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since the 15th of October, but too late to do any harm except to gardens, which 
they have entirely destroyed. 
Woodson county, Kansas—The “Mormon locusts” made their appearance 
in this county on the 25th of September, and there was not sufficient cold 
weather to stop their ravages upon the crops until the 29th of October, when 
the thermometer fell to 24° above zero. The consequence is they have de- 
stroyed all the wheat sown prior to their arrival. Wheat is now being sown, 
but it is late, and I fear there will not be a good crop next year. 
Nodaway county, Missouri—The grasshoppers made a raid upon us this fall, 
but too late to do much injury. We look for their appearance in the spring, 
when the eggs deposited will hatch. 
Dakota county, Nebraska—The grasshoppers have left us, but their eggs 
have been deposited to be hatched out in the spring. 
Halil county, Nebraska.—Grasshoppers have been very thick again this sea- 
son, but have done little damage. They have deposited few eggs compared 
with the preceding year. 
Page county, Iowa—We have had a most bountiful season, fruit and crops 
of all kinds producing remarkably ; but we have been visited this fall’ by the 
grasshoppers, which have devastated gardens to considerable extent, and even 
eaten the fruit from the trees. They were particularly fond of peaches, in many 
instances eating the fruit entire, leaving the pit on the tree. Nearly all the cab- 
bage in the county has been devoured by them, and the fall wheat entirely 
eaten up, my own being the only piece left in this section. The earth is filled 
with their eggs, and we are expecting the grand army of grasshoppers in the 
spring, of which these were probably the advance guard. 
Fayette county, Texas——Grasshoppers appeared in this neighborhood on the 
3d instant in great numbers. As yet I have discovered no devastation by them, 
but believe we shall yet suffer from them, if not till spring, 
Coryell county, Texas——The grasshoppers made their appearance in this 
county on the 12th of October, coming in vast quantities from the north. They 
have been with us a month, and done much injury. All the fall gardens were 
destroyed, and though wheat sowing: time is past little has been sown, as the 
grasshoppers eat the grain before it can be covered. 
Lampasas county, Texas—Since last report grasshoppers have come upon 
us, though not very numerous, but sufficient to deter farmers from putting in 
‘ wheat and other small grains, and the probability is that little fall wheat will 
.be sown in this county this season. 
Fannin county, Texas.—The grasshoppers made their appearance about two 
weeks ago, but, have done little or no injury yet. There is a general disposi- 
tion to withhold seeding until the grasshoppers entirely disappear. 
Red River county, Texas —We have now in this county, for the first time 
within my recollection, a visitation of grasshoppers, which are devouring every- 
thing they can make food of, and I fear they will destroy all the wheat put into 
the ground. Sowing will be suspended until they disappear. 
Austin county, Texas.—Locusts and grasshoppers, heretofore unknown in this 
locality, have appeared in countless numbers, and we anticipate their return 
next year. 
Great Salt Lake City, Utah—A correspondent, writing of the extreme mild- 
ness of the season, says: ‘I have only to narrate that in a field that was being 
planted in the northeast portion of this city last Monday numbers of young 
grasshoppers the size of house flies were turned up by the plough, all alive and 
green, and quite recently hatched.” 
THE POTATO BUG. 
Brown county, Wisconsin—The potato bug spread very rapidly this year. 
Whole fields were destroyed by them. ‘The insect attacked white, delicate 
