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Monticello, Iowa.—Hop picking commenced on 3lst—a week earlier than 
last year. 
Independence, Iowa.—August very dry; even sloughs dried up—maples shed- 
ding leaves, and other signs of an early fall. 
Boonsboro’, Iowa.—Mean temperature same as average of 12 years past. 
Logan, Iowa.—Myriads of grasshoppers came again on 2d, and after eating 
corn, &c., departed from 10th to 15th, leaving vast numbers of eggs, which are 
now hatching out. 
Woodbine, Iowa.—W eather favorable, but grasshoppers returned from NW. 
on 3d to 8th, remained some ten days, doing considerable damage and vedas 
numerous eggs, now hatching. 
Rolla, Missourt—Drought continued till middle of the month, when rains 
revived the crops. 
Warrensburg, Missouri.—August 29th to 31st, first general rain since 
April—crops have suffered in many places from drought. 
Leavenworth, Kansas—Hartford prolific ripe, 1st ;; Concord, 8th; Delaware, 
15th; Catawba, 29th—all earlier than last year. Grasshoppers came 31st. 
Atchison, Kansas.—Grasshoppers came 13th, and have been numerous and 
destructive ever since. 
Holton, Kansas.—July heat damaged corn and late potatoes to a half crop— 
grasshoppers have eaten the turnips. 
Elkhorn, Nebraska—Coldest August in 11 years. 
Glendale, Nebraska.—A wet month and cold as July was unusually hot. 
Grasshoppers coming and going in great numbers all the month. In the spring 
their course was northerly and easterly, now southerly. 
Nebraska City, Nebraska—Grasshoppers reappeared 11th; have stripped 
husks and blades of late corn; destroyed buckwheat, potato vines, &c., 16th; 
leaving for the south 22d. 
