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  EEPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  August 
  26. 
  — 
  Returning 
  to 
  Echo 
  we 
  took 
  the 
  train 
  to 
  Ogden. 
  We 
  found 
  locusts 
  

   (C 
  spretus) 
  to 
  be 
  abundant 
  at 
  Ogden 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  railroad 
  station, 
  though 
  

   they 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  destructive 
  to 
  crops 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ogden. 
  

  

  August 
  27. 
  — 
  From 
  Ogden 
  we 
  took 
  the 
  Utah 
  Northern 
  Railroad 
  to 
  Franklin, 
  Idaho. 
  

   At 
  Logan 
  locusts 
  were 
  abundant, 
  flying 
  some 
  twenty 
  feet 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  at 
  

   SmitMeld 
  and 
  Richmond 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  At 
  Willard, 
  Cache 
  County, 
  no 
  locusts 
  were 
  reported 
  this 
  year, 
  though 
  they 
  were 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  recently 
  entered 
  Malade 
  Valley 
  from 
  the 
  northeast. 
  

  

  From 
  passengers 
  on 
  the 
  train 
  we 
  gathered 
  the 
  following 
  miscellaneous 
  information 
  : 
  

   July 
  29, 
  " 
  eclipse 
  day," 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  locusts 
  passed 
  over, 
  flying 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  west 
  

   southwest, 
  crossing 
  Ryan's 
  Canon, 
  the 
  Stinking- 
  water 
  River, 
  and 
  devastated 
  or 
  

   "cleaned 
  out" 
  a 
  few 
  farms, 
  eating 
  off 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  oats. 
  The 
  moment 
  the 
  eclipse 
  

   took 
  place 
  the 
  locusts 
  settled 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  if 
  nightfall 
  was 
  coming 
  on, 
  and 
  never 
  

   were 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  afterwards. 
  

  

  At 
  Richmond 
  we 
  saw 
  them 
  jumping 
  about 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  also 
  flying 
  at 
  an 
  ele- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  perhaps 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  southwesterly 
  course, 
  down 
  the 
  val- 
  

   ley. 
  These 
  locusts 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  northeast, 
  over 
  the 
  mountains, 
  

   about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  August, 
  none 
  having 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  locusts 
  extended 
  

   from 
  Logan 
  to 
  Franklin, 
  and 
  had 
  destroyed 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  all 
  

   the 
  garden 
  stuff 
  at 
  Richmond 
  and 
  Logan. 
  

  

  At 
  Smithville, 
  the 
  year 
  previous 
  (1877), 
  the 
  farmers 
  had, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  

   depredations 
  of 
  the 
  locusts, 
  raised 
  but 
  half 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  wheat, 
  the 
  young 
  having 
  hatched 
  

   out 
  from 
  eggs 
  laid 
  in 
  1876. 
  They 
  generally 
  fly 
  southward, 
  toward 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  from 
  

   Smithville 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  other 
  points 
  in 
  Cache 
  Valley. 
  

  

  August 
  28. 
  — 
  Locusts 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  abundant, 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  and 
  

   about 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  for 
  several 
  miles 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  village. 
  They 
  were 
  coupling 
  by 
  

   the 
  roadsides, 
  though 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  that 
  any 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid, 
  and 
  no 
  females 
  were 
  

   seen 
  engaged 
  in 
  boring 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  preparatory 
  to 
  egg-laying. 
  They 
  were 
  also 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  plowed 
  lands 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  wheat 
  had 
  jus 
  t 
  been 
  harvested, 
  and 
  were 
  

   on 
  the 
  willows 
  eating 
  the 
  leaves, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  wild 
  roses 
  and 
  golden 
  rods. 
  

  

  At 
  7.30 
  a. 
  m. 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  and 
  sailing 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  in 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  directions, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  steady 
  breeze. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  abundant 
  in_ 
  Gentile 
  Valley 
  about 
  the 
  18th 
  of 
  

   August, 
  the 
  locality 
  being 
  situated 
  between 
  Franklin 
  and 
  Soda 
  Springs. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Stalker 
  they 
  arrived 
  here 
  from 
  the 
  

   north, 
  probably 
  Portneuf 
  Canon, 
  reaching 
  Franklin 
  between 
  the 
  15th 
  and 
  30th 
  of 
  

   July. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stalker 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  locusts 
  hatched 
  out 
  at 
  Franklin 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1877, 
  and 
  

   when 
  fledged, 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  rule, 
  departed 
  to 
  the 
  northeast. 
  Those 
  now 
  here 
  

   he 
  supposes 
  to 
  be 
  their 
  progeny 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  to 
  the 
  

   northeast. 
  

