﻿APPENDIX 
  I. 
  NEBRASKA 
  DATA, 
  1877. 
  [11] 
  

  

  Question 
  9. 
  June 
  5, 
  1-7.".. 
  — 
  A 
  neighbor 
  reports 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  came 
  down 
  June 
  6, 
  l 
  s 
  ?7. 
  

  

  Question 
  10. 
  From 
  June 
  12 
  to 
  20. 
  

  

  Question 
  12. 
  Wheat, 
  oats, 
  corn, 
  and 
  garden 
  vegetables. 
  

  

  Question 
  13. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  effectual 
  protection. 
  

  

  Question 
  14. 
  Potatoes, 
  pease, 
  and 
  sorghum. 
  

  

  Question 
  15. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  any 
  course 
  except 
  toward 
  food. 
  

  

  Question 
  16. 
  Firing 
  prairies 
  and 
  straw 
  piles, 
  and 
  some 
  machinery, 
  have 
  been 
  tried. 
  

   As 
  eggs 
  are 
  rarely 
  deposited 
  on 
  the 
  prairie 
  sod, 
  burning 
  it 
  is 
  useless, 
  cxeept 
  as 
  it 
  bor- 
  

   ders 
  cultivated 
  grounds, 
  where 
  it 
  may 
  eatoh 
  some 
  who 
  have 
  traveled 
  from 
  the 
  bare 
  

   fields 
  to 
  the 
  bordering 
  grass 
  for 
  food. 
  

  

  Question 
  17. 
  None. 
  

  

  Question 
  18. 
  Of 
  machinery, 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  have 
  been 
  used, 
  but, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  learn, 
  

   with 
  no 
  very 
  desirable 
  effect. 
  

  

  Question 
  19. 
  We 
  wen' 
  heavily 
  visited 
  in 
  1876. 
  

  

  Question 
  21. 
  1857, 
  1658, 
  1661, 
  1864, 
  1867, 
  1868, 
  1869, 
  1873, 
  and 
  1875. 
  

  

  Domestic 
  fowls, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  garden 
  lots, 
  home 
  lots, 
  &c, 
  are 
  concerned, 
  are 
  of 
  much 
  

   value 
  : 
  if 
  in 
  sufficient 
  uumbers 
  but 
  few 
  eggs 
  or 
  locusts 
  will 
  escape 
  them. 
  

  

  With 
  regard 
  to 
  birds, 
  my 
  residence 
  is 
  largely 
  surrounded 
  by 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  trees, 
  

   which 
  draw 
  large 
  numbers 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  birds. 
  I 
  have 
  closely 
  watched 
  them 
  for 
  

   years, 
  and, 
  although 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  against 
  the 
  locusts, 
  I 
  cannot 
  testify 
  to 
  

   much 
  in 
  their 
  favor. 
  I 
  protect 
  them 
  from 
  all 
  enemies 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  rare 
  case 
  to 
  see 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  evident 
  pursuit 
  of 
  the 
  youug 
  locust. 
  

  

  Question 
  23. 
  I 
  know 
  nothing. 
  I 
  have 
  reports 
  that 
  different 
  persons 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  last 
  

   fall, 
  but 
  I 
  doubt 
  the 
  fact. 
  

  

  Question 
  24. 
  Cabbage, 
  turnips, 
  and 
  wheat 
  — 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  — 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  univers- 
  

   ally 
  a 
  favorite 
  food, 
  but 
  circumstances 
  or 
  tastes 
  seem 
  to 
  vary 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  plants. 
  

   In 
  oue 
  field 
  certain 
  plants 
  are 
  entirely 
  devoured 
  and 
  others 
  close 
  at 
  hand 
  untouched, 
  

   while 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  exactly 
  the 
  reverse. 
  My 
  neighbor 
  on 
  an 
  adjoining 
  lot 
  had 
  his 
  

   lettuce 
  and 
  pease 
  entirely 
  destroyed, 
  while 
  his 
  other 
  plants 
  were 
  untouched. 
  In 
  mine 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  are 
  gone 
  but 
  my 
  lettuce 
  and 
  pease, 
  which 
  are 
  unharmed. 
  Many 
  like 
  cases 
  

   have 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge, 
  both 
  with 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  the 
  old. 
  

  

  I 
  know 
  nothing 
  of 
  any 
  marching 
  or 
  traveling 
  except 
  as 
  they 
  march 
  across 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  

   grain 
  or 
  other 
  food 
  and 
  leave 
  a 
  bare 
  plain 
  behind 
  them. 
  When 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  I 
  am 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  to 
  think 
  they 
  fly 
  all 
  night. 
  

  

  Their 
  movement 
  must 
  be 
  regulated 
  largely 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  they 
  are 
  ou, 
  and 
  this 
  they 
  

   out-travel, 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  observation, 
  at 
  least 
  one-half. 
  

