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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST Continued. 



62 Andrew County, 62 Benton County, 63 Barton County, 

 63 Bates County, 63 Buchanan County, 64 Caldwell County, 

 64 Cass County, 64 Clay County, 67 Clinton County, 68 Bade 

 County, 68 De Kalb County, 69 Gentry County, 69 Hickory 

 County, 69 Holt County, 69 Henry County, 69 Jackson 

 County, 69 Jolinson County, 72 Lafayette County, 73 Noda- 

 way County, 73 Newton County, 73 Pettis County, 73 Platte 

 County, 73 Ray County, 74 St. Clair County, 75 Vernon * 

 County, 76 Condition ot things in other States, 76 Kansas, 76 

 Nebraska, 79 Iowa, 81 Minnesota, 81 Colorado, 84 Dakota, 

 85 Montana, 87 Wyoming, 88 Texas, 88 ludiau Territory, 

 88 Manitoba, 89 Damage done in Missouri, 89 Destitution in 

 Missouri, 91 Address of relief committee from Saint Louis Mer- 

 chants' Exchange, 93 Cases of starvation, 94 The Governor's 

 proclamation, 95 The locusts nor a divine visitation, 97 Natu- 

 ral history ; mode of molting illustrated, 98 Habits of the un- 

 fledged young, 100 Directions in which the young travel, 101 

 Rate at which they travel, 102 They reached but a few miles 

 east of where they hatched, 102 Not led by " kings" or "queens," 

 103 The species taken for such, illustrated, 103, 104 The exo- 

 dus in 1875, 104 Time of leaving of the winged insects, 104 Di- 

 rection taken by the winged insects, 105 Destination of the de- 

 parting swarms, 106 Native home of the species, 109 Views 

 previously expressed confirmed, 110 Conditions of migration, 

 112 Conditions which prevent the permanent settlement of the 

 species in Missouri, 113 Modification of the species by climatic 

 conditions, 114, 155 Definition of the species, 114 How distin- 

 guished in all stages from species most nearly allied, 117 Expe- 

 rience in spring of 1875, 118 Contrast in summer and fall, 119 

 No evil without some compensating good, 120 Injury to fruit and 

 fruit trees, 121 Food-plants, 121 Only one kind of plant not 

 touched under all circumstances, 121 Changes that followed the 

 locusts, 121 The widespread appearance of a new grass, ordina- 

 rily unnoticed, 122 Appearance of large worms, 123 The locusts 

 did not return in the fall, 124 Natural enemies, 124 Remedies 

 against the unfledged insects, 125 Artificial means of destroying 

 the eggs, 125 Various means of destroying the unfledged young, 

 126 They are within man's control, 126 The proper ditch to 

 make, 128 Machines used in Colorado, 129 Best means of pro- 

 tecting fruit trees, 130 How to avert locust injuries, 131 Pre- 

 vention, 131 Legislation, both national and local, 132 Bills 

 before the Forty-fourth Congress, 133 Need of a national ento- 

 mological commission, 133 The bounties offered in Minnesota, 

 138 The requisitesof a good bounty law, 138, 139 How a bounty 

 law would work, 140 Suggestions, 140 Lessons of year, 142 

 Locusts as food for man, 143 They have been used from time 

 immemorial, and are used extensively at the present day, 145 

 The Rocky Mountain species quite palatable, 146 Mode of prep- 

 aration, 147 False opinions and predictions, 148 Unnecessary 

 alarm caused by other species, 148 Injuries of native species in 

 1875, 150 Locust flights in Illinois in 1875, 151 They were com- 

 posed of loeal species, 15J, 153 Explanation of these flights, 154 

 Locust prospects in 1876, 155 No danger from them in Missouri, 

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