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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION, 
  

   THE 
  ROCKY 
  MOUNTAIN 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  NEBRASKA 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  communication 
  dated 
  June 
  14, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Tannahill, 
  Co- 
  

   lumbus, 
  Platte 
  County, 
  Nebr., 
  we 
  learn 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  grasshoppers 
  are 
  

   doing 
  some 
  damage 
  in 
  the 
  gardens 
  ; 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  working 
  farther 
  

   north 
  of 
  Columbus, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  extend 
  into 
  Madison 
  County, 
  where 
  

   they 
  destroyed 
  large 
  fields 
  of 
  grain. 
  

  

  Norfolk, 
  Madison 
  County, 
  June 
  8. 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  valley, 
  for 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  six 
  miles 
  wide- 
  

   and 
  twenty-five 
  long, 
  "the 
  'hoppers' 
  7 
  are 
  making 
  a 
  clean 
  sweep 
  of 
  small 
  grain. 
  At 
  

   present 
  the 
  wheat 
  is 
  half 
  destroyed 
  and 
  going 
  by 
  degrees 
  from 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  

   grasshoppers. 
  Oats 
  are 
  not 
  damaged 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  wheat. 
  Wheat 
  ground 
  is 
  being, 
  

   plowed 
  up 
  and 
  put 
  into 
  corn. 
  " 
  Crop 
  prospects" 
  growing 
  beautifully 
  less. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G. 
  M. 
  Dodge, 
  of 
  Glencoe, 
  Nebr., 
  writes, 
  on 
  May 
  19, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  C. 
  spretus 
  has 
  been 
  hatching 
  abundantly 
  (in 
  localities 
  that 
  were 
  hard 
  and 
  bare 
  last 
  

   fall) 
  from 
  May 
  5 
  until 
  date. 
  Of 
  course 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  yet 
  appear 
  to 
  do 
  much 
  damage. 
  

   I 
  saw 
  many 
  young 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  on 
  prairie 
  land 
  that 
  was 
  burned 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  17th. 
  

   The 
  weather 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  dry 
  all 
  spring, 
  with 
  slight 
  showers 
  lately. 
  

  

  Norfolk, 
  Madison 
  County, 
  May 
  23. 
  — 
  Young 
  grasshoppers 
  have 
  made 
  most 
  fearful 
  

   work 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  Farmers 
  are 
  plowing 
  up 
  their 
  wheat 
  fields 
  and 
  planting 
  corn. 
  

   In 
  some 
  cases, 
  wheat, 
  rye, 
  and 
  barley 
  all 
  gone. 
  They 
  have 
  not 
  injured 
  oats 
  much, 
  but 
  

   are 
  going 
  for 
  the 
  early 
  corn. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  June 
  6. 
  — 
  Within 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  weeks 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  spring- 
  wheat 
  ruined 
  by 
  

   grasshoppers 
  in 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  Dakota, 
  and 
  the 
  ruined 
  wheat 
  plowed 
  up. 
  Such 
  is 
  the 
  

   case 
  west 
  of 
  Lincoln 
  and 
  Schuyler, 
  in 
  Nebraska. 
  These 
  facts 
  are 
  kept 
  quiet 
  in 
  those 
  

   States, 
  for 
  fear 
  they 
  will 
  check 
  immigration. 
  No 
  State 
  newspapers 
  have 
  mentioned, 
  or 
  

   will 
  mention, 
  such 
  casualties. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  WASHINGTON 
  TEERITORY 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  spretus 
  here, 
  I 
  think. 
  — 
  [H. 
  K. 
  Morrison, 
  Kalama, 
  Wash. 
  T., 
  May 
  13, 
  1879. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  DAKOTA 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  Eiverside, 
  Clay 
  County. 
  May 
  16. 
  — 
  The 
  drought 
  has 
  injured 
  our 
  wheat 
  badly. 
  

   Prospect 
  for 
  a 
  crop 
  very 
  poor. 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  

   April. 
  The 
  grain 
  grows 
  so 
  slowly 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  eating 
  off 
  large 
  areas 
  of 
  it. 
  Grass 
  justs 
  

   coming 
  through 
  the 
  ground 
  since 
  the 
  rains. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  Sioux 
  Falls, 
  Minnehaha 
  County, 
  May 
  18— 
  Have 
  had 
  a 
  splendid 
  rain. 
  Weather 
  

   cool 
  and 
  prospect 
  favorable 
  for 
  wheat. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  grasshoppers 
  here; 
  doing 
  

   very 
  little 
  damage. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  Vermillion, 
  Clay 
  County. 
  May 
  23. 
  — 
  The 
  spring 
  wheat 
  is 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers. 
  The 
  outlook 
  now 
  quite 
  gloomy 
  for 
  all 
  crops. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  TEXAS 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  Dallas, 
  Tex., 
  May 
  17. 
  — 
  Locusts 
  are 
  swarming 
  two 
  miles 
  below 
  here, 
  on 
  Trinity 
  

   River. 
  — 
  [Chicago 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  COLORADO 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  Locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  us 
  July 
  30 
  on 
  Pike's 
  Peak 
  above 
  timber 
  line, 
  in 
  

   much 
  the 
  same 
  situation 
  and 
  abundance 
  as 
  observed 
  in 
  1878 
  on 
  Gray's 
  

   Peak. 
  None, 
  however, 
  were 
  seen, 
  cither 
  this 
  year 
  or 
  last, 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  

  

  