﻿90 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



I estimate the daraagfe done in this county to be at least 50,000 dollars. — [Elihu 

 Canaday, Ionia City, Pettis Co. 



The damaofe in our county was not very heavy, as the insects hatched late, when 

 there was ah-eady abundance of veg-etation to feed upon, and they did not spread over 

 the whole county. There were none east of Sedalia, while they were numerous south, 

 west, and northwestward. I do not think the damage in the county amounted to over 

 $50,000 in all, while their depredations created a demand for much of our produce 

 further west. — [George Husmann, Sedalia, Pettis Co. 



The damage to our county by the joung locusts in the Spring of 1875 would not 

 fall far short of seventy-five thousand dollars. — [Jxo. L. Modrel, Little Osage, 

 Vernon Co. 



1 suppose half a million dollars would be the lowest estimate that could be given. 

 — fj. L. MoTsiNGER, Fayetteville, Johnson Co. 



The damage was immense. Our county will not get over it for years. Nearly one- 

 half of our farmers are bankrupt. Deeds of trust are on one-half of the lands, — [B. F. 

 Dunkley, Dunksburg, Johnson Co. 



The damage done to the three-fourths of Lafayette county invaded, has been esti- 

 mated to be not far from two and one half millions ($2,500,000). — [Jas. E. Gladish, 

 AuUsville, Lafayette Co. 



$2,380,000. In making an estimate of the lo5S to the county from ravages of 

 locusts, I would state that we put it at the very lowest figures from actual calculations. 

 — [Dr. Jno. L. Gregg, Stony Point, Jackson Co. 



If I had the statistics showing how much clover and timothy was destroyed, how 

 much oats and wheat, and how much of the same was planted in corn, and what the 

 averaffe crop raised in comparison with what would have bepn the average if the earlier 

 planting had stood, and also to what extent the soft corn is being and will be utilized 

 — if 1 had a perfect knowledge of these things I might make an intelligent answer. — 

 £W. S. Parrish, Hickman Mills, Jackson Co. 



The damage to Jackson county in the Spring of '75 would exceed two million 

 ■dollars. — [Z. S. Kagan, Independence, Jackson Co, 



To enumerate by counties, the following figures approximate the 

 real loss sustained from the injury to grains alone: 



Atchison $700,000; Andrew $500,000; Bates $200,000; Barton 

 $5,000; Benton $5,000; Buchanan $2,000,000; Caldwell $10,000; Cass 

 $2,000,000; Clay $300,000; Clinton $600,000; DeKalb $200,000; Gentry 

 $4 0,000; Harrison $10,000; Henry $800,000; Holt $300,000 ; Jackson 

 ^2,500,000; Jasper $5,000; Johnson $1,000,000; Lafayette $2,000,000; 

 Newton $5,000; Pettis $50,000; Platte $800,000; Ray $75,000; St. 

 Clair $250,000; Vernon $75,000; Worth $10,000. 



The foregoing estimates exceed the amount of $15,000,000. They 

 are arrived at, in the majority of instances, by combining the 

 following elements: the number of acres of crops destroyed; the 

 average amount of the crop; and the value of the crop, allowing 

 forty cents a bushel for corn, one dollar for wheat, one dollar and a 

 half for barley, and thirty cents a bushel for oats. The amount of 

 loss redeemed by crops that succeeded after the insects left, it is im- 

 possible to determine ; and yet this amount may again be olfset by 

 the injury both temporary and permanent, to fruit, fruit trees, vine- 

 yards, gardens, meadows and pastures; by the fact that such crops as 



