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from the west, and exteiifled to the eastern border. As far as thev came east thev laid 

 eggs. They worked on the wheat-tields. \V. F. TUTTLE. 



GoLDEX, Mo., Dec. 3, 3876. 



Barton Co. — The Rockj'' Mountain Locust made its appearance in this, county about 

 the 25th of September last, coming from the south and southwest. They have 

 destroyed the wheat in the southern and western portions of the county, but have not 

 done so much damage north or east. They laid a great many eggs, some of which 

 hatched out before the cold spell we have lately had. A, A. DYE. 



Lamar, Mo., Nov. 26, 1876. 



I take the earliest opportunity of giving the limited information I am in possession 

 of. The grasshoppers came into the northeast portion ot Barton county in small num- 

 bers on the 2d of October, from tlie southwest ; and again, in large numbers on the 13th, 

 Irom the south. They destroyed all the late wheat, but deposited few egirs. 



DOYLESPORT, Mo., Dcc. 9, 1876. J. J. BRYNING. 



The grasshoppers did visit our county last Fall. Thev came from the west, or, 

 perhaps, from the southwest. Came into the western part of the county in destructive 

 numbers about October 20th, arriving at Lamar about two weeks later. 



In the southwestern corner of this county the wheat is all, or nearly all, destroyed. 

 In the northweetern corner, early sowed wheat is from one-third to one-halt remain- 

 ing — late sowed wheat is all gone. At Lamar, the destruction is less. In the S. E. 

 corner of the county wheat was much injured. In the N. E. corner wheat was not 

 injured at all. They remained where they first lit down until frozen up in sleet and 

 snow. Large pieces of wheat are less injured than small ones, as the hoppers com- 

 menced on the edges and worked toward the center. Farmers could not sow over, as 

 the hoppers lemained until cold weather. It is impossible to say how much of the 

 wheat that was eaten off will recover, as the ground froze up and wheat stopped grow- 

 ing as soon as the hoppers died. We Anor«, hoAvever, that the wheat at the edges is 

 killed, but we cannot tell before growing weather how far in it is killed. I have two 

 large pieces, containing 91 acres, in N. VV. corner of county, that I believe one-third 

 remains uninjured ; while a 13acre piece, 110 rods long, I believe is all gone. I believe 

 that most farmers are preparing to sow oats early in the Spring around the edges of 

 their wheat fields, and it is hoped that this course will destroy the eggs. There were 

 comparatively few eggs deposited. WM. H. AVERY. 



Lajiar, ilo , Dec. 22, 1876. 



Bates Co.— No part of this county was visited by the locusts this Fall. The south- 

 ern part of Vernon was ; also, all Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald and the western 

 parts of most counties immediately east of those named. Thev deposited their eggs 

 in all parts visited. G. B. HICKMAN. 



Mulberry, Mo., Dec. 14, 1876. 



[Addie Haynes, of Rockville, and others, report them to some extent in the western 

 half of the county, and some eggs laid as far east as Butler.] 



"We have not had, so far as my knowledge extends, any Rocky Mountain Locusts 

 the past season in our county. Our people sowed last Fall a larger number of acres of 

 wheat than they had put in for the previous three years, and all the wheat fields, up to 

 the present time, look very promising for a good crop. CHAS. J. ROBORDS. 



Hudson, Mo., Jan. 3, 1877. 



Benton Co. — No locusts came into Benton county this Fall. 



Warsaw, Mo., Nov. 29, 1876. JAMES H. LAY^ 



The locusts did not, to my knowledge, visit this county in the Fall. If they did at 

 all, it was in the northwest part, and very few. J. H, MAXWELL. 



Mt. View, Mo., Dec. 16, 1870. 



Buchanan Co. — No " hoppers " visited any part of this county last Fall, nor do I 

 think they came nearer than twenty miles west of it. M. W. FARRIS. 



Agency, Mc, Nov. 28, 1876. 



Cass Co. — There were no locusts in the county during the year. 



Austin, Nov. 30, 1876. ^ H. L. HEWITT. 



