﻿CHRONOLOGY, 
  1878: 
  OREGON, 
  NEVADA, 
  MONTANA. 
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  of 
  Utah. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  Utah. 
  Blight 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  this 
  year, 
  

   is 
  a 
  repetition 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  former 
  years, 
  such 
  as 
  has 
  beeD 
  described 
  in 
  our 
  

  

  First 
  Annual 
  Report 
  (p. 
  150), 
  the 
  locusts 
  originating 
  in 
  Central 
  Montana, 
  

   flying 
  into 
  Idaho 
  one 
  season, 
  and 
  their 
  progeny 
  invading 
  Northern 
  and 
  

   Central 
  Utah 
  the 
  next. 
  The 
  locusts 
  seen 
  this 
  summer 
  were 
  the 
  progeny 
  

   of 
  those 
  which 
  entered 
  Central 
  Montana 
  in 
  1877. 
  The 
  season 
  of 
  1878 
  

   in 
  this 
  basin 
  region 
  was 
  very 
  hot 
  and 
  rather 
  dry. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  EASTERN 
  OREGON 
  IN 
  1678. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Lower 
  Snake 
  Eiver 
  region, 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Oregon, 
  we 
  were 
  told 
  that 
  

   locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  this 
  summer 
  between 
  McDowell's 
  Ferry 
  and 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Mountains, 
  both 
  flying 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  LN 
  NEVADA 
  IN 
  1678. 
  

  

  This 
  year, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  1877, 
  was 
  a 
  locust 
  year 
  in 
  this 
  sparsely-settled 
  

   territory. 
  July 
  11 
  great 
  numbers 
  appeared 
  at 
  Winnemucca, 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   appeared 
  the 
  13th 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  and 
  19th 
  large 
  swarms 
  again 
  appeared. 
  

   (United 
  States 
  Weather 
  Report.) 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  MONTANA 
  LN 
  1878. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  V. 
  Sutherlin, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mount- 
  

   ain 
  Husbandman, 
  we 
  learn 
  that 
  this 
  Territory 
  was 
  not 
  seriously 
  molested 
  

   by 
  invading 
  locusts 
  in 
  1878, 
  as 
  he 
  writes 
  : 
  

  

  Those 
  that 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  March. 
  April, 
  and 
  May 
  did 
  some 
  damage 
  in 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   Gallatin 
  Valley 
  and 
  the 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Prickly 
  Pear 
  Valleys, 
  but 
  ^vhen 
  they 
  took 
  wings 
  

   they 
  were 
  fortunately 
  carried 
  away 
  from 
  us, 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  swarms 
  going 
  beyond 
  the 
  Ter- 
  

   ritorial 
  boundary. 
  Their 
  course 
  was 
  towards 
  the 
  southwest. 
  In 
  the 
  extreme 
  southern 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  that 
  is 
  cultivated 
  (Upper 
  Kuby 
  Valley), 
  a 
  small 
  farming 
  district, 
  

   a 
  few 
  swarms 
  stopped 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  oat-fields 
  were 
  heading 
  out, 
  and 
  did 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  

   damage. 
  After 
  gettiug 
  a 
  taste, 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  contented 
  to 
  remain, 
  and 
  did 
  so, 
  

   depositing 
  many 
  eggs. 
  In 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  Gallatin 
  Valley 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  swarms 
  that 
  

   stopped 
  and 
  deposited 
  eggs. 
  Except 
  the 
  valleys 
  above 
  named, 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  eggs 
  

   deposited 
  this 
  year. 
  Crops 
  were 
  generally 
  good, 
  and 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  grain 
  very 
  large. 
  

   A 
  few 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  sections 
  named 
  above 
  suffered, 
  but 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  suffering 
  was 
  light 
  

   compared 
  with 
  former 
  years. 
  

  

  At 
  Virginia 
  City 
  locusts 
  were 
  observed 
  July 
  25 
  flying 
  northwest; 
  the 
  

   27th 
  and 
  28th 
  large 
  numbers 
  were 
  seen, 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  some 
  damage 
  to 
  

   gardens, 
  leaving 
  the 
  30th 
  ; 
  August 
  1 
  small 
  herds 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  north- 
  

   west 
  against 
  the 
  wind 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  2d 
  they 
  flew 
  northwest 
  against 
  the 
  wind, 
  

   some 
  alighting; 
  on 
  the 
  3d 
  they 
  also 
  flew 
  in 
  a 
  northwest 
  course, 
  while 
  

   on 
  the 
  4th 
  they 
  disappeared. 
  (United 
  States 
  Sigual 
  Bureau.) 
  At 
  

   Sterling 
  a 
  few 
  eggs 
  were 
  deposited 
  late 
  in 
  July. 
  This 
  region 
  has 
  been 
  

   visited 
  each 
  summer 
  from 
  1873 
  to 
  1878. 
  Colonel 
  Berthoud, 
  engineer 
  of 
  

   the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  Utah 
  Northern 
  Railroad 
  into 
  Montana, 
  made 
  ex- 
  

   tensive 
  surveys 
  in 
  Montana, 
  and 
  visited 
  in 
  person 
  Deer 
  Lodge. 
  Madi- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  Fire 
  Hole 
  Valley, 
  the 
  Geysers. 
  Henry's 
  Lake, 
  &c, 
  and 
  reports 
  

   to 
  us 
  that 
  August 
  21 
  the 
  locusts, 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus, 
  were 
  very 
  abundant 
  

   on 
  Snake 
  River, 
  extending 
  from 
  Corbetfs 
  Station 
  to 
  three 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  

  

  