﻿APPENDIX 
  I. 
  NEBRASKA 
  DATA, 
  1877. 
  [13] 
  

  

  spruce, 
  were 
  eaten 
  off 
  and 
  injured 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  more 
  than 
  those 
  trees 
  enumerated 
  first. 
  

   The 
  grape 
  vines— 
  the 
  cultivated 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  wild 
  — 
  were 
  let 
  alone 
  until 
  the 
  apple 
  trees 
  

   all 
  were 
  stripped. 
  

  

  Question 
  tiO. 
  The 
  native 
  grasses 
  were 
  injured 
  but 
  very 
  little, 
  while 
  timothy, 
  blue 
  

   grass, 
  red-top, 
  and 
  clover 
  were 
  eaten 
  off 
  clean 
  by 
  the 
  fall-grown 
  'hoppers. 
  

  

  Question 
  "J7. 
  Wild 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  tame 
  pigeons 
  are 
  feeding 
  as 
  well 
  on 
  grasshopper 
  eggs 
  

   as 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  'hoppers, 
  but 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  them 
  touch 
  the 
  grown 
  insects. 
  Domestic 
  

   chickens 
  and 
  tuikies. 
  as 
  Well 
  as 
  prairie 
  chickens, 
  grouse, 
  and 
  quails 
  partake 
  of 
  them 
  

   at 
  any 
  time 
  and 
  in 
  any 
  state 
  of 
  development. 
  Soon 
  after 
  you 
  left 
  here, 
  largo 
  flocks 
  

   of 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  black 
  birds 
  appeared, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  feeding 
  upon 
  the 
  young 
  

   'hoppers 
  ever 
  since. 
  These 
  birds 
  have 
  destroyed 
  a 
  fabulous 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   'hoppers, 
  and 
  are 
  still 
  at 
  it. 
  

  

  Question 
  28. 
  Dec]) 
  plowing 
  last 
  autumn, 
  so 
  far 
  it 
  seems, 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  and 
  satisfac- 
  

   tory 
  result. 
  

  

  Question 
  30. 
  The 
  young 
  'hoppers, 
  soon 
  after 
  they 
  are 
  hatched, 
  on 
  mild 
  days, 
  will, 
  to- 
  

   wards 
  evening, 
  climb 
  bushes, 
  poles, 
  sticks, 
  small 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  dead 
  stalks 
  of 
  grasses 
  

   and 
  corn. 
  On 
  wet 
  and 
  cold 
  days 
  they 
  seek 
  shelter 
  and 
  refuge 
  in 
  dry 
  grass 
  near 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  under 
  litter 
  and 
  rubbish 
  or 
  dead 
  leaves 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  anything 
  that 
  will 
  shield 
  

   them 
  best 
  against 
  the' 
  cold 
  and 
  wet. 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  them 
  to 
  work 
  a 
  hole 
  with 
  their 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  and 
  cover 
  themselves 
  with 
  earth 
  immediately 
  previous 
  to 
  cold 
  and 
  wet 
  

   weather, 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  would 
  permit 
  them 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  This 
  led 
  many 
  farmers 
  to 
  be- 
  

   lieve 
  them 
  destroyed 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  a 
  hard 
  snow 
  and 
  rain 
  storm 
  of 
  several 
  days' 
  

   duration, 
  while 
  experience 
  proved 
  that 
  where 
  the 
  least 
  shelter 
  was 
  offered 
  them 
  but 
  

   few 
  of 
  the 
  voung 
  'hoppers 
  died 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  suow 
  and 
  cold. 
  

  

  WM. 
  STOLLEY. 
  

  

  Genoa, 
  Platte 
  County, 
  August 
  1, 
  1677. 
  

   The 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  locusts 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  month 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   From 
  the 
  5th 
  to 
  the 
  13th 
  the 
  flight 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  wind 
  being 
  generally 
  from 
  

   the 
  south 
  and 
  southwest, 
  then 
  an 
  intermission 
  ; 
  then 
  another 
  flight 
  from 
  the 
  21st 
  to 
  

   the 
  '25th 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction. 
  On 
  the 
  29th 
  these 
  insects 
  commenced 
  going 
  south, 
  

   and 
  descended 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  though 
  without 
  doing 
  much 
  injury, 
  the 
  wind 
  

   from 
  the 
  west 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  On 
  the 
  30th 
  they 
  went 
  north, 
  while 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  fresh 
  from 
  

   southwest. 
  On 
  the 
  31st 
  they 
  again 
  went 
  south 
  and 
  southwest, 
  while 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  

   from 
  the 
  northeast. 
  The 
  time 
  of 
  moving 
  was 
  from 
  11 
  a. 
  m. 
  to 
  2 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  September 
  1, 
  1877. 
  

   During 
  the 
  past 
  month 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  locusts 
  from 
  the 
  1st 
  to 
  the 
  21st 
  have 
  

   been 
  towards 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  southwest, 
  favored 
  by 
  winds 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  north- 
  

   east, 
  the 
  only 
  exception 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  19th, 
  when, 
  the 
  wind 
  being 
  south, 
  they 
  were 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  going 
  towards 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  21st, 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  observation 
  of 
  them, 
  I 
  

   presume 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  this 
  season. 
  From 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  I 
  infer 
  that 
  

   under 
  favorable 
  circumstances 
  the 
  locujts 
  go 
  north 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  July, 
  varying 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  from 
  one 
  season 
  to 
  another, 
  and 
  under 
  similar 
  

   circumstances 
  they 
  go 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August, 
  but 
  

   whether 
  it 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  flocks 
  or 
  not 
  will 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  ; 
  but 
  of 
  this 
  I 
  feel 
  

   satisfied, 
  that, 
  with 
  favorable 
  winds 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  such 
  migrations, 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Ne- 
  

   braska 
  need 
  have 
  no 
  fears 
  of 
  them, 
  

  

  GEO. 
  S. 
  TRUMAN. 
  

  

  Sunlight, 
  Cass 
  County, 
  Hay 
  1, 
  1877. 
  

   Question 
  1. 
  1874, 
  2 
  p. 
  m., 
  July 
  26. 
  

   la. 
  Wind 
  from 
  northwest; 
  light 
  breeze. 
  

   16. 
  Clear, 
  

   lc. 
  To 
  southeast 
  in 
  clouds, 
  low, 
  flying, 
  and 
  lighting 
  all 
  the 
  evening. 
  

  

  1875. 
  First 
  saw 
  flying 
  ones 
  11 
  a. 
  m., 
  June 
  3, 
  but 
  few, 
  most 
  on 
  19th. 
  

   la. 
  From 
  south; 
  light 
  breeze. 
  

  

  16. 
  Clear. 
  

  

  lc. 
  To 
  the 
  north, 
  but 
  few, 
  quite 
  high. 
  

  

  1876. 
  August 
  24, 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  

  

  la. 
  Light 
  breeze 
  from 
  northwest. 
  

  

  16. 
  Clear. 
  

  

  lc. 
  Southeast, 
  but 
  few, 
  quite 
  high 
  (following 
  day 
  alighted 
  thick). 
  

  

  Question 
  2. 
  1874, 
  September 
  4, 
  2 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  2a. 
  From 
  northwest 
  to 
  southeast; 
  breezy. 
  

  

  26. 
  Clear. 
  

  

  2c. 
  To 
  southeast 
  ; 
  all 
  got 
  away 
  that 
  day. 
  

  

  1875. 
  Flew 
  northwest 
  and 
  north 
  from 
  June 
  3 
  ; 
  very 
  thick 
  on 
  16th. 
  

  

  1876. 
  About 
  30th 
  August. 
  

  

  