﻿PACKARD.J 
  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  MONTANA 
  IN 
  1876. 
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  grain 
  and 
  corn 
  wore 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  too 
  dry 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  eat. 
  They 
  

   deposited 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  1866, 
  which 
  done 
  much 
  damage 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  

   1867. 
  Now, 
  the 
  only 
  difference 
  in 
  their 
  visitations 
  in 
  '64, 
  '65, 
  and 
  '66, 
  between 
  that 
  of 
  

   '74, 
  '75, 
  and 
  '76, 
  is 
  this 
  : 
  In 
  '74 
  they 
  came 
  thirty-five 
  days 
  sooner 
  than 
  in 
  '64 
  ; 
  in 
  '75 
  they 
  

   came 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  days 
  later 
  than 
  in 
  '65 
  ; 
  in 
  '76 
  they 
  came 
  forty-two 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  

   in 
  '66. 
  Frcjm 
  '67 
  to 
  '74 
  we 
  had 
  but 
  little 
  losses 
  from 
  them. 
  A 
  light 
  band 
  occasionally 
  

   done 
  a 
  little 
  harm. 
  

  

  Their 
  movements 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  in 
  '64, 
  '65, 
  and 
  '66 
  have 
  been 
  precisely 
  duplicated 
  in 
  

   '74, 
  '75, 
  and 
  '76, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  I 
  conclude 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years' 
  rest 
  now. 
  

   Could 
  we 
  be 
  informed 
  definitely 
  of 
  where 
  their 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited 
  north 
  of 
  us, 
  we 
  

   would 
  know 
  just 
  what 
  to 
  do 
  to 
  escape 
  losses. 
  Those 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  we 
  need 
  have 
  

   no 
  fears 
  of. 
  This 
  dreadful 
  plague 
  must 
  be 
  stopped. 
  Already 
  it 
  has 
  prevented 
  many 
  

   from 
  immigrating 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  and 
  fertile 
  West, 
  and 
  those 
  here 
  are 
  looking 
  and 
  wonder- 
  

   ing 
  where 
  they 
  can 
  go 
  to 
  escape 
  this 
  plague, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  for 
  that 
  adhesive 
  power 
  

   that 
  holds 
  people 
  to 
  their 
  adopted 
  homes, 
  Colorado 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  grass- 
  

   hopper 
  and 
  red 
  man. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Monthly 
  Weather 
  Eeview 
  

   of 
  the 
  Weather 
  Signal 
  Bureau, 
  1876 
  : 
  February 
  19, 
  locusts 
  hatched 
  

   out 
  at 
  Golden 
  ; 
  Estes 
  Park, 
  March 
  3. 
  At 
  Golden, 
  eggs 
  laid 
  August 
  24, 
  

   1875, 
  hatched 
  out 
  April 
  21, 
  1876. 
  In 
  June, 
  in 
  Colorado, 
  were 
  frequently 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  the 
  red 
  mite. 
  July 
  11, 
  "a 
  storm 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  at 
  Pike's 
  

   Peak." 
  August 
  2, 
  at 
  Denver, 
  " 
  came 
  from 
  north 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  ; 
  very 
  

   destructive 
  3d; 
  continued 
  numerous 
  until 
  11th; 
  had 
  all 
  left 
  by 
  13th; 
  

   from 
  22d 
  to 
  28th 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  but 
  few 
  alighting 
  ; 
  diminished 
  in 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  29th 
  to 
  31st 
  ; 
  3d, 
  passed 
  over 
  Pueblo, 
  going 
  north 
  ; 
  no 
  damage. 
  5tb, 
  

   Golden, 
  flying 
  southeast 
  about 
  6th 
  to 
  13th, 
  leaving 
  13th 
  to 
  26th, 
  return- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  northwest 
  23d, 
  and 
  flying 
  northwest 
  24th 
  and 
  25th 
  ; 
  12th, 
  near 
  

   Denver, 
  made 
  a 
  clean 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  mountain-ranches 
  ; 
  came 
  in 
  dense, 
  

   thick 
  clouds, 
  but 
  have 
  mostly 
  moved 
  away. 
  31st, 
  Fort 
  Garland, 
  air 
  

   filled, 
  flying 
  with 
  the 
  wind. 
  September 
  8, 
  at 
  Fort 
  Garland, 
  they 
  were 
  

   seen 
  flying 
  northeast. 
  At 
  Golden, 
  flying 
  east-southeast 
  2d 
  and 
  4th 
  ; 
  fly- 
  

   ing 
  northwest 
  6th; 
  flying 
  west 
  and 
  northwest 
  15th 
  ; 
  flying 
  east-south- 
  

   east 
  23d 
  ; 
  flying 
  northwest 
  25th. 
  Denver, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  abundant, 
  1st 
  to 
  

   24th. 
  Flying 
  northeast 
  at 
  Golden 
  2d. 
  Summit 
  of 
  mountains 
  near 
  Denver 
  

   covered 
  with 
  many 
  thousand 
  bushels 
  of 
  dead 
  grasshoppers. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  WYOMING-, 
  UTAH, 
  AND 
  NEW 
  MEXICO 
  IN 
  1876. 
  

  

  In 
  Wyoming, 
  at 
  Cheyenne, 
  grasshoppers 
  were 
  reported 
  alive 
  May 
  14; 
  

   abundant 
  from 
  the 
  7th 
  to 
  the 
  31st 
  August 
  ; 
  " 
  flying 
  southeast 
  1st, 
  10th, 
  

   24th; 
  south, 
  6th; 
  northwest, 
  8th. 
  October 
  3d, 
  a 
  few 
  grasshoppers 
  w^ere 
  

   seen 
  flying." 
  

  

  In 
  Utah, 
  September 
  28, 
  at 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  migrating 
  ; 
  at 
  Coalville, 
  

   Utah, 
  flying 
  south 
  26th, 
  27th, 
  28th. 
  

  

  In 
  New 
  Mexico 
  " 
  they 
  appeared 
  June 
  19 
  " 
  (Monthly 
  Weather 
  Report) 
  ; 
  

   Taos, 
  wheat 
  half 
  destroyed 
  by 
  grasshopper 
  (Agricultural 
  Keport, 
  July). 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  MONTANA 
  IN 
  1876. 
  

  

  Lieut. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Carpenter, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  dated 
  Camp 
  Eobinsou, 
  

   Nebraska, 
  December 
  10, 
  1876, 
  gives 
  me 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  and 
  com- 
  

   ments 
  on 
  the 
  locust 
  : 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  high 
  plateau 
  separating 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  from 
  the 
  waters-shed 
  of 
  

   the 
  Lower 
  Yellowstone, 
  swarms 
  of 
  newly-hatched 
  grasshoppers 
  were 
  observed 
  during 
  

   the 
  last 
  of 
  May, 
  1876. 
  They 
  appeared 
  to 
  exist 
  in 
  small 
  colonies 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  square 
  rods 
  in 
  

   extent. 
  Several 
  such 
  were 
  seen 
  during 
  the' 
  day, 
  and 
  the 
  aggregate 
  number 
  of 
  individ- 
  

   uals 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  large. 
  They 
  were 
  just 
  able 
  to 
  hop, 
  and 
  were 
  consequently 
  

   hatched 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  observed. 
  About 
  July 
  12, 
  immense 
  swarms 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  Western 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  devastated 
  that 
  region. 
  These 
  insects 
  I 
  believe 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  same 
  observed 
  in 
  May, 
  which 
  upon 
  reaching 
  maturity 
  moved 
  eastward, 
  instead 
  

  

  