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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  John 
  Young 
  lost 
  65 
  tons 
  of 
  hay. 
  

  

  W. 
  A. 
  Poole 
  lost 
  75 
  acres 
  of 
  oats, 
  worth 
  $1,800 
  ; 
  hay 
  not 
  injured 
  much. 
  Locusts 
  

   came 
  about 
  July 
  20 
  from 
  northeast. 
  But 
  few 
  remained 
  to 
  lay 
  eggs. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   damage 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  two 
  to 
  four 
  weeks. 
  Disappeared 
  to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  

  

  A. 
  R. 
  Dodge, 
  not 
  much 
  injured 
  ; 
  has 
  a 
  ranch 
  of 
  200 
  acres. 
  

  

  Joe 
  Dyson 
  lost 
  everything 
  in 
  1877 
  ; 
  last 
  year, 
  200 
  tons 
  of 
  hay, 
  worth 
  $1,000 
  ; 
  had 
  no 
  

   grain. 
  The 
  locusts 
  hatched 
  mostly 
  on 
  his 
  ranch 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  August 
  very 
  numerously 
  ; 
  

   covered 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  flew 
  low. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  lost 
  heavily, 
  estimated 
  at 
  $3,000, 
  mostly 
  of 
  grain. 
  The 
  other 
  farms 
  above 
  

   Loyalton, 
  Dooley's, 
  Parker's, 
  and 
  Robinson's, 
  suffered 
  more 
  or 
  less. 
  

  

  D. 
  B. 
  Patterson 
  lost 
  75 
  tons 
  of 
  oats 
  from 
  choice 
  seed, 
  costing 
  3 
  cents 
  per 
  pound, 
  

   from 
  which 
  he 
  expected, 
  it 
  standing 
  so 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  3,000 
  bushels, 
  worth 
  

   $2,000. 
  Lost 
  one-third 
  of 
  his 
  hay, 
  100 
  tons, 
  worth 
  $500, 
  with 
  a 
  valuable 
  garden, 
  po- 
  

   tatoes, 
  &c. 
  Fall 
  feed 
  eaten 
  up. 
  Farm 
  of 
  640 
  acres. 
  The 
  atrocious 
  gourmands 
  came 
  

   originally 
  from 
  Clover 
  Valley, 
  and 
  mowed 
  down 
  his 
  oats 
  seemingly 
  in 
  twenty-four 
  

   hours 
  ; 
  many 
  laid 
  eggs 
  ; 
  the 
  bulk 
  disappeared 
  to 
  the 
  westward. 
  Hosts 
  of 
  'hoppers, 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  flying 
  high, 
  darkening 
  the 
  sun. 
  

  

  John 
  Schroeder 
  lost 
  65 
  acres 
  of 
  oats, 
  worth 
  $2,500. 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  about 
  

   July 
  1, 
  eating 
  his 
  grass 
  ; 
  greatest 
  damage 
  to 
  grain 
  about 
  July 
  16. 
  The 
  array 
  came 
  

   from 
  " 
  The 
  Island," 
  divided 
  near 
  his 
  ranch, 
  one 
  wing 
  continuing 
  up 
  Smith's 
  Neck, 
  the 
  

   other 
  turning 
  westward 
  ; 
  were 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  eating 
  his 
  crops 
  ; 
  many 
  laid 
  eggs, 
  

   the 
  female 
  dying 
  afterward. 
  He 
  fought 
  them 
  diligently 
  with 
  his 
  large 
  family, 
  saving 
  

   garden 
  and 
  potatoes 
  thereby, 
  worth 
  $800. 
  Drove 
  them 
  off 
  with 
  papers 
  tied 
  to 
  sticks, 
  

   which 
  were 
  brandished 
  about 
  the 
  small 
  inclosures. 
  Insects 
  very 
  thick, 
  covering 
  the 
  

   ground 
  ; 
  near 
  fences 
  and 
  buildings 
  they 
  were 
  gathered 
  in 
  heaps. 
  This 
  ranch 
  of 
  320 
  

   acres 
  was 
  not 
  affected 
  the 
  year 
  before. 
  Flew 
  low, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  

   highest. 
  They 
  reminded 
  him 
  of 
  'hoppers 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  the 
  Humboldt 
  in 
  1854, 
  though 
  

   those 
  were 
  more 
  destructive, 
  eating 
  willows 
  and 
  sage-brush. 
  