  

  Yesterday, 
  July 
  22. 
  about 
  noon, 
  I 
  noticed 
  they 
  were 
  passing 
  over 
  in 
  very 
  large 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  ; 
  a 
  light 
  southerly 
  wind 
  bore 
  them 
  northward. 
  I 
  gave 
  my 
  entire 
  attention 
  to 
  

   them, 
  and 
  watched 
  them, 
  assisted 
  with 
  a 
  spy-glass. 
  The 
  swarm 
  was 
  of 
  great 
  depth, 
  

   at 
  least 
  one-fourth 
  mile 
  ; 
  how 
  wide 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  determining 
  — 
  through 
  some 
  

   peculiarity 
  of 
  the 
  atmosphere, 
  probably 
  aided 
  by 
  a 
  lower 
  flight 
  than 
  usual. 
  (The 
  

   barometer 
  indicated 
  from 
  30.019 
  to 
  30.062 
  inches 
  pressure.) 
  I 
  kept 
  them 
  in 
  view 
  till 
  

   after? 
  p. 
  m. 
  with 
  no 
  perceptible 
  diminution 
  of 
  numbers. 
  Careful 
  observation 
  in 
  the 
  

   evening 
  and 
  again 
  this 
  morning 
  shows 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  At 
  8$ 
  a. 
  m. 
  this 
  morning 
  I 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  sight 
  of 
  them 
  again 
  overhead, 
  and 
  

   as 
  the 
  sun 
  rose 
  higher 
  developed 
  numbers 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  yesterday. 
  (Query 
  : 
  Was 
  

   the 
  line 
  continuous 
  through 
  the 
  night 
  ?) 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  the 
  locust 
  and 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  exception 
  to 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  rule 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  sluggish 
  in 
  the 
  cool 
  of 
  the 
  morning, 
  i. 
  e., 
  on 
  the 
  earth. 
  It 
  

   does 
  not 
  leave 
  its 
  perch, 
  roost, 
  or 
  bed, 
  voluntarily 
  until 
  the 
  air 
  is 
  warmed 
  up 
  from 
  8 
  

   to 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  Supposing 
  this 
  swarm 
  had 
  descended 
  somewhere, 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  literally 
  

   more 
  than 
  covered 
  the 
  ground. 
  Yet, 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  their 
  general 
  habit 
  of 
  late 
  rising; 
  

   here, 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  8-£ 
  a. 
  m. 
  in 
  regular 
  flight 
  overhead. 
  The 
  thermometer 
  at 
  9 
  p. 
  m. 
  (last 
  

   night) 
  was 
  at 
  68°, 
  at 
  7 
  a. 
  m. 
  this 
  morning 
  64°. 
  A 
  minimum 
  thermometer 
  fell 
  during 
  

   the 
  night 
  to 
  55 
  u 
  , 
  altogether 
  too 
  cool 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  have 
  risen 
  from 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  recom- 
  

   mence 
  their 
  flight 
  this 
  morning. 
  But, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  if 
  cold 
  renders 
  the 
  locust 
  

   sluggish, 
  how 
  does 
  it 
  succeed 
  in 
  keeping 
  on 
  its 
  way 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  strata 
  of 
  air, 
  which 
  

   must 
  be 
  much 
  colder 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  earth 
  ? 
  Does 
  its 
  action 
  evolve 
  sufficient 
  heat 
  to 
  

   enable 
  it 
  to 
  keep 
  up 
  its 
  flight 
  ? 
  

  

  When 
  met 
  by 
  opposing 
  winds, 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  come 
  down 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  

   but 
  by 
  common 
  consent 
  to 
  descend 
  en 
  masse; 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  way 
  

   to 
  avoid 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  they 
  fly 
  all 
  night. 
  

  

  A. 
  L. 
  CHILD. 
  M. 
  D. 
  

  

  Gr-^xd 
  Island, 
  Hall 
  County, 
  May 
  12, 
  1^77. 
  

  

  Question 
  4. 
  April 
  13 
  and 
  14, 
  1877, 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  most 
  numerously 
  hatching 
  on 
  my 
  

   farm 
  (bottom 
  land), 
  while 
  I 
  learn 
  that 
  on 
  higher 
  and 
  dryer 
  locations 
  they 
  hatehed 
  in 
  

   great 
  numbers 
  about 
  one 
  week 
  earlier. 
  

  

  Question 
  5. 
  Probably 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  originally 
  deposited 
  failed 
  to 
  hatch 
  

   the 
  present 
  year. 
  I 
  frequently 
  found 
  a 
  smallish 
  white 
  maggot 
  occupying 
  the 
  egg- 
  

  

  