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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  Have 
  taken 
  potatoes, 
  buckwheat, 
  and 
  beans 
  clean 
  ; 
  have 
  injured 
  corn 
  

   about 
  15 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  are 
  still 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  it. 
  Have 
  deposited 
  eggs 
  in 
  

   great 
  quantities. 
  They 
  incline 
  to 
  travel 
  southeast, 
  but 
  the 
  wind 
  is 
  

   against 
  them. 
  Cuming: 
  Came 
  from 
  Dakota 
  August 
  4, 
  staid 
  about 
  ten 
  

   days, 
  injured 
  late 
  corn 
  and 
  potatoes, 
  beans, 
  gardens, 
  &c.; 
  deposited 
  many 
  

   eggs, 
  and 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  gone 
  southward. 
  Insects 
  will 
  destroy 
  their 
  

   eggs, 
  and 
  birds, 
  quails, 
  and 
  prairie-chickens 
  will 
  eat 
  their 
  young 
  when 
  

   quite 
  small 
  in 
  untold 
  millions. 
  In 
  their 
  matured 
  state 
  nothing 
  can 
  

   successfully 
  cope 
  with 
  them 
  save 
  quails, 
  prairie-chickens, 
  and 
  other 
  

   iosectivorous 
  birds. 
  Dodge: 
  Swept 
  down 
  upon 
  us 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  north- 
  

   west 
  August 
  10, 
  bringing 
  terror 
  to 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  our 
  people. 
  They 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  and 
  deposited 
  eggs 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers. 
  

   Hops 
  were 
  entirely 
  destroyed 
  ; 
  fruit-trees 
  are 
  stripped 
  of 
  their 
  leaves, 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  growth 
  of 
  bark. 
  But 
  half 
  the 
  corn 
  is 
  

   left. 
  Webster: 
  Injured 
  corn 
  slightly. 
  FranJcUn 
  : 
  Damaged 
  corn 
  50 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  Have 
  now 
  all 
  gone 
  southwest. 
  Adams 
  : 
  Have 
  taken 
  about 
  half 
  

   the 
  corn 
  and 
  injured 
  young 
  trees 
  50 
  per 
  cent. 
  Saunders: 
  have 
  re-ap- 
  

   peared 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  report. 
  Corn, 
  potatoes, 
  and 
  sorghum 
  have 
  been 
  

   largely 
  damaged 
  ; 
  tobacco, 
  buckwheat, 
  and 
  beans 
  have 
  been 
  wholly 
  and 
  

   gardens 
  mainly 
  destroyed, 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  eggs. 
  Seward 
  : 
  

   Came 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  in 
  immense 
  quantities. 
  They 
  fed 
  upon 
  the 
  corn 
  

   and 
  cultivated 
  grapes, 
  and 
  destroyed 
  80 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  buckwheat. 
  A 
  

   few 
  linger 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  traveling 
  southwest. 
  

   Thayer: 
  Alighted 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  ago. 
  Have 
  injured 
  corn 
  very 
  badly, 
  

   and 
  taken 
  all 
  the 
  garden 
  products. 
  Boone 
  : 
  Came 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   August 
  3. 
  Have 
  destroyed 
  all 
  buckwheat, 
  beans, 
  and 
  late 
  corn 
  ; 
  stripped 
  

   the 
  foliage 
  from 
  all 
  young 
  trees, 
  and 
  killed 
  young 
  fruit-trees. 
  They 
  

   staid 
  about 
  three 
  weeks; 
  have 
  all 
  gone 
  south. 
  Lancaster: 
  Are 
  eating 
  

   everything. 
  Flatte 
  : 
  In 
  their 
  flight 
  south 
  visited 
  our 
  county 
  on 
  the 
  10th 
  

   of 
  August, 
  and 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  adverse 
  winds 
  remained 
  two 
  weeks. 
  

   They 
  entirely 
  ruined 
  late 
  corn, 
  made 
  general 
  havoc 
  of 
  vegetables, 
  and 
  

   filled 
  our 
  land 
  with 
  eggs. 
  Wayne: 
  Alighted 
  and 
  commenced 
  work 
  

   August 
  6 
  and 
  10. 
  Injured 
  late 
  corn 
  25 
  per 
  cent., 
  potatoes 
  slightly; 
  

   deposited 
  their 
  eggs, 
  and 
  left 
  August 
  13. 
  Antelope: 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  

   north, 
  August 
  5, 
  in 
  countless 
  numbers, 
  and 
  swept 
  late 
  corn, 
  buck- 
  

   wheat, 
  potatoes 
  and 
  beans 
  clean. 
  Richardson 
  : 
  First 
  appeared 
  yesterday, 
  

   August 
  30, 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  from 
  the 
  northwest. 
  Merriclc: 
  Crops 
  

   promising 
  up 
  to 
  10th 
  of 
  August, 
  when 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  came 
  with 
  the 
  

   wind 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  wind 
  changed, 
  and 
  continued 
  

   rather 
  strong 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  for 
  a 
  week. 
  The 
  hoppers 
  had 
  to 
  stay 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  do 
  much 
  damage. 
  On 
  the 
  18th, 
  the 
  wind 
  

   being 
  from 
  the 
  northeast, 
  they 
  left, 
  but 
  toward 
  evening 
  a 
  lot 
  more 
  came. 
  

   On 
  the 
  24th, 
  all 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  south. 
  Buckwheat, 
  late 
  beans, 
  garden- 
  vege- 
  

   tables, 
  late 
  potatoes, 
  &c., 
  are 
  all 
  a 
  total 
  loss. 
  On 
  the 
  17th 
  some 
  deposited 
  

   eggs 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  w^as 
  bare. 
  Hall: 
  Large 
  swarms 
  appeared 
  from 
  

   the 
  northwest 
  August 
  10 
  at 
  noon. 
  Commenced 
  depositing 
  eggs 
  on 
  the 
  

   13th 
  and 
  14th 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  some 
  left 
  ; 
  still 
  larger 
  masses 
  came 
  in 
  their 
  

   stead, 
  mostly 
  from 
  the 
  northeast. 
  Farmers 
  generally 
  tried 
  to 
  smoke 
  

   them 
  out, 
  but 
  most 
  abandoned 
  the 
  effort 
  after 
  the 
  third 
  day. 
  I 
  protected 
  

   my 
  garden 
  for 
  ten 
  days, 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  11th 
  to 
  the 
  13th 
  they 
  piled. 
  in 
  on 
  

   me 
  so 
  fearfully 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  keep 
  them 
  from 
  stripping 
  nearly 
  every 
  

   tree 
  of 
  its 
  foliage. 
  They 
  have 
  eaten 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  apples 
  and 
  

   half 
  the 
  early 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  late 
  corn. 
  On 
  the 
  23d 
  and 
  24th 
  they 
  left 
  in 
  

   a 
  southern 
  direction, 
  the 
  wind 
  being 
  from 
  the 
  northwest. 
  — 
  (Monthly 
  

   Agricultural 
  Report, 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  1876.) 
  

   I 
  have 
  also 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  its 
  appearance 
  in 
  Nebraska 
  from 
  

  

  