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  STATES 
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  COMMISSION. 
  

  

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  counties 
  in 
  wbicli 
  no 
  Army 
  Worms 
  were 
  noticed 
  or 
  in 
  "whicli 
  they 
  were 
  soon 
  killed 
  

   ©ut, 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  from 
  reports 
  from 
  my 
  correspondents, 
  and 
  very 
  forcibly 
  illustrates 
  

   the 
  feature 
  referred 
  to: 
  Andrew, 
  Barton, 
  Benton, 
  Buchanan, 
  Bates, 
  Barry, 
  Caldwell, 
  

   Clay, 
  Clinton, 
  Cass, 
  Cedar, 
  Daviess, 
  Dade, 
  Dunklin, 
  Grundy, 
  Gentry, 
  Henry, 
  Harri- 
  

   son, 
  Hickory, 
  Holt, 
  Jackson, 
  Johnson, 
  Jasper, 
  Lafayette, 
  Linn, 
  Marion, 
  McDonald, 
  

   Macon, 
  Newton, 
  Oregon, 
  Pulaski, 
  Pettis, 
  Putuam, 
  Ray, 
  Sullivan, 
  Scotland, 
  Saint 
  Clair, 
  

   Texas, 
  Taney, 
  and 
  Vernon. 
  

  

  In 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  not 
  mentioned 
  I 
  have 
  records 
  of 
  its 
  appearance, 
  and 
  

   often 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  that 
  whole 
  fields 
  and 
  meadows 
  were 
  cut 
  down. 
  

  

  1876. 
  — 
  The 
  only 
  reports 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  come 
  from 
  Saline 
  and 
  Chase