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ley, wheat. 14. Pease, sngar-cane, and broom-corn, box-elder an^ black walnut trees 

 are not eaten. — [Alfred Terry. 



South Bend, Blue Earth County. — 12. Wheat and everything farmers raise. 13. Not 

 any. 14. Pease. — [D. P. Davis. 



Avon, Stearns County. — 11. Thinks everything nearly will be destroyed. 12. Last year 

 ruta-bagas, buckwheat, and corn.— [John Brakefield. 



Carver, Carver County. — 11. Very little injury done to take the country at large. 

 Wheat crop in localities along the Minnesota River almost a total loss. 12. Wheat 

 and garden plants. 14. Corn, rye, oats, and pease. — [Jacob Dunn. 



New Auburn, Sihley County, — 11. No estimate given. 12. Wheat, barley, and flax. 



13. Oats, corn, and pease. 14. Pease, oats, corn, in order named. — [S. S. Clevinger. 

 Dassel, Meeker County. — 11. From 7 to 10 per cent, of wheat crop. Other crops have 



not suffered much except gardens which have suffered generally. It is estimated that 

 5,000,000 bushels of wheat have been destroyed in Minnesota this year, 1877. — [S. W. 

 Maxon. 



Wilton, Waseca County — 12. Wheat. — [Patrick Kenehan. 



Nashville Center, Martin County. — 12. Garden vegetables. 13. Wheat, oats, barley. 

 Wheat suffered more than other crops in 1874. — [James Bottomly. 



Becker, Sherburne County. — 12. Wheat and oats. 13. Corn, pease, and potatoes. 14. 

 Corn. — [John A. Wagner. 



Willmar, Kandiyohi County.— Al. Crops damaged about one-half. 12. Wheat and 

 oats. 14. Pease, pumpkins, and squashes. — [John Haly. 



Raymond, Stearns County. — 11. In the county, in 1876, 500,000 bushels of grain ; in 

 1877, 1,000,000 bushels. In the State, in 1876, 6,000,000 bushels ; in 1877, 8,000,000. In 

 1875, 120,000 bushels of grain were raised in this township ; in 1876, 10,300 ; in 1877, 

 there will not be 1,000 bushels of grain saved. 12. Wheat, barley, and oats. 13. Pease. 



14. Pease and oats. — [L. B. Raymond. 



Norseland, Nicollet County. — 11. In the county, 90 to 95 per cent. ; in the State, 20 or 

 25 per cent;. 12. Wheat, corn, and beans. 13. Pease and oats. 14. Oats, pease, and 

 sorghum. — [John Webster. 



Albert Lea, Freeborn County. — 11. No damage done in Freeborn in 1876. — [A. M. John- 

 son. 



Pipe-Stone, Pipe-Stone County. — 11. Nothing destroyed but a few beets, cabbages, &c., 

 in this county so far. — [D. E. Sweet. 



Burnhamviile, Todd County. — 11. Half a crop, valued at $350,000, in the county. 12. 

 Wheat, barley, corn, timpthy, beans, and turnips. 13. One crop as difficult to protect 

 as another. 14. Rye, oats, potatoes, and pease.— [Albert Rhoda. 



West Newton, Nicollet County. — 11. More than two-thirds in the town of Severance. 



12. Garden-vegetables, wheat, oats, tobacco, young trees, and pie-plant. 14. Last year, 

 sugar-corn, broom-corn, and pease; but this year they spare nothing.^[Gusi;af Ky- 

 lander. 



Norwood, Carver County. — 11. Not much in this county, it being timbered. 12. All 

 kinds more or less. 13. Pease. 14. Wheat, corn, and oats.— [A. W. Tiffany. 



Jackson, Jackson County.— 11, Very little in this county. 12. Wheat. 13. No differ- 

 ence. 14. Slight damage to any. — [G. C. Chamberlain. 



Banks, Faribault County. — 11. One-tenth in the county. 12. Wheat, oats, and flax. 



13. Any small grain. 14. Corn and pease. — [William O.Payne. 



Golden Gate, Brown County. — 11. In county, two-thirds; in State, one-fourth. 12. 

 Wheat, oats, and barley. 14. Pease. — [J. S. Lelford. 



Sibley, Sibley County. — 11. No estimate given. 12. Wheat has been injured most. 14. 

 Oats and pease least.— [C. E. Woodbury. 



MaMeton, Blue Earth County. — 12. Late corn, turnips, vegetables, and tame grass.— 

 LC. A.* Williams. 



Faynesville, Stearns County.— 12. Wheat, corn, vegetables, tansy, tobacco, wormwood, 

 and spignet. 14. Tomatoes, pease, and oats. — [S. P. Roach. 



Brookjfield, Renville County.— 11. Nine-tenths of the wheat-crop in this town. 12. 

 Wheat. 14. Oats and corn. — [Charles E. Porter. 



Moorhead, Clay County. — 11. Injury so far insignificant. 12. Young garden- vegeta- 

 bles just coming up, onions, beets, lettuce, cabbage, and carrots. Among grain crops, 

 buckwheat, barley, oats, and wheat most liable to destruction in the order named. 13. 

 Can't state ; depends on circumstances. 14. Pease, sorghum, and corn, in the order 

 named. — [R. M. Roe^t^eld. 



Burnhamviile, Todd County. — 12. Wheat, barley, artichokes, nettles, wild buckwheat, 

 timothy, clover, onions, tobacco, turnips, cabbage, and beans eaten by old and young. 



14. Pease, cuoimbers, and the kindred vines, beets, potatoes, corn, and the native 

 grasses. — \_A.Vae£t Rhoda. 



Wort^/i/yffiOK, Nobles County. — 12. Oats, wheat, corn, and all cultivated crops are eaten 

 by bo-ih 7«'ar>g and old. 14. Pease, pumpkins, squashes, and tomatoes. — [N. V. Mc- 

 DowoL 



Vic}^^'P^ TMiville County. — 11. Nine-tenths in this county. 12. Everything but 

 sorghLP. Li? 'jL {^case. 13. Unknown. 14. Pease and sorghum. — [E. B. Hale. 



