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  Question 
  29. 
  Timber 
  very 
  scarce, 
  probably 
  not 
  one-fiftieth. 
  

  

  Question 
  30. 
  The 
  young 
  insects 
  are 
  quiet 
  during 
  the 
  night, 
  crawling 
  under 
  old 
  rub- 
  

   bish 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  ground. 
  Tho 
  large 
  full-fledged 
  ones 
  collect 
  on 
  shrubs 
  and 
  trees 
  in 
  

   quantities 
  sufficient 
  sometimes 
  to 
  bend 
  tho 
  trees. 
  When 
  on 
  tho 
  wing, 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  

   fly 
  night 
  and 
  day. 
  In 
  Juno 
  and 
  July, 
  1875, 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  uninterrupted 
  flight 
  about 
  

   50 
  daws, 
  moving 
  continually 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  and 
  westerly 
  direction. 
  

  

  Question 
  31. 
  Owing 
  to 
  tho 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  wind, 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  30 
  miles 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  E. 
  p. 
  ABBOTT. 
  

  

  Farmers' 
  Valley, 
  Hamilton 
  County, 
  May 
  24, 
  1877. 
  

   Question 
  30. 
  This 
  spriug 
  the 
  young 
  insects 
  toward 
  night 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  grass 
  or 
  

   stalks 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  for 
  shelter, 
  and 
  would 
  remain 
  there 
  during 
  a 
  storm 
  ; 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  again 
  

   pleasant 
  they 
  emerged, 
  to 
  continue 
  their 
  devastation. 
  They 
  will 
  eat, 
  when 
  full 
  grown, 
  

   during 
  the 
  night. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  in 
  1874, 
  that 
  was 
  standing, 
  and 
  not 
  seriously 
  

   damaged, 
  when 
  night 
  commenced; 
  the 
  next 
  morning 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  corn-stalks, 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  ears 
  having 
  been 
  eaten 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  daybreak. 
  When 
  the 
  insects 
  drop 
  on 
  us 
  in 
  

   swarms, 
  they 
  remain 
  only 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  is 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  their 
  apparently 
  

   desired 
  course 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  changes 
  to 
  suit, 
  they 
  depart. 
  

  

  J. 
  VOSBURGH. 
  

  

  Steele 
  City, 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  

  

  August 
  24, 
  1876 
  — 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  

  

  Question 
  la. 
  The 
  wind 
  had 
  been 
  south 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days, 
  changed 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  

   about 
  9 
  or 
  9.30 
  a. 
  m., 
  and 
  the 
  'hoppers 
  soon 
  came 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  1 
  &. 
  The 
  morning 
  had 
  been 
  hot 
  and 
  sultry 
  ; 
  the 
  north 
  wind 
  brought 
  the 
  'hoppers. 
  

   The 
  sky 
  was 
  clear, 
  no 
  clouds. 
  

  

  1 
  c. 
  South 
  with 
  wind. 
  Density 
  : 
  As 
  we 
  looked 
  toward 
  the 
  sun 
  we 
  could 
  see 
  them 
  float- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  the 
  wind 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  eye 
  could 
  reach, 
  till 
  they 
  looked 
  like 
  tiny 
  snow-flakes, 
  

   so 
  high 
  above 
  us 
  — 
  I 
  should 
  think 
  nearly 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  probably 
  as 
  thick 
  

   to 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  height. 
  They 
  were 
  flying 
  thickest 
  at 
  noon, 
  aud 
  by 
  six 
  o'clock 
  they 
  

   had 
  mostly 
  quit 
  flying. 
  About 
  nine 
  the 
  next 
  morning 
  they 
  commenced 
  rising 
  and 
  fly- 
  

   ing 
  again 
  about 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  previous 
  day, 
  some 
  leaving 
  and 
  others 
  coming 
  to 
  

   take 
  their 
  places. 
  The 
  26th 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  south 
  all 
  day. 
  They 
  rose 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  previous 
  

