APPENDIX III. TEXAS DATA FOR 1877. [77] 



Coryell Connty, March 30. — The little grasshoppers are still numerous, and their appe- 

 tite is as destructive as ever. 



Bosque County, March'oO. — The grasshoppers threaten the total destruction of the 

 wheat and oat crops. 



Dalian County, March 30. — The shrubbery in the city is all covered "with white covers 

 to protect it from the hoards of grasshoppers. 



Johnson County, March 30. — The little grasshoppers are still hopping in myriads. 

 They have begun on the wheat. 



San Saha County, April 1. — Grasshoppers are destroying wheat on Righmond Creek. 



Tarrant County, April 1. — Fort Worth, March 31: Grasshoj)pers are plentiful and 

 doing some damage. 



JRobertson County, April 1. — Hearne, March 31: Grasshoppers are numerous, and 

 have eaten up everything in shape of gardens. 



JJ'ashinyton County, Chapel Hill, March 31. — Grasshoppers are eating all green vege- 

 tation to the ground. 



De Witt County, April 3. — Grasshoppers are numerous and troublesome, eating out 

 fields, and stripping plants and shrubbery in the gardens. 



Gonzales County, April 5.— Grasshoppers have commenced on the corn in some por- 

 tions of tlie county. They appear to be traveling in a nortbward direction. 



Johnson County, April 5.— Grasshoppers are doing much damage in the county. It is 

 thought one-half the wheat in the timber has been destroyed. Oats have been eaten 

 down to the ground, but will come out again if the 'hoppers leave. Corn is eaten as 

 much by day as it grows by night. Gardens thus far have stood no show. 



Lavaca County, April 5. — Complaints of injury from grasshoppers are coming in on 

 all sides. 



Washington County, April 5.— On the plantation of Mr. Thomas Smith, near Chapel 

 Hill, the grasshoppers have eaten out about thirty acres of corn. 



Waller County, April 5. — Grasshoppers are injuring the crops considerably. 



Bexar County, April 7. — Grasshoppers are making serious inroads upon vegetation in 

 the northern part of the county. 



Washington County, Brenham, April 7. — In some portions of the county the grass- 

 hoppers have made a clean sweep. Especially is this the case in the neighborhood of 

 Long Point and Gay Hill. 



Colorado County, April 8. — Little damage has yet been done by the grasshoppers, 

 their depredations being mostly confined to the tender vegetation of the gardens. 

 "What little they travel seems to be in a direction a little north of west. None of them 

 we have seen have yet arrived at maturity, and of course are without wings. 



Grayson County, April 8. — But little further damage from grasshoppers anticipated. 

 Wheat is getting too tough for them, and they prefer the young grass on the prairies. 



Mason County, April S. — Corn is coming up, but the grassho^jpers meet it at the sur- 

 face of the ground. 



McLennan County, April 8. — Oats are knee-high, and not a grasshopper within five 

 miles. 



Menard County, April 8. — The grasshoppers are not numerous up here. 



Washington Comity, April 8. — Grasshoppers are here in myriads. In some localities 

 they are destroying all green vegetation, while in others corn is growing finely. 



Williamson County, April 8. — Grasshopper ravages are feared by farmers. 



Bexar County, April 10. — Grasshoppers are plentiful in the neighborhood of Cibolo, 

 hut have done no serious damage as yet. 



Brazos County, April 10. — Some apprehensions fiom grasshoppers. 



Cooke County, April 10. — Grasshoppers are numerous in southwestern portion of this 

 county, and in portions of Denton, W^ise, and Montague that lie near us but as yet 

 have done little mischief. 



Comanche County, April 10. — Grasshoppers are diminishing in numbers in this county. 



Collin County, April 8. — Several of our farmers say that their crops of wheat and oats 

 have been ruined by the grasshoppers. A Mr. M. C. Smith informs us that they have 

 eaten thirty acres for him, and that there is no possible chance for it to come out. 

 They are beginning to jDenetrate the timber regions, which have hitherto been exempt 

 from their ravages. 



De Witt County, Ajyril 10. — Grasshoppers are disappearing in spots, and appear to be 

 gathering in the bottom lands. Having devoured all the young vegetables, they have, 

 in some localities, gone to work on the young corn. 



Limestone County, April 10. — Grasshoppers have as yet done no material damage, and 

 have only appeared in a few localities. 



Gonzales County, Ajyril 11. — From every portion of the county we learn that grass- 

 hoppers have done but little damage as yet. They are growing in size, and few have 

 wings. Some have commenced shedding, while a number of small ones have appeared, 

 which indicates that they are still hatching. 



Kimble County, Ajyril 11.— Grasshoppers are scarce. 



