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GRASSHOPPERS.—Georgia—Bartow, August 1: Within the past week 
grasshoppers have made their appearance in alarming numbers in some 
localities, and are doing considerable damage. One corn-field of twelve 
acres has not a blade of fodder left on it, and many of the young ears 
are destroyed. This has all been done this week. Carroll: A very de- 
structive kind, never before seen here, have made their appearance. 
Some are green, some yellow, and some striped. Some corn- 
fields are already stripped of their blades, and some cotton-fields of 
their leaves. All appear to be moving in a northwest direction. Cobb; 
It looks as if the grasshoppers would give us a great deal of trouble. 
They are very numerous in places, and are devastating all pasturage. On 
some plantations they have commenced their ravages on cotton and 
corn. They are supposed to be the same species that ravaged the 
Western States a year or two ago. The farmers are killing them in 
great quantities, but it does little good. Floyd: Have made their ap- 
pearance in many localities. They are very numerous, and probably will 
do a great deal of mischief. They have thus far confined their depre- 
dations principally to the clover and stubble fields, though they have 
damaged the crops of cotton and corn in some cases. Fayette: Are do- 
ing some damage to crops in places. Fulton: Made their appearance 
on the first day of July. They caused great alarm, but are doing little 
damage. They are migrating southward. Henry: Have made their 
appearance, but as they seem to operate on the stubble-lands, they have 
not done much damage as yet. Walton: Are doing damage in some 
localities. Welkes: Appearing in quantities in some places. No serious 
injury. 
Tennessee.—Lincoln: Are numerous. They are now destroying our 
elover-fields and injuring other crops. 
Minnesota.—Jackson : Are here yet; itis a hard matter to estimate. 
the damage done by them. Meeker: Will injure the wheat in a few 
places. Nicollet: Are destroying the crops and depositing their eggs. 
Nobles : Came upon us just as the earliest grains were ready to harvest. 
Wheat, corn, and timothy are very badly damaged, and other crops 
totally destroyed. They have laid eggs fora crop next year. Pope: 
The prospect of uncommonly good crops was very fine until about two 
weeks ago, when the grasshoppers came. Though they did inealeula- 
ble injury, yet they did not stay long enough to effect a total destruc- 
tion of crops. The air was filled with the pest, clouding the sun. They 
did not seem to design utter destruction of vegetation, but rather to 
leave their progeny. Eggs were laid all over the region. This work 
done, they rose on favoring winds and went southeast. Their stay on 
an average was about one week—in some places, only four days; in others, 
ten. Redwood: Damaged all the crops. The vines of beans and potatoes 
have been almost wholly eaten up, and the foliage of fruit and certain 
forest-trees almost wholly stripped off. Sibley: In eight townships the 
erops have suffered severely from grasshoppers. Stearns: The advance 
guard came on the 22d of July; the main army appeared the next day 
about 11 a. m., and by 4 p. m. every bush, flower, tree, shrub, fence, and 
field was literally covered with them. They are still with us, and are: 
depositing their eggs. Stevens: There would have been a full average 
of all crops, and perhaps more, had not the grasshoppers visited this 
county. Yodd: The grasshoppers struck us the 19th of July, and have 
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