﻿THE 
  ROCKY 
  MOUNTAIN 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  UTAH 
  IN 
  1880. 
  5 
  

  

  Memoranda 
  for 
  Dr. 
  Packard. 
  

  

  May 
  21, 
  1880. 
  — 
  Beaver 
  and 
  surrounding 
  places, 
  "abundant." 
  

  

  May 
  31. 
  — 
  Young 
  hoppers 
  numerous 
  on 
  northeast 
  of 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City. 
  

  

  June 
  11. 
  — 
  Plenty 
  at 
  Springville. 
  

  

  June 
  12. 
  — 
  Provo 
  Valley. 
  

  

  June 
  16. 
  — 
  Cache 
  Valley. 
  Benches. 
  

  

  July 
  2f). 
  — 
  Grasshoppers 
  were 
  reported. 
  

  

  Also 
  early 
  in 
  July, 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  land. 
  

  

  Museum, 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah, 
  July 
  31, 
  1880. 
  

  

  My 
  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  received 
  your 
  postal 
  card. 
  Was 
  extremely 
  sorry 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  

   you 
  had 
  been 
  attacked 
  with 
  chills 
  and 
  fevers, 
  the 
  very 
  maladies 
  which 
  commenced 
  

   my 
  late 
  serious 
  illness. 
  I 
  do 
  hope 
  to 
  hear 
  of 
  your 
  speedy 
  recovery. 
  The 
  note 
  I 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  for 
  you 
  I 
  inclose. 
  I 
  have, 
  since 
  I 
  saw 
  you, 
  heard 
  from 
  Provo 
  and 
  from 
  Juab 
  

   County 
  (from 
  Mona) 
  that 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  ago 
  the 
  'hoppers 
  developed 
  suddenly 
  and 
  

   have 
  done 
  much 
  mischief 
  in 
  places. 
  I 
  forgot 
  to 
  mention 
  to 
  you 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  told 
  many 
  

   of 
  our 
  people 
  to 
  write 
  to 
  you 
  directly 
  from 
  their 
  own 
  homes, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  some 
  

   have 
  done 
  so, 
  respecting 
  insect 
  pests 
  generally. 
  

  

  Should 
  it 
  be 
  your 
  wish, 
  I 
  can 
  get 
  you 
  complete 
  statistics 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  by 
  putting 
  a 
  

   request 
  (to 
  our 
  leading 
  men 
  in 
  our 
  settlements 
  for 
  information) 
  in 
  our 
  church 
  papers. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  quite 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  migratory 
  'hoppers 
  secure 
  favorable 
  places 
  in 
  our 
  side 
  

   canons, 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  well-traveled 
  canons, 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  favorable 
  for 
  de- 
  

   positing 
  eggs. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  places 
  where 
  usually 
  foliage 
  abounds 
  quite 
  desolated 
  by 
  

   the 
  overwhelming 
  horde 
  of 
  young 
  'hoppers, 
  which 
  develop 
  in 
  myriads 
  at 
  times. 
  In 
  

   one 
  side 
  canon 
  (Brigham's 
  Fork), 
  in 
  Emigration 
  Canon, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  very 
  curious 
  sight 
  

   in 
  1873. 
  The 
  young 
  'hoppers 
  were 
  there 
  in 
  great 
  strength. 
  They 
  had 
  eaten 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  green, 
  except 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  trees 
  growing 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creek, 
  which 
  had 
  

   withered 
  up 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  tent 
  caterpillars 
  having 
  taken 
  up 
  a 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  up- 
  

   per 
  branches, 
  presenting 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  sheet, 
  so 
  completely 
  had 
  everything 
  

   been 
  covered. 
  Not 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  'hoppers 
  came 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  valley, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  

   weeks 
  after 
  the 
  Weber 
  Valley 
  had 
  a 
  visit. 
  Nothing 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  destroy 
  these 
  creat- 
  

   ures; 
  in 
  fact, 
  only 
  "wood-hawkers" 
  ever 
  visit 
  such 
  out-of-the-way 
  places. 
  I 
  was 
  up 
  

   there 
  looking 
  after 
  a 
  suitable 
  building 
  stone 
  for 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  temple, 
  or 
  probably 
  

   the 
  singular 
  sight 
  I 
  allude 
  to 
  would 
  liave 
  escaped 
  observation. 
  Some 
  men 
  with 
  me, 
  

   who 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  regularly, 
  told 
  me 
  such 
  sights 
  are 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   "forks" 
  of 
  Red 
  Butte, 
  Porley's, 
  and 
  other 
  canons 
  of 
  the 
  Wasatch. 
  

  

  How 
  the 
  tent 
  caterpillars 
  got 
  on 
  subsequently 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  learning. 
  On 
  the 
  

   principle 
  of 
  "the 
  survival 
  of 
  the 
  fittest," 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  "'hoppers" 
  could 
  escape 
  the 
  

   best 
  to 
  other 
  feeding 
  places. 
  

  

  I 
  remain, 
  dear 
  sir, 
  yours, 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  JOSEPH 
  L. 
  BARFOOT, 
  

   Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr., 
  

  

  JEutomglogical 
  Commissioner, 
  ^c. 
  

  

  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah, 
  August 
  6, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir: 
  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  agreement, 
  I 
  take 
  pleasure 
  in 
  giving 
  you 
  such 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  touching 
  the 
  grasshopper 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  i)ick 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  Frisco, 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Utah 
  Southern 
  Railroad. 
  Some 
  six 
  weeks 
  since 
  the 
  grasshopper 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  San 
  Pete 
  Valley, 
  doing 
  a 
  little 
  damage. 
  A 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  about 
  Provo, 
  Nephi, 
  

   and 
  contiguous 
  regions. 
  At 
  present 
  quite 
  a 
  swarm 
  is 
  devastating 
  the 
  district 
  about 
  

   Mona 
  Station, 
  traversing 
  a 
  strip 
  1 
  mile 
  wide 
  by 
  5 
  long. 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  insects 
  flying 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  to-day 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  Their 
  chief 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  oats. 
  

  

  