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f Georgia.—Bartow; Killing out some clover-fields and doing some dam- 
age to corn and cotton. Forsyth: Have appeared on some farms in con- 
siderable quantities, and are destroying some fodder, &c. Floyd; Have 
been destructive in some localities to both cotton and corn, and are 
still devastating entire fields. 
Alabama.—Htowah : Have devoured clover-crops in several localities, 
Tennessee.—Campbell: More abundant than ever known; hatched out 
about the 20th of June; now from 1 to 14 inches long; have begun to - 
eat the corn-blades. 
Kentucky.—Calloway: The grasshoppers and bugs have nearly de- 
stroyed our turnip-crop. Logan: Devoured much of the tobacco as soon 
as set out. 
Ohio.—Athens: Injured grasses. ; 
Minnesota.— McLeod: Came from the northeast about the middle of 
July, and spread nearly over the whole county. Have injured oats, 
barley, and late corn considerably and wheat to some extent, and have 
deposited many eggs. Some are reported as hatching, and others as 
being destroyed by a worm or insect; but millions apparently will be 
left to hatch next spring. Yellow Medicine: Grasshoppers and dry 
weather have nearly ruined the corn-crop and taken nearly all the oats. 
Half of the State is covered with grasshoppers. Redwood: Grasshop- 
pers and drought have destroyed the crops this year more than ever 
before. Swift: Have done a great deal of damage. They commenced 
depredations about the 5th of July; there have been three or four swarms. 
They are now mostly gone, but have left their eggs in great numbers. 
Faribault: Injured corn 10 per cent., potatoes 50 per cent., and nearly 
destroyed beans. About the 15th of August they lit down on us from 
the northwest in countless numbers. They were about eight days in 
passing over the county and seeding it with eggs to such an extent as 
to destioy all hopes of crops for the coming year. Meeker: Destroyed 
nearly all the beans. Nicollet: Came with the wind from the north and 
west and went south and west. Of cereals, they cut the oats most; 
destroyed much of the corn and potatoes and garden-stuff. They have 
. been depositing their eggs for the last two months. Brown: Reduced 
corn, wheat, and ryeto 25; oats, barley, and buckwheat to10. Blue Harth = 
Injured thecorn somewhat and ruined beans. The county is literally filled 
with their eggs. Some of the eggs are being eaten by a small worm or 
maggot, and some by asmallred bug. Nobles: A small amount of corn 
and wheat escaped the grasshoppers; other crops are almost a total loss. 
Stevens: Have cut down our crops fearfully within the past month. 
Todd: Are all over the county; there is scarcely a foot of prairie or 
timber land on which eggs cannot be found. Stearns: Overrun the 
county and deposited millions of eggs. Rock: Everything was favor- 
able for excessive crops when the grasshoppers came. They reduced 
wheat 50 per cent.; corn and oats, 67; potatoes, 75, and ruined beans. 
Jowa.—Crawford: Injured corn 33 per cent. Clay: Have nearly 
ruined our crops. Harrison; Made their appearance on the 17th of 
August ; reduced an extra corn-crop to an average; destroyed buck- 
wheat and gardens, are injuring fruit, and depositing their eggs over 
the whole county. Humboldt: Have injured corn and nearly ruined 
buckwheat and beans. Calhoun: Have trimmed around corn-fields and 
so injured buckwheat that it will not be cut. Cherokee: Came with a 
north wind, on the 6th of August, staid two weeks, and have deposited 
eggs to some extent. They damaged wheat slightly and a very heavy 
corn-crop at least 25 per cent. Sioux; Reduced corn to 40; wheat and 
barley to 70; oats to 80, and potatoes to 10. Greene ; Swarm of grass- 