  

  J. 
  C. 
  Brown 
  lost 
  heavily 
  in 
  grass 
  and 
  garden. 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  eastward 
  ; 
  filled 
  the 
  

   air, 
  stopping 
  his 
  horses 
  while 
  raking 
  hay, 
  and 
  pelted 
  fences 
  and 
  buildings 
  like 
  hail 
  ; 
  

   devoured 
  cured 
  hay 
  in 
  the 
  bunch, 
  before 
  he 
  could 
  get 
  it 
  drawn 
  into 
  the 
  barn. 
  His 
  

   mother 
  made 
  a 
  desperate 
  fight 
  for 
  her 
  garden 
  ; 
  had 
  to 
  protect 
  face 
  and 
  eyes 
  by 
  nearly 
  

   closing 
  her 
  bonnet 
  with 
  one 
  hand, 
  while 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  she 
  swung 
  her 
  besom 
  of 
  des- 
  

   truction 
  ; 
  were 
  ravenous 
  four 
  weeks 
  ; 
  left 
  many 
  eggs; 
  disappeared 
  by 
  death 
  and 
  by 
  

   going 
  west. 
  

  

  W. 
  S. 
  Paine 
  lost 
  75 
  acres 
  of 
  oats 
  worth 
  $1,500, 
  with 
  hay 
  and 
  fall 
  feed 
  worth 
  $200. 
  

   Oats 
  were 
  just 
  in 
  full 
  stand 
  when 
  attacked, 
  about 
  July 
  20. 
  Ate 
  for 
  two 
  weeks. 
  He 
  

   made 
  desperate 
  and 
  temporarily 
  successful 
  efforts 
  to 
  defend 
  his 
  crop 
  j 
  took 
  200 
  yards 
  

   of 
  baling 
  rope, 
  fastened 
  papers 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  swept 
  over 
  his 
  grain, 
  driving 
  the 
  locusts 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  shaking 
  papers 
  ; 
  " 
  drove 
  them 
  out 
  forty 
  times 
  ; 
  was 
  overpowered 
  by 
  the 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  enemy 
  and 
  cleaned 
  out." 
  Many 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  deposited 
  eggs, 
  

   and 
  died 
  on 
  dry 
  knolls. 
  Those 
  that 
  left 
  went 
  westward. 
  Thinks 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  

   (l 
  The 
  Island." 
  For 
  four 
  days 
  during 
  the 
  morning 
  hours 
  they 
  poured 
  in 
  upon 
  his 
  

   ranch 
  of 
  500 
  acres 
  from 
  over 
  the 
  hill, 
  eastward. 
  Proposes 
  to 
  never 
  give 
  up, 
  but 
  to 
  

   fight 
  them 
  still. 
  

  

  Silas 
  Sturgeon 
  lost 
  heavily 
  of 
  oats, 
  barley, 
  and 
  wheat. 
  

  

  Dan 
  Ebe 
  lost 
  $1,000 
  worth 
  of 
  oats 
  ; 
  barley 
  damaged. 
  Came 
  from 
  northeast 
  ; 
  went 
  

   on 
  southwest 
  ; 
  many 
  laying 
  eggs 
  ; 
  farm 
  of 
  450 
  acres. 
  

  

  W. 
  T. 
  Wilson's 
  former 
  ranch 
  up 
  in 
  Antelope 
  Neck 
  was 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  arrival 
  of 
  

   the 
  pests. 
  

  

  J. 
  B. 
  Eachus 
  lost 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  oats. 
  Thinks 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  hatched 
  out 
  early 
  in 
  

   March. 
  

  

  J. 
  H. 
  Sims 
  lost 
  $400, 
  mostly 
  in 
  hay 
  and 
  pasture. 
  The 
  locusts 
  arrived 
  from 
  the 
  north- 
  

   east 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  July 
  ; 
  flew 
  low 
  ; 
  deposited 
  eggs 
  and 
  disappeared 
  south- 
  

   west 
  ; 
  ranch 
  of 
  480 
  acres. 
  

  

  