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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  We 
  quote 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Monthly 
  Weather 
  Eeview 
  : 
  

  

  Near 
  Dodge 
  City, 
  April 
  30, 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  young. 
  August 
  

   22 
  to 
  31, 
  Dodge 
  City, 
  numerous 
  and 
  very 
  destructive, 
  causing 
  entire 
  loss 
  of 
  crops 
  in 
  

   many 
  sections 
  ; 
  24th, 
  Ellen 
  wood, 
  came 
  from 
  north 
  and 
  northeast; 
  29th, 
  southwest 
  ; 
  

   31st, 
  northeast 
  and 
  west. 
  Fort 
  Wallace, 
  flying 
  southwest 
  19th, 
  north 
  23d, 
  settling 
  

   24th 
  ; 
  3l8t, 
  Atlanta, 
  came 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  injured 
  fall-wheat, 
  late 
  corn, 
  and 
  gardens; 
  

   also 
  flying 
  southeast. 
  In 
  September, 
  Dodge 
  City, 
  abundant, 
  flying 
  north 
  2d 
  and 
  4th, 
  

   east 
  8th 
  and 
  9th 
  ; 
  less 
  abundant 
  6th 
  and 
  7th. 
  In 
  October 
  they 
  were 
  reported 
  " 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  and 
  destructive 
  at 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  at 
  Le 
  Roy 
  and 
  Baxter 
  Springs 
  ; 
  

   reported 
  nearly 
  all 
  gone 
  at 
  Creswell, 
  19th, 
  and 
  Council 
  Grove 
  3l8t. 
  In 
  November 
  

   grasshoppers 
  were 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  by 
  the 
  snow-fall. 
  Brown 
  : 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  

   have 
  destroyed 
  about 
  all 
  the 
  wheat, 
  rye, 
  and 
  timothy 
  that 
  have 
  come 
  up, 
  and 
  will 
  

   doubtless 
  destroy 
  all 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  sowed. 
  The 
  farmers 
  have 
  stopped 
  sowing, 
  owing 
  

   to 
  their 
  presence. 
  Sedgwick 
  : 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  alighted 
  on 
  the 
  Ist 
  of 
  September, 
  nob 
  

   in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  two 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  enough 
  to 
  eat 
  all 
  the 
  young 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  as 
  

   fast 
  as 
  it 
  appears. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  are 
  still 
  sowing 
  wheat. 
  Bourhon 
  : 
  The 
  grass- 
  

   hoj)pers 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  September, 
  and 
  are 
  eating 
  the 
  wheat 
  clean 
  as 
  they 
  go. 
  

   Coivley 
  ; 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  have 
  taken 
  all 
  the 
  early-sown 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   still 
  with 
  us. 
  They 
  keep 
  us 
  from 
  sowing 
  wheat. 
  Douglas 
  : 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  

   another 
  grasshoi^per 
  raid 
  but 
  little 
  wheat 
  was 
  sown 
  until 
  within 
  two 
  weeks. 
  The 
  

   early-sown 
  looks 
  fine. 
  Woodson 
  : 
  Grasshoppers 
  came 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  September 
  by 
  the 
  

   million, 
  and 
  have 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  early-sown 
  grain. 
  Chase 
  : 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  came 
  

   September 
  9, 
  and 
  the 
  wheat 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  sown 
  is 
  all 
  destroyed, 
  Lyon 
  : 
  The 
  fall 
  sow- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  has 
  all 
  been 
  devoured 
  by 
  the 
  grasshoppers. 
  Osage 
  : 
  On 
  the 
  9th,. 
  

   10th, 
  and 
  11th 
  of 
  September 
  the 
  wind 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  brought 
  billions 
  of 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers, 
  and 
  consequently 
  all 
  the 
  small 
  grain 
  is 
  a 
  total 
  loss. 
  Seno 
  : 
  The 
  farmers 
  are 
  

   still 
  busy 
  in 
  sowing 
  wheat; 
  some 
  ground 
  is 
  being 
  planted 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  time 
  ; 
  only 
  

   about 
  half 
  the 
  area 
  will 
  be 
  sown 
  that 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  if 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  had 
  not 
  

   come 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  early-sown 
  was 
  entirely 
  killed. 
  Shawnee: 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  have 
  eaten 
  

   about 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  sown 
  ; 
  the 
  farmers 
  are 
  sowing 
  their 
  grains 
  over 
  again. 
  

