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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  means 
  as 
  their 
  own 
  experience 
  and 
  this 
  Commission 
  have 
  suggested 
  in 
  

   the 
  first 
  and 
  present 
  reports 
  ; 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  Territorial 
  and 
  county 
  

   governments 
  to 
  make 
  and 
  execute 
  laws 
  for 
  combined 
  and 
  persistent 
  

   action 
  during 
  times 
  of 
  general 
  local 
  invasion 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  

   others. 
  If 
  this 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  plateau 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  the 
  invasions 
  

   of 
  the 
  western 
  border 
  Mississippi 
  States 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  become 
  more 
  and 
  

   more 
  feeble, 
  inconsiderable, 
  and 
  harmless, 
  until, 
  we 
  venture 
  to 
  predict, 
  

   the 
  time 
  will 
  come 
  when 
  the 
  losses 
  from 
  locusts 
  will 
  be 
  only 
  local 
  and 
  

   comparable 
  with 
  those 
  inflicted 
  by 
  locusts 
  and 
  grasshoppers 
  in 
  the 
  east- 
  

   ern 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  At 
  any 
  rate, 
  the 
  western 
  locust 
  has 
  already 
  ceased 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  bugbear 
  and 
  object 
  of 
  dread 
  ; 
  familiarity 
  with 
  its 
  habits 
  and' 
  

   history 
  has 
  already 
  taught 
  the 
  pioneer 
  farmers 
  of 
  Utah, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  

   Colorado 
  that 
  with 
  energy 
  its 
  ravages 
  can 
  be 
  lessened 
  if 
  not 
  entirely 
  

   overcome, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  intending 
  to 
  migrate 
  west 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   States 
  or 
  from 
  Europe 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  deterred 
  by 
  the 
  fear 
  of 
  such 
  alarming 
  

   invasions 
  as 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  former 
  years." 
  

  

  