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looking like a snow-storm. They show preference for corn and po- 

 tatoes." — Monthly Rep. Agr. Dep., 1867, p. 311. 



"Glendale, Nebras'ka, Aug. 31, 1867. — Grasshoppers now at work 

 on the corn-fields; the blades and tops mostly gone; many stalks, 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, cut off, and many ears just 

 glazing eaten down, cob and corn, from one to two inches." — Ihid. 



"Richland, Nelrnsl-a, Aug. 31, 1867. — At noon on August 37th 

 large numbers of locusts [grasshoppers] appeared, and continued to 

 come FKOM THE ISToRTH-WEST Until the evening of the 29th. They 

 still (August 31st) remain, and it is probable that the corn will be 

 almost or entirely lost." — Ibid. 



"Algona, Iowa, Sept. 20, 1867. — Grasshoppers made their ap- 

 pearance in large numbers, and by the 30th had stripped gardens and 

 tender herbage. Corn was too far advanced towards ripening to be 

 much damaged. They seemed to come from the west or south- 

 west.'' — lUd. p. 352. 



"Council Grove, Kansas, Sept. 26, 1867. — September 20th, Grass- 

 hoppers passing south-east in great numbers, dropping heavily of 

 their numbers on farms and woodland. All seem to be of spring 

 hatching. September 26th, laying eggs same as last autumn, and eat- 

 ing everything in their reach." — Ibid. p. 352. 



"Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. ?0, 1867. — A swarm of Grasshoppers 

 arrived at 1 P. M., September 10th, and commenced work immediately 

 upon vegetables, leaving hardly any buckwheat worth cutting, and 

 stripping the leaves entirely from the corn, so that it looks like sticks 

 stuck in the ground. They came again in additional numbers on the 

 20th, but are now (at the end of the month) gradually decreasing. 

 They have laid their eggs by millions." — Ibid. p. 352. 



"Holton, Kansas, Sept. 30, 1867. — Grasshoppers eating some 

 early-sown wheat. They can be seen by millions passing to the 

 south-west. They have done but little injury here thus far." — 

 Ibid. p. 352. 



"Greenivood, Iowa, Oct. 6, 1867. — Grasshoppers pretty thick, but 

 came too late in the season to injure anything except autumn-grain, 

 of which there is very little." — "Justice," in Prairie Farmer , Oct. 12, 

 1867. 



"Ottoe Co., NebrasTca, Oct., 1867.— Of late, the Grasshoppers 

 have again visited our section, and are depositing their eggs in vast 

 numbers. We begin to fear that they may prove to be an annual 

 pest to our River towns, and in fact to the entire Missouri valley." — 

 Monthly Rep. Agr. Dep., 1867, p. 327. 



"Osceola, Clarhe Co., Iowa, Oct. 20, 1867. — The Kansas Grass- 