   day, 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  uneasy, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  go 
  against 
  the 
  wind, 
  nor 
  did 
  they 
  show 
  

   any 
  inclination 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  back 
  track 
  and 
  go 
  with 
  it. 
  The 
  27th 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  still 
  

   south, 
  and 
  they 
  appeared 
  more 
  contented, 
  commenced 
  coupling, 
  and 
  laying 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Question 
  2. 
  They 
  commenced 
  leaving 
  on 
  the 
  31st, 
  flying 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  when 
  they 
  

   first 
  came. 
  After 
  this 
  I 
  kept 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  their 
  movements, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  coming 
  and 
  going 
  every 
  time 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  clear 
  day 
  and 
  north 
  wind, 
  though 
  there 
  

   was 
  more 
  left 
  than 
  came, 
  so 
  that 
  by 
  frost 
  the 
  most 
  were 
  gone. 
  

  

  Question 
  4. 
  The 
  eggs 
  began 
  to 
  hatch 
  about 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  March 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  

   One 
  old 
  gentleman 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  on 
  a 
  wheat-field 
  in 
  the 
  Blue 
  Valley 
  the 
  day 
  be- 
  

   fore, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  nearly 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  be. 
  About 
  one-eighth 
  to 
  one-fourth 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  a 
  

   sandy 
  soil, 
  near 
  timber. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  most 
  numerously 
  hatching 
  in 
  April. 
  

  

  D. 
  T. 
  GANTT. 
  

  

  Nebo, 
  Platte 
  County, 
  June 
  16, 
  1877. 
  

   The 
  14th, 
  the 
  wind 
  being 
  strong 
  from 
  the 
  southwest, 
  clear 
  and 
  warm, 
  the 
  locusts 
  

   were 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  the 
  air 
  was 
  full, 
  bearing 
  a 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  north. 
  Now 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  

   straggler 
  came 
  down. 
  About 
  three 
  o'clock 
  they 
  had 
  all 
  passed. 
  I 
  suppose 
  they 
  were 
  

   a 
  Texas 
  delegation. 
  Our 
  own 
  hatch 
  is 
  about 
  half-grown. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  WISE. 
  

  

  North 
  Platte, 
  Lincoln 
  County, 
  June 
  1, 
  1877. 
  

  

  The 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus 
  has 
  been 
  passing 
  this 
  place 
  since 
  the 
  27th 
  instant, 
  going 
  north 
  

   30° 
  west 
  in 
  immense 
  swarms. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  high, 
  1,000 
  to 
  3,000 
  feet 
  ; 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  have 
  

   stopped 
  here. 
  

  

  In 
  1873 
  saw 
  a 
  swarm, 
  July 
  6, 
  in 
  latitude 
  40°, 
  longitude 
  100° 
  15' 
  west, 
  passing 
  south- 
  

   east, 
  but 
  saw 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  settled 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  1874 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  northwest, 
  June 
  27 
  to 
  August 
  6, 
  then 
  traveled 
  northwest 
  to 
  

   October 
  3, 
  but 
  did 
  no 
  damage 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  

  

  In 
  1875, 
  May 
  20, 
  latitude 
  42°, 
  longitude 
  103°, 
  saw 
  large 
  swarms 
  going 
  north 
  30° 
  west. 
  

   June 
  6, 
  at 
  Camp 
  Sheridan, 
  saw 
  them 
  every 
  day 
  until 
  the 
  10th 
  go 
  northwest. 
  June 
  21 
  

   latitude 
  41° 
  30' 
  north, 
  longitude 
  101° 
  west, 
  saw 
  them 
  go 
  southeast; 
  continued 
  to 
  go 
  

   southeast 
  each 
  day 
  when 
  wind 
  was 
  favorable 
  until 
  August 
  5, 
  then 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  go 
  

   southwest 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  October 
  1. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  season 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  

   much 
  damage 
  here 
  ; 
  they 
  took 
  all 
  the 
  crops. 
  They 
  lodged 
  against 
  the 
  snowy 
  range 
  of 
  

  

  