﻿THE 
  ROCKY 
  MOUNTAIN 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  UTAH 
  IN 
  1881. 
  7 
  

  

  added 
  to 
  our 
  experiences 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  have 
  tanglit 
  us 
  

   that 
  the 
  locusts 
  which 
  formerly 
  afflicted 
  this 
  State 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  plains 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  

   the 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Canadian 
  Elvers, 
  i. 
  e., 
  from 
  western 
  and 
  southern 
  

   Kansas 
  and 
  southeastern 
  Colorado, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  western 
  Texas 
  and 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  Territory. 
  

  

  On 
  Map 
  II 
  we 
  have 
  inserted 
  the 
  flights 
  and 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  of 
  1881, 
  

   with 
  some 
  additional 
  flights 
  reported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bruner 
  in 
  Chapter 
  III. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  UTAH 
  IN 
  1881. 
  

  

  As 
  we 
  have 
  observed 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  report, 
  every 
  year 
  since 
  1851, 
  in 
  

   Utah, 
  with 
  two 
  exceptions, 
  and 
  those 
  perhaps 
  are 
  such 
  from 
  deficient 
  

   data, 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  few 
  locusts 
  existing 
  in 
  swarms. 
  That 
  

   some 
  hatched 
  out 
  about 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  from 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  L. 
  Barfoot, 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  Deseret 
  Museum, 
  

   and 
  the 
  extract 
  from 
  the 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  Herald 
  appended 
  : 
  

  

  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah, 
  May 
  12, 
  1881. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir: 
  I 
  received 
  yours 
  of 
  May 
  2, 
  respecting 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Clisiocampa, 
  wliich 
  

   I 
  will 
  get 
  for 
  you 
  and 
  send 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  up 
  also 
  in 
  spirit 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  the 
  young 
  'hoppers, 
  which 
  I 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  Herald, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  send 
  you 
  a 
  cutting, 
  

   with 
  date. 
  I 
  publish 
  these 
  things, 
  as 
  they 
  reach 
  our 
  people, 
  who 
  seldom 
  see 
  the 
  

   longer 
  papers. 
  The 
  young 
  'hoppers 
  were 
  observed 
  by 
  me 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  They 
  strug- 
  

   gled 
  for 
  life 
  nobly, 
  pushing 
  the 
  earth 
  away, 
  and, 
  when 
  I 
  offered 
  food 
  to 
  them, 
  taking 
  

   a 
  rest 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  to 
  refresh 
  themselves, 
  and 
  then 
  commencing 
  again 
  most 
  vigor- 
  

   ously 
  to 
  free 
  themselves. 
  Then 
  they 
  would 
  emerge 
  with 
  a 
  leap 
  of 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  inches, 
  would 
  

   again 
  rest, 
  as 
  though 
  much 
  exhausted, 
  eat 
  again, 
  and 
  very 
  rapidly 
  become 
  quite 
  capa- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  taking 
  care 
  of 
  themselves. 
  Dr. 
  Heber 
  John 
  Richards 
  found 
  the 
  creatures 
  "in 
  

   a 
  perfectly 
  torpid 
  condition," 
  to 
  use 
  his 
  own 
  words, 
  and 
  ''in 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  minutes, 
  

   when 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  loose 
  earth, 
  and 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  sun, 
  they 
  became 
  

   lively." 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  millions 
  of 
  these 
  creatures 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  our 
  

   people 
  in 
  harrowing 
  the 
  soil 
  after 
  the 
  eggs 
  had 
  been 
  deposited, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  or- 
  

   dinary 
  agricultural 
  operations. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  our 
  people 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  simple 
  machine 
  for 
  crushing 
  the 
  grasshoppers. 
  If 
  a 
  

   photograph 
  can 
  be 
  taken, 
  I 
  will 
  send 
  you 
  one. 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  I 
  get 
  the 
  supplies 
  of 
  larvte, 
  I 
  will 
  mail 
  to 
  you. 
  

   AVith 
  great 
  respect, 
  I 
  remain, 
  yours, 
  truly, 
  

  

  JOSEPH 
  L. 
  BARFOOT, 
  

  

  Curator. 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr., 
  

  

  Entomological 
  Commission. 
  

  

  Grasshoppers. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Richards, 
  of 
  this 
  city, 
  on 
  Thursday, 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  young 
  'hoppers 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  of 
  last 
  season. 
  They 
  were 
  struggling 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  lively 
  manner. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  the 
  nest 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  up 
  by 
  

   the 
  spade 
  or 
  plow, 
  for 
  which 
  reason 
  the 
  creatures 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nest. 
  This 
  

   shows 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  breaking 
  up 
  the 
  soil 
  where 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  deposit 
  their 
  

   eggs, 
  as 
  recommended 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  reports 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Commission. 
  

   These 
  very 
  interesting 
  young 
  '"hoppers" 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  for 
  examina- 
  

   tion. 
  — 
  ISalt 
  Lake 
  Daily 
  Herald. 
  

  

  