  

  At 
  Franklin 
  some 
  late 
  wheat 
  was 
  damaged, 
  and 
  all 
  except 
  early 
  oats 
  ; 
  the 
  early 
  

   wheat 
  was 
  not 
  hurt. 
  

  

  I 
  learned 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Stalker 
  that 
  locusts 
  were 
  pretty 
  thick 
  at 
  Virginia 
  City, 
  Mont. 
  r 
  

   August 
  2 
  or 
  3, 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  flying 
  northeast 
  towards 
  Madison 
  River. 
  

  

  At 
  Bozeman 
  they 
  had 
  occasionally 
  been 
  destructive 
  this 
  summer, 
  but 
  no 
  damage 
  

   had 
  been 
  done 
  by 
  them 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Head, 
  Red 
  Rock, 
  Rattlesnake 
  Creek 
  near 
  Argentine, 
  

   Big 
  Horn 
  Prairie, 
  Jefferson 
  Fork, 
  Big 
  Hole, 
  and 
  none 
  at 
  Stinking- 
  water 
  River 
  or 
  in 
  

   Ruby 
  Valley, 
  and 
  none 
  at 
  Snake 
  River 
  Crossing 
  (Taylor's 
  Bridge), 
  at 
  Blackfoot, 
  or 
  

   at 
  Portneuf. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  many 
  crickets 
  were 
  observed 
  at 
  Portneuf. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stalker 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  black 
  cricket 
  (Anabrus 
  simplex) 
  will 
  in 
  early 
  summer 
  eat 
  

   young 
  wheat 
  and 
  then 
  leave 
  it. 
  Farmers 
  do 
  not 
  fear 
  them 
  if 
  the 
  grain 
  is 
  irrigated, 
  as 
  

   then 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  do 
  no 
  harm. 
  They 
  are 
  pretty 
  abundant 
  about 
  Franklin 
  (though 
  

   I 
  saw 
  none 
  while 
  there) 
  ; 
  the 
  young 
  crickets 
  will 
  eat 
  the 
  tender 
  grass 
  and 
  grain 
  and 
  

   when 
  adult 
  will 
  leave 
  it. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  particular 
  to 
  select 
  the 
  young 
  grain. 
  The 
  

   best 
  means 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  crickets 
  is 
  to 
  herd 
  the 
  sheep 
  in 
  the 
  grain, 
  keeping 
  them 
  

   compactly 
  herded, 
  as 
  the 
  sheep 
  will 
  do 
  little 
  harm 
  to 
  the 
  grain 
  when 
  young, 
  anil 
  they 
  

   trample 
  the 
  crickets 
  to 
  death. 
  

  

  Locusts 
  were 
  reported 
  by 
  passengers 
  on 
  the 
  stage 
  from 
  Montana 
  as 
  abundant 
  all 
  the 
  

   way 
  from 
  Pleasant 
  Valley 
  to 
  Oneida 
  ; 
  but 
  though 
  those 
  seen 
  by 
  us 
  at 
  Franklin 
  had 
  

   evidently 
  flown 
  from 
  Southern 
  Montana, 
  no 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  Montana 
  

   this 
  summer, 
  as 
  already 
  stated. 
  Between 
  Helena 
  and 
  Fort 
  Benton 
  no 
  locusts 
  were 
  

   heard 
  of. 
  

  

  On 
  our 
  return 
  to 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  on 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  28th, 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  

   low 
  at 
  Brigham. 
  

  

  August 
  09. 
  — 
  From 
  various 
  sources 
  we 
  ascertained 
  that 
  the 
  locust 
  had 
  not 
  occurred 
  

   this 
  season 
  south 
  of 
  San 
  Pete, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  abundant 
  and 
  appeared 
  late. 
  

   For 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  six 
  weeks 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  passing 
  in 
  scattering 
  numbers 
  over 
  Salt 
  

   Lake 
  City. 
  They 
  were 
  particularly 
  observed 
  July 
  29, 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  eclipse. 
  

  

  