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  The 
  ravages 
  along 
  Platte 
  River 
  were 
  chiefly 
  felt 
  by 
  ranchmen 
  (farmers), 
  whose 
  

   crops 
  of 
  vegetables 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  bottom 
  were 
  greatly 
  damaged. 
  

  

  C. 
  spretus, 
  in 
  immense 
  quantities, 
  was 
  noted 
  on 
  the 
  road-crossing 
  of 
  Cedar 
  Creek 
  (an 
  

   -©astern 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Platfce), 
  a 
  point 
  some 
  10 
  miles 
  northwest 
  from 
  the 
  above- 
  

   mentioned 
  locality 
  on 
  Brush 
  Creek, 
  on 
  July 
  26, 
  none 
  scarcely 
  being 
  there 
  on 
  our 
  pass- 
  

   ing, 
  July 
  18. 
  The 
  creek 
  bottom 
  is 
  there 
  limited 
  — 
  25 
  yards 
  willow 
  undergrowth 
  adjoin- 
  

   ing 
  water, 
  and 
  grassy 
  area 
  not 
  over 
  100 
  to 
  150 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  creek's 
  banks, 
  upon 
  

   either 
  side. 
  The 
  Orthoptera 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  grassy 
  area, 
  beyond 
  which, 
  in 
  

   -every 
  direction, 
  extends 
  sage-brush, 
  the 
  general 
  vegetation 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  creeks 
  and 
  rivers 
  to 
  the 
  foot-hills, 
  &c, 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountains, 
  whence 
  they 
  spring 
  up 
  to 
  what 
  is 
  commonly 
  called 
  the 
  lower 
  timber 
  line. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  William 
  Myers, 
  hospital 
  steward, 
  IT. 
  S. 
  A., 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  lo- 
  

   custs 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  McCauley 
  in 
  his 
  first 
  communication, 
  writes 
  

   .as 
  follows 
  from 
  Fort 
  Steele, 
  Wyo., 
  August 
  12, 
  1879 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  locusts 
  toward 
  the 
  north 
  was 
  noticed 
  on 
  the 
  23d 
  of 
  July. 
  

   The 
  wind 
  on 
  that 
  day 
  was 
  recorded 
  : 
  south, 
  velocity 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  miles 
  per 
  hour 
  ; 
  strag- 
  

   glers 
  were 
  observed 
  for 
  a 
  week 
  afterwards 
  ; 
  the 
  flight 
  was 
  low, 
  the 
  ravages 
  committed 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  slight, 
  the 
  vegetation 
  consisting 
  chiefly 
  of 
  sage-brush 
  ; 
  the 
  cotton-wood 
  

   trees 
  forming 
  the 
  groves 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  River 
  were 
  uninjured. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  UTAH 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  The 
  summer 
  in 
  Utah 
  was 
  very 
  dry, 
  as 
  was 
  made 
  evident 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  has 
  fallen 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  since 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  early 
  

   in 
  August 
  was 
  falling 
  daily. 
  A 
  few 
  locusts 
  hatched 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  benches 
  

   about 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  10 
  miles, 
  but 
  did 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  

   injury 
  to 
  the 
  crops. 
  May 
  14, 
  and 
  earlier, 
  they 
  appeared 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  Provo 
  Valley. 
  

  

  In 
  Ogden 
  Valley 
  the 
  young, 
  May 
  21, 
  were 
  u 
  exceedingly 
  numerous," 
  

   and 
  even 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  newspapers 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  committing 
  great 
  ravages 
  

   there," 
  and 
  to 
  "have 
  eaten 
  the 
  grain 
  clear 
  to 
  the 
  earth." 
  

  

  At 
  Pleasant 
  Grove, 
  May 
  24, 
  they 
  were 
  extremely 
  abundant, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  23d 
  were 
  in 
  force 
  at 
  Parowan 
  and 
  Cedar 
  City, 
  Iron 
  County. 
  May 
  

   25, 
  they 
  were 
  abundant 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  American 
  Fork, 
  On 
  the 
  22d 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  month 
  they 
  committed 
  fearful 
  ravages 
  in 
  grain 
  crops 
  at 
  Eden. 
  

   Weber 
  Canon 
  was 
  reported, 
  June 
  7, 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  stripped, 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  

   pastures 
  being 
  laid 
  bare 
  and 
  even 
  the 
  sage-brush 
  stripped 
  of 
  their 
  

   leaves. 
  June 
  19 
  the 
  locusts 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  in 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  by 
  the 
  fly, 
  probably 
  the 
  flesh-fly 
  (Sarcophaga 
  camaria), 
  

   which 
  always 
  abounds 
  wherever 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  locust 
  exist 
  in 
  unusual 
  

   numbers. 
  Early 
  in 
  June 
  the 
  Utah 
  southern 
  train 
  for 
  Sandy 
  was 
  stopped 
  

   by 
  locusts. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  Herald, 
  " 
  the 
  insects 
  accumulated 
  

   on 
  the 
  rails 
  so 
  thickly 
  that 
  the 
  train 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  in 
  two 
  parts 
  going 
  

   up 
  the 
  grade 
  to 
  Sandy." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  Lee 
  reported, 
  June 
  24, 
  from 
  Heber 
  City, 
  " 
  that 
  the 
  ironclads 
  

   are 
  mowing 
  everything 
  down 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  About 
  eighteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  

   farms 
  were 
  already 
  cleaned 
  out, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  at 
  work." 
  

  

  Severe 
  suffering 
  resulted 
  from 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  Morgan 
  

   Oounty, 
  particularly 
  at 
  Croydon. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Bunting 
  writes 
  us 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  place 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  early 
  in 
  April 
  last. 
  The 
  spring 
  was 
  J 
  

   very 
  open, 
  and 
  all 
  seeds 
  were 
  in 
  and 
  up, 
  when 
  they 
  appeared 
  in 
  swarms 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  to 
  , 
  

  

  