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of this crop, has, driven us to the granaries and, meat-houses of the 
Northwest for our subsistence, has destroyed our thrift, is threatening 
to destroy the fertility of our soil, and has otherwise damaged us far more 
than the calamities of our late civil war; and yetitis plan ied this yearinan 
increased acreage of, perhaps, 200 per cent. above an average... A. few 
farmers, educated in the precepts of diversified husbandry, would soon 
grow opulent here in, furnishing our farmers, with breadstuffs, meats, 
fruits, vegetables, wool, and farm-stock. 
GRASSHOPPERS.— Texas, Burnet : Cereals have been partly destroyed 
by grasshoppers. Gillespie: The grasshoppers hatched here, ‘left’ on 
the 8th of May. Llano: Wheat has been considerably damaged by 
the grasshopper. 
Minnesota, Watonwan : Grasshoppers deposited eggs here last fall, 
which have now hatched, and the young hoppers are very plenty in 
places, but up to this time they have not done any material damage to 
the growing crops. Owing to the fear‘of this pest, less than half the 
usual acreage in wheat and oats was planted this, spring. Jackson : 
Owing to the deposit of grasshoppers’ eggs last season, but little grain 
was sown in the north part of the county this spring. Nobles: In three 
towns in the northeast part of the county young grasshoppers have 
already done considerable damage where the ground was not plowed in 
the fall, and where the grain was sown in ‘corn-stubble the crop. is 
wholly destroyed. Kedwood: Crops of ail kinds promised a. bountiful 
yield; but the great pest, the grasshoppers, are hatching out in certain 
loealities, and threaten total destruction... Blue Harth: In the south- 
western towns of the county grasshoppers are hatching out in large 
numbers. . They are already doing considerable damage to all kinds of 
grain and to timothy meadows. 
Towa, Shelby: Wheat is suffering from young grasshoppers; in some 
places they have entirely destroy ed it, but as yet not more than 2 per 
cent. of the acreage. 
Colorado, Rio Grande : Grasshoppers are hatching out in large num- 
bers. 
Montana, Deer Lodge: The grasshoppers are out by millions, and dam- 
aging spring crops, wheat more than any other. Lewis and Clarke: 
Grasshoppers are appearing very plentifully.. Jefferson: The grass- 
hoppers very thick. 
. New Mexico, Taos: The grasshoppers have appeared in this valley in 
myriads. “Mora: Grasshoppers have destroyed 40 per cent. of the 
spring wheat. 
DISEASES AMONG FARM-ANIMALS.—WNorth Carolina, Gates: Nearly all 
the hogs are dead or dying of hog-cholera. 
Georgia, Decatur: There has been some fatality among the horses. It 
seems to be staggers, produced by the kind of food given them. Corn 
raised here last year is very light, chaffy, and deficient in the elements 
of nutrition. In this county such food is a recognized cause of blind 
staggers. A few persons lost every horse. Hogs have continued to die 
of the disease known as hog-cholera. It is said that hogs fed mainly 
on cabbage, colewort, ruta-bagas, and turnips are not. subject to this 
dlisease. 
Arkansas, Prairie: Since my last report we have lost fully half the hogs 
we had left. I have no doubt that the disease was from worms, aud 
that with ordinary care very little loss would have been sustained. Not 
enough hogs are left for stock. 
Tennessce, Monroe: A few sheep are dying of disease. Cholera pre- 
wails among swine, proving fatal in many localities. 
