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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  eggs 
  Gth 
  to 
  12th 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  counties, 
  wheat, 
  corn, 
  oats, 
  and 
  bar- 
  

   ley 
  have 
  suffered 
  severely. 
  In 
  September, 
  Breckenridge, 
  Minn., 
  fly- 
  

   ing 
  south, 
  26th. 
  Jackson: 
  Are 
  here 
  yet 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  hard 
  matter 
  to 
  estimate 
  

   the 
  damages 
  done 
  by 
  them. 
  Meeker: 
  Will 
  injure 
  the 
  wheat 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   places. 
  Nicollet: 
  Are 
  destroying 
  the 
  crops 
  and 
  depositing 
  their 
  eggs. 
  

   Nobles: 
  Came 
  upon 
  us 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  earliest 
  grains 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  harvest; 
  

   wheat, 
  corn, 
  and 
  timothy 
  are 
  very 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  

   totally 
  destroyed. 
  They 
  have 
  laid 
  eggs 
  for 
  a 
  crop 
  next 
  year. 
  Pope 
  : 
  

   The 
  prospect 
  of 
  uncommonly 
  good 
  crops 
  was 
  very 
  fine 
  until 
  about 
  two 
  

   weeks 
  ago, 
  when 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  came. 
  Though 
  they 
  did 
  incalculable 
  in- 
  

   jury, 
  yet 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  stay 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  effect 
  a 
  total 
  destruction 
  of 
  crops. 
  

   The 
  air 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  the 
  pest, 
  clouding 
  the 
  sun. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   design 
  utter 
  destruction 
  of 
  vegetation, 
  but 
  rather 
  to 
  leave 
  their 
  progeny. 
  

   Eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  region. 
  This 
  work 
  done, 
  they 
  rose 
  on 
  favor- 
  

   ing 
  winds 
  and 
  went 
  southeast. 
  Their 
  stay 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  was 
  about 
  one 
  

   week 
  — 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  only 
  four 
  days 
  ; 
  in 
  others 
  ten. 
  Redwood 
  : 
  Damaged 
  

   all 
  the 
  crops 
  ; 
  the 
  vines 
  of 
  beans 
  and 
  potatoes 
  have 
  been 
  almost 
  wholly 
  

   eaten 
  up 
  and 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  fruit 
  and 
  certain 
  forest-trees 
  almost 
  wholly 
  

   stripped 
  off. 
  Sibley: 
  In 
  eight 
  townships 
  the 
  crops 
  have 
  suffered 
  se- 
  

   verely 
  from 
  grasshoppers. 
  Stearns: 
  The 
  advance-guard 
  came 
  on 
  the 
  

   22d 
  of 
  July 
  ; 
  the 
  main 
  army 
  appeared 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  about 
  11 
  a. 
  m., 
  and 
  

   by 
  4 
  p. 
  m. 
  every 
  bush, 
  fiower, 
  tree, 
  shrub, 
  fence, 
  and 
  field 
  was 
  literally 
  

   covered 
  with 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  still 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  are 
  depositing 
  their 
  

   eggs. 
  Stevens 
  : 
  There 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  full 
  average 
  of 
  all 
  crops, 
  and 
  

   perhaps 
  more, 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  visited 
  this 
  county. 
  Todd: 
  The 
  

   grasshoppers 
  struck 
  us 
  the 
  19th 
  of 
  July, 
  and 
  have 
  destroyed 
  at 
  least 
  67 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  this 
  county. 
  As 
  near 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  out, 
  the 
  

   column 
  is 
  about 
  17 
  miles 
  wide. 
  They 
  came 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  north. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  crops 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  for 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  years 
  is 
  destroyed. 
  

   There 
  is 
  barely 
  enough 
  left 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  reaping. 
  Yesterday 
  I 
  cut 
  barley 
  

   that 
  should 
  have 
  yielded 
  58 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  scarcely 
  get 
  5. 
  

   The 
  heads 
  are 
  cut 
  off 
  and 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  Watonwan: 
  Have 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  the 
  wheat-crops 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Yelloio 
  Medicine: 
  In 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  Eenville, 
  (3hipj)ewa, 
  and 
  Swift, 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  Kandiyohi 
  and 
  Yellow 
  

   Medicine 
  oats 
  and 
  barley 
  are 
  a 
  complete 
  failure 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers. 
  Blue 
  Earth: 
  The 
  western 
  towns 
  are 
  alive 
  with 
  grasshoppers, 
  

   but 
  they 
  have 
  come 
  rather 
  late 
  to 
  seriously 
  injure 
  wheat 
  or 
  oats. 
  Mc- 
  

   Leod: 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  northeast 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July, 
  and 
  spread 
  

   nearly 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  county 
  ; 
  have 
  injured 
  oats, 
  barley, 
  and 
  late 
  corn 
  

   considerably 
  and 
  wheat 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  and 
  have 
  deposited 
  many 
  eggs. 
  

   Some 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  hatching 
  and 
  others 
  as 
  being 
  destroyed 
  by 
  a 
  worm 
  

   or 
  insect, 
  but 
  millions 
  apparently 
  will 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  hatch 
  next 
  spring. 
  

   Yelloio 
  Medicine: 
  Grasshoppers 
  and 
  dry 
  weather 
  have 
  nearly 
  ruined 
  the 
  

   corn 
  crop 
  and 
  taken 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  oats. 
  Half 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  grasshoppers. 
  Bedicood: 
  Grasshoppers 
  and 
  drought 
  have 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  the 
  crops 
  this 
  year 
  more 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  Swift: 
  Have 
  done 
  

   a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  ; 
  they 
  commenced 
  depredations 
  about 
  the 
  oth 
  of 
  

   July 
  ; 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  swarms 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  mostly 
  gone, 
  

   but 
  have 
  left 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  Faribault: 
  Injured 
  corn 
  10 
  

   per 
  cent., 
  potatoes 
  50 
  per 
  cent., 
  and 
  nearly 
  destroyed 
  beans. 
  About 
  the 
  

   15th 
  of 
  August 
  they 
  lit 
  down 
  on 
  us 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  in 
  countless 
  

   numbers. 
  They 
  were 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  in 
  passing 
  over 
  the 
  county 
  and 
  

   seeding 
  it 
  with 
  eggs 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  as 
  to 
  destroy 
  all 
  hopes 
  of 
  crops 
  

   for 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  Meeker: 
  Destroyed 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  beans. 
  Nicollet: 
  

   Came 
  with 
  the 
  wind 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  west, 
  and 
  went 
  south 
  and 
  west. 
  

   Of 
  cereals 
  they 
  cut 
  the 
  oats 
  most 
  ; 
  destroyed 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  po- 
  

  

  