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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  1879, 
  when 
  tbey 
  flew 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Texas 
  

   and 
  Pacific 
  Kailroad, 
  the 
  northwest 
  winds 
  bringing 
  them 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  

   "plains," 
  which 
  extend 
  eastward 
  to 
  within 
  about 
  150 
  miles 
  of 
  Eastland. 
  

   In 
  Indian 
  Territory 
  no 
  locusts 
  appeared 
  in 
  1880. 
  Three 
  years 
  ago 
  

   locusts 
  flew 
  in 
  at 
  Eufaula. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  COLORADO 
  IN 
  1880. 
  

  

  The 
  locust 
  was 
  locally 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  injurious 
  in 
  Colorado 
  this 
  year 
  

   than 
  in 
  1879, 
  but, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  editor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Farmer, 
  none 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  summer: 
  

  

  Denver, 
  Colo., 
  Sejptouder 
  24, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  lu 
  reply 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  locusts 
  appeared 
  in 
  our 
  parks 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  

   August, 
  bred 
  tbere, 
  I 
  think, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  swarms, 
  very 
  local 
  in 
  extent, 
  reached 
  the 
  vi- 
  

   cinity 
  of 
  Boulder 
  and 
  Longmont 
  and 
  Denver 
  about 
  the 
  12th 
  of 
  August. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  

   places 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  thick 
  and 
  slightly 
  injured 
  a 
  few 
  acres 
  of 
  grain 
  and 
  garden 
  

   vegetables. 
  They 
  have 
  not 
  attempted 
  to 
  get 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  "foot-hills," 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  

   working 
  in 
  an 
  unsettled 
  and 
  distracted 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  vray. 
  Some 
  have 
  coapled, 
  and 
  

   some 
  bored 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  if 
  to 
  lay 
  eggs 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  hunted 
  somewhat 
  in 
  their 
  

   holes 
  for 
  eggs 
  and 
  only 
  found 
  one 
  bunch, 
  and 
  others 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  requested 
  to 
  hunt 
  

   report 
  finding 
  no 
  eggs. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  any 
  apprehension 
  of 
  locusts 
  next 
  season, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  numbers 
  to 
  hurt) 
  

   but 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  surprised 
  if 
  they 
  reached 
  here 
  in 
  1882 
  in 
  numbers 
  sufficient 
  to 
  do 
  

   damage. 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  

  

  J. 
  S. 
  STANGER 
  

   Prof. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr., 
  

  

  Providence, 
  B. 
  T, 
  

  

  P. 
  S. 
  — 
  The 
  locusts 
  apparently 
  came 
  from 
  Middle 
  and 
  North 
  Park, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  some 
  came 
  over 
  the 
  range 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  v7est. 
  

  

  J. 
  S. 
  S. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  UTAH 
  IN 
  1880. 
  

  

  During 
  our 
  journey 
  to 
  Utah, 
  late 
  in 
  July 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  no 
  locusts 
  were 
  

   seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  in 
  passing 
  over 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Eailroad 
  through 
  

   Wyoming. 
  Kone 
  were 
  seen 
  or 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  residents 
  this 
  year 
  at 
  

   Laramie, 
  Eock 
  Creek 
  Station, 
  or 
  in 
  Echo 
  Canon, 
  in 
  Utah. 
  On 
  the 
  26th 
  

   they 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  abundance 
  at 
  Lake 
  Point, 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  but 
  no 
  damage 
  

   was 
  done 
  by 
  them. 
  Some 
  were 
  heard 
  of 
  below 
  Provo, 
  and 
  inquiries 
  

   elicited 
  the 
  information 
  given 
  below. 
  A 
  few 
  appeared 
  in 
  Cache 
  Valley. 
  

   The 
  following 
  correspondence 
  shows 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  locusts 
  in 
  this 
  

   Territory 
  this 
  year, 
  while 
  Map 
  I 
  will 
  indicate 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  flights: 
  

  

  From 
  May 
  19 
  to 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  June, 
  grasshoppers 
  were 
  pretty 
  generally 
  present 
  

   throughout 
  Central 
  Utah, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  great 
  abundance, 
  except 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  near 
  the 
  

   dry 
  benches, 
  where 
  the 
  hatching 
  went 
  on, 
  and 
  young 
  wingless 
  'ho^^pers 
  visited 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   tivated 
  patches, 
  &c. 
  But 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  thing 
  our 
  people 
  know 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  

   these 
  pests 
  and 
  take 
  effective 
  steps 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  routing 
  them 
  out 
  by 
  digging 
  up 
  and 
  burning 
  eggs 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  

   simple 
  method, 
  as 
  I 
  stated 
  to 
  you. 
  

  

  