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and 2| inches deep, bottom lightly covered with kerosene oil or tar. Burning straw 

 did some good. — [Letford. 



JDanls, Farihault County.-r-Tvro sheet- iron pans, one behind the other, saturated with 

 coal-tar, drawn by two men or one horse. — [Pa;vne. 



Becler, Sha-hurne County. — Sheet-iron pan with coal-tar ; burning and ditching ; all 

 very good. — [Wagner. 



Glonvood, Pope County. — Coal-tar on sheet-iron boats ; supplied too late to do much 

 good. — [Campbell. 



Morristown, Face Comw^?/.— Digging pits; burning straw. Very successful. — [Kenney. 



DasseJ, Afeelei' County. — Coal-tar pans are successful. — [Maxon. 



Willmar, Kandiyohi County. — Tar-x^ansnot as successful as ditching round the fields.— 

 [Haly. 



Sihley, Sihley Cou«/?/.— 'Hopper-dozers used with varying success. — [Woodbury. 



Kerkiwven, Swift County. — Tar-pans; burning with straw; prairie-fires; ditching to 

 the depth of seven or eight inches, in which are pits at intervals of two or three rods ; 

 the young 'hopj)ers walk into the trenches and afterward into the holes (made with 

 fence-post augers) and are buried with dirt. — [Jacobson. 



Carver, Carver County. — 'Hopper-dozers ; ditching ; both give good satisfaction. — 

 [Suiter. 



Wilton, Waseca County. — Tar-pans; nets; harrowing; all satisfactory. — [Kenehan. 



Heron Lake, Jackson County. — Tar-pans are used successfully. — [Edwards. 



Jackson, Jackson County. — Tar-pans decidedly effective. — [Chamberlain. 



Magnolia, Bock County. — Burning prairies. — [Unknown. 



Detroit, Becker County. — Burning prairie-grass ; tar-pans also good. — [McLelland. 



Seward, XoUes County. — Burning wild grass little or no use; burn ng hay and straw 

 around the field a little better; straw burnt in a ditcb better still; none really pay ; 

 tar-pans nearly a complete success. — [Terry. 



TTorthington, Xohles County. — Burning prairie-grass; j)lc)wing deep; farmer mo_t 

 effectual.— [McDowell. 



Xasliville Centre, Martin County. — Tar-pans for winged and unfledged locusts.— [Bot- 

 tomly. 



On; Jackson County. — Burning prairie-grass, hay, and straw ; tar-pans. — [Palmer. 



Tenhassen, Martin County. — Burning grass, hay, and straw had no effect as locusts 

 were too numerous; tar-pans were not satisfactory. — [Merry. 



Albert Lea, Freedom County. — Tar-pans ; advantageous with short vegetation. — 

 [Parker. 



Collins, McLeod County. — Burning prairie-grass, straw, &c. ; tar-pans. — [Canfield. 



Dewald, XoMes County. — Tar-pans; burning prairie-grass ; best results from deep fall 

 plowing. — [Bates. 



Worthington, Xohles County. — Tar-pans; successful. — [Churchill. 



Lake Park, BecJcer County. — Dozers ; ditching and burning. — [Holton. 



Monticello, Wriglit County. — Trenching; burning and 'hopper-dozers. — [Mehose. 



Excelsior, Hennepin County. — Tar-pans; nets; efficacious. — [Powers. 



COLORADO. 



Larkspur, Douglas County. — Irrigating where practicable. 



OREGON. 



Clarksville, Parker County. — The means employed for the destruction of the winged 

 insects, or rather for the protection of the crops, was smoke from the burning of old 

 bones, but with poor success. — [Heisy. 