   Washingion 
  : 
  The 
  farmers 
  are 
  now 
  busy 
  in 
  sowing 
  fall-grain 
  ; 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  fear 
  the 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  for 
  the 
  farmers 
  will 
  plow 
  all 
  they 
  can 
  this 
  fall 
  and 
  winter, 
  with 
  

   the 
  expectation 
  of 
  killing 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  in 
  the 
  egg. 
  Saline 
  : 
  All 
  wheat 
  sown 
  before 
  

   the 
  grasshoppers 
  came 
  has 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  them. 
  Some 
  farmers 
  have 
  lost 
  200 
  acres, 
  

   and 
  one 
  has 
  lost 
  1,200. 
  Mitcliell: 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  wind 
  being 
  from 
  that 
  

   direction, 
  August 
  23. 
  Began 
  to 
  come 
  down 
  at 
  9 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  and 
  by 
  night 
  the 
  

   ground 
  was 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  them. 
  They 
  commence 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  crops 
  as 
  soon 
  

   as 
  the 
  sun 
  goes 
  down, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  They 
  are 
  eating 
  the 
  

   blades 
  off 
  the 
  corn, 
  which 
  is 
  loaded 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  off 
  the 
  trees. 
  Early 
  

   corn 
  is 
  now 
  quite 
  hard 
  and 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  seriously 
  injured. 
  Pawnee: 
  Made 
  their 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  August 
  24, 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  northwest. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  passed 
  over, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  

   alighted, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  changing 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  Corn 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  advanced 
  

   to 
  be 
  injured, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  doing 
  much 
  harm 
  except 
  to 
  gardens. 
  Washington: 
  

   Visited 
  us 
  August 
  24, 
  at 
  11 
  o'clock 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  northwest. 
  So 
  

   far 
  they 
  have 
  alighted 
  on 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  They 
  are 
  stripping 
  the 
  blades 
  

   from 
  the 
  corn, 
  but 
  appear 
  to 
  pay 
  more 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  incubation 
  than 
  to 
  

   feeding. 
  The 
  prevalence 
  of 
  a 
  south 
  wind 
  has 
  kept 
  them 
  here 
  until 
  to-day 
  (August 
  31). 
  

   The 
  north 
  wind 
  is 
  now 
  blowing, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  filling 
  the 
  air 
  by 
  the 
  million, 
  passing 
  

   rapidly 
  to 
  the 
  northwest. 
  They 
  have 
  deposited 
  no 
  eggs, 
  and 
  done 
  little 
  damage. 
  

   Mils 
  : 
  A 
  visitation 
  from 
  grasshoppers 
  last 
  week 
  ruined 
  the 
  late 
  corn, 
  and 
  injured 
  all 
  

   somewhat. 
  Eeno 
  : 
  Commenced 
  to 
  alight 
  August 
  31, 
  at 
  11 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  and 
  are 
  

   eating 
  everything 
  green. 
  At 
  2 
  p. 
  m, 
  to-day, 
  September 
  1, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  flew 
  away. 
  

   They 
  have 
  almost 
  ruined 
  the 
  late 
  crops, 
  especially 
  corn. 
  Norton 
  : 
  Have 
  ruined 
  the 
  

   corn-crops. 
  Barton 
  : 
  Appeared 
  August 
  24 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  in 
  vast 
  swarms, 
  and 
  have 
  

   destroyed 
  all 
  late 
  corn 
  and 
  potatoes, 
  beans, 
  turnips, 
  &c., 
  and 
  the 
  wheat 
  that 
  was 
  up. 
  

   To-day, 
  August 
  31, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  north 
  wind, 
  they 
  are 
  going 
  south. 
  They 
  have 
  made 
  

   no 
  deposit 
  of 
  eggs. 
  Graham: 
  Descended 
  in 
  clouds 
  and 
  remained 
  five 
  days, 
  destroying 
  

   our 
  corn,' 
  buckwheat, 
  turnips, 
  and 
  gardens. 
  Mice: 
  Have 
  returned 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  

   in 
  as 
  great 
  numbers 
  as 
  two 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  corn, 
  except 
  the 
  late-sod 
  corn, 
  which 
  

   they 
  have 
  riddled, 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  way. 
  They 
  have 
  mostly 
  left. 
  Republic: 
  Filled 
  

   the 
  air 
  August 
  24, 
  when 
  corn-fields 
  were 
  ravaged 
  and 
  gardens 
  disappeared 
  in 
  an 
  after- 
  

   Boon. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  assurance 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  raise 
  our 
  own 
  grasshoppers 
  next 
  year, 
  for 
  

   initiatory 
  steps 
  are 
  being 
  taken 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  large 
  supply. 
  Butler 
  : 
  On 
  the 
  last 
  day 
  of 
  

   Augusrl 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  Wichita, 
  Sedgwick 
  County. 
  About 
  4 
  o'clock 
  p. 
  m., 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  col- 
  

   umn 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  passed 
  over. 
  In 
  their 
  flight 
  they 
  made 
  a 
  noise 
  like 
  the 
  rattling 
  

   of 
  a 
  train 
  of 
  cars. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  column 
  extended 
  west, 
  but 
  it 
  extended 
  

   more 
  than 
  twelve 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Wichita. 
  Their 
  flight 
  was 
  toward 
  the 
  south. 
  Although 
  

   the 
  main 
  part 
  passed 
  over, 
  enough 
  stragglers 
  were 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas' 
  

   to 
  eat 
  every 
  vestige 
  of 
  green 
  wheat 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  it 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  Some 
  few 
  

   appeared 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  El 
  Dorado, 
  but 
  no 
  damage 
  worthy 
  of 
  mention 
  has 
  yet 
  been. 
  

   done 
  in 
  Butler 
  County.— 
  (Monthly 
  Agricultural 
  Report.") 
  

  

  