﻿APPENDIX 
  I. 
  MINNESOTA 
  DATA, 
  1877. 
  [19] 
  

  

  August 
  6, 
  1877. 
  

   Grasshoppers 
  flying 
  southeast 
  in 
  great 
  numbers; 
  none 
  lighted 
  here. 
  Those 
  that 
  

   were 
  here 
  have 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  last 
  mouth 
  the 
  "hoppers 
  have 
  been 
  flying 
  every 
  clear 
  day 
  when 
  the 
  wind 
  

   was 
  northerly. 
  One 
  night 
  they 
  were 
  flying 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  see 
  

   them 
  and 
  none 
  fell 
  down 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  also 
  flying 
  the 
  next 
  day. 
  We 
  feel 
  sure 
  they 
  flew 
  

   all 
  that 
  night, 
  which 
  was 
  warm 
  and 
  without 
  dew. 
  

  

  D. 
  F. 
  WEYMOUTH. 
  

  

  Saint 
  Paul, 
  Ramsey 
  County. 
  

  

  June 
  28, 
  a 
  considerable 
  movement 
  southeast, 
  but 
  none 
  lighting 
  heavily 
  anywhere 
  

   that 
  I 
  now 
  recollect. 
  

  

  July 
  1-8, 
  heavy 
  flights 
  northwest, 
  and 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  lighting 
  from 
  Big 
  Stone 
  

   Lake 
  north 
  ward, 
  especially 
  around 
  Morris. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  8th, 
  particularly 
  the 
  10th 
  and 
  llth, 
  heavy 
  swarms 
  flying 
  south 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  

   east 
  of 
  south, 
  aud 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  lighting 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Chaska, 
  

   in 
  Carver 
  County. 
  

  

  In 
  general, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  flying 
  every 
  day 
  with 
  the 
  wind, 
  and 
  as 
  freely 
  one 
  way 
  as 
  

   another; 
  no 
  tendency 
  to 
  move 
  in 
  any 
  particular 
  direction. 
  

  

  Locusts 
  were 
  passing 
  Morris 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  week, 
  some 
  coming 
  down, 
  others 
  rising, 
  

   but 
  when 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  they 
  all 
  started 
  southeast 
  (or 
  nearly 
  south), 
  

   and 
  left 
  Morris 
  clean. 
  When 
  the 
  northerly 
  wind 
  struck 
  up 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  south 
  move- 
  

   ment 
  (a 
  heavy 
  one, 
  too) 
  seen 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Big 
  Lake, 
  up 
  in 
  Sherburne 
  County. 
  As 
  

   a 
  great 
  many 
  have 
  flown 
  southwest 
  across 
  Rock 
  and. 
  other 
  south 
  counties, 
  I 
  think 
  

   it 
  likely 
  that 
  many 
  have 
  gone 
  off 
  into 
  Dakota 
  that 
  will 
  not 
  get 
  back 
  again. 
  So 
  far 
  

   as 
  I 
  can 
  see, 
  the 
  swarms 
  have 
  moved 
  hither 
  and 
  thither, 
  regardless 
  of 
  direction, 
  wher- 
  

   ever 
  the 
  wind 
  carried 
  them. 
  

  

  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  dead 
  locusts 
  are 
  being 
  found 
  everywhere. 
  They 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  full 
  

   grown 
  and 
  pupa 
  states. 
  In 
  some 
  cases, 
  at 
  least, 
  it 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  mite. 
  

  

  ALLEN 
  WHITMAN. 
  

  

  Grafton, 
  Sibley 
  County, 
  July 
  2, 
  1877. 
  

  

  July 
  1, 
  1877, 
  at 
  noon, 
  'hoppers 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  fill 
  the 
  air 
  from 
  20 
  rods 
  high 
  to 
  just 
  

   as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  eye 
  can 
  see 
  them 
  ; 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  going 
  southwest, 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  is 
  northeast; 
  

   the 
  flight 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  just 
  the 
  way 
  the 
  wind 
  blows; 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  very 
  warm; 
  the 
  

   upper 
  current 
  of 
  air 
  is 
  very 
  mild 
  ; 
  'hoppers 
  moving 
  very 
  slow, 
  while 
  the 
  lower 
  current 
  

   is 
  a 
  little 
  stiffer, 
  and 
  consequently 
  the 
  lower 
  'hoppers 
  are 
  moving 
  much 
  faster 
  than 
  

   the 
  highe^ones. 
  'Hoppers 
  hatched 
  much 
  most 
  numerously 
  this 
  year 
  (1877) 
  the 
  last 
  

   of 
  May 
  ; 
  in 
  1875 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  

   every 
  thousand 
  of 
  eggs 
  deposited 
  here 
  but 
  what 
  hatched. 
  They 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  

   breaking 
  most 
  numerously, 
  and 
  very 
  many 
  on 
  the 
  raw 
  prairie. 
  They 
  like 
  hard, 
  com- 
  

   pact 
  soil 
  to 
  deposit 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  best. 
  The 
  first 
  insect 
  acquired 
  full 
  wings 
  about 
  the 
  

   20th 
  of 
  June, 
  1877. 
  Some 
  were 
  seen 
  rising 
  up 
  and 
  going 
  off 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  Coal 
  tar 
  and 
  sheet 
  iron 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  very 
  extensively, 
  and 
  other 
  devices, 
  such 
  as 
  

   sacks 
  and 
  burning 
  of 
  straw 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  prairie 
  grasses 
  — 
  all 
  to 
  no 
  avail. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  'hoppers 
  with 
  us 
  since 
  1874, 
  when 
  they 
  lit 
  down 
  on 
  us, 
  deposited 
  

   their 
  eggs, 
  and 
  in 
  1875 
  they 
  hatched 
  out. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  emigration 
  here 
  that 
  year. 
  

   In 
  1876 
  they 
  lit 
  down 
  upon 
  us 
  again, 
  deposited 
  their 
  eggs, 
  and 
  from 
  those 
  eggs 
  we 
  

   have 
  'hoppers 
  this 
  vear 
  (1877). 
  

  

  GEO. 
  R. 
  GARDNER. 
  

  

  Excelsior, 
  Hennepin 
  County, 
  July 
  8, 
  1877. 
  

   Wind 
  has 
  been 
  from 
  the 
  southeast 
  for 
  a 
  week 
  till 
  to-day. 
  'Hoppers 
  were 
  flying 
  

   to-day 
  from 
  11 
  a. 
  m. 
  till 
  3 
  p. 
  m., 
  with 
  the 
  wind 
  from 
  northwest; 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  

   alight 
  ; 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  swarm 
  rising 
  from 
  a 
  whole 
  district 
  which 
  passed 
  wholly- 
  

   over. 
  

  

  Ours 
  are 
  yet 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  ; 
  some 
  still 
  hatching 
  ; 
  crops 
  all 
  uninjured, 
  but 
  the 
  larger 
  

   ones 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  climb 
  on 
  the 
  wheat 
  ears 
  ; 
  suppose 
  you 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  their 
  mov- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  northwest 
  these 
  few 
  davs 
  past. 
  

  

  T. 
  BOST. 
  

  

  Burnhamvtlle, 
  Todd 
  County, 
  August 
  24, 
  1877. 
  

   The 
  young 
  insects 
  generally 
  traveled 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  wind, 
  but 
  when 
  once 
  

   on 
  their 
  way, 
  a 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  would 
  not 
  induce 
  them 
  to 
  change 
  

   their 
  course. 
  They 
  also 
  liked 
  to 
  follow 
  roads 
  and 
  paths. 
  They 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  travel 
  shortly 
  before 
  they 
  enter 
  the 
  winged 
  state 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  period 
  

   of 
  their 
  development. 
  

  

  ALBERT 
  RHODA. 
  

  

  