George Hoggs, of Telico, said to-day that myriads of 

 green ])ugs fell ui)on his corn yesterday and covered it uji, and he will begin to-mor- 

 row to plant June corn ])et\veen the rows. 



[Dallas (Tex.) News, April 17.] 



Kingston, Tex., April 15. — The ravages of the green bug have almost destroyed the 

 oat crop in this vicinity. The wheat crop is improving and looking better; it seems 

 to be outgrowing the injuries of the bug. Yesterday it was warm and the bugs 

 seemed to be on the move south. The air was thick witli them during the entire 

 day and some farmers report them leaving their fields. 



Fate, Tex., April 15. — Large fields of the spring oats have been entirely destroyed 

 by tlie little green bugs. Winter oats and wheat have not fared better, but can hold 

 out longer on account of being better rooted. It was thought that the little pest 

 would not bother the corn, but all corn is badly damaged and some fields look as if 

 they would liave to be planted over. 



[Nevada (Tex.) News, April 19.] 



We have interviewed several farmers this week from different parts of tlie county 

 relative to the work of destruction that has been done to the small grain crop. The 

 majority of them say that the oat crop will be a total failure and that the wheat crop 

 at the outside will be cut short 50 per cent. The farmers say that where corn has 

 come up that it is being attacked by the pest and will no doubt be ruined. Some 

 few have begun to plant their corn over. 



[Dallas (Tex.) Herald, April 23.] 



MeKimu'ij, Tex., April :i3. — The green bugs filled the air yesterday, making their 

 exodus, leaving l)ehind tliem hundreds of acres of blighted wheat and oats. 



[Sau Antonio (Tex.) Express, April 23.] 



Sherman, Tex. , April 23. — Farmers from various sections of the country who were in 

 Sherman to-day stated that green lice are still swarming. They seem to be leaving 

 the corn, to the great satisfaction of the farmers. 



[Galveston (Tex.) News, April 24.] 



Fort Wortli, Tex., April 28. — The executive committee of the Millers' Association 

 held a meeting here this afternoon, and the greater portion of the time was consumed 

 in hearing reports of the damage done to the wheat crop by the green bugs. 



Henry Landa, a member of the committee, from New Braunfels, said that the dam- 

 age to the large wheat counties would reach 75 per cent; and that, in Grayson, Cook, 

 and Denton counties especially, it was reported the farmers would not make seed, and 

 would not, in a number of the larger wheat counties, get back as much wheat as they 

 had put in the ground. Mr. Landa thinks the situation is very unfavorable for the 

 millers, as some will not be able to run their mills, and others will have to go out of 

 the State to get their grain. 



[Dallas (Tex.) News, April 24.] 



Persons who were on the streets in certain portions of this city were vexed by the 

 countless numbers of little bugs that clung to their clothing so tenaciously that it was 

 almost impossible to brush them off. In some places they were so numerous as to 

 present the appearance of an Indian summer haze. 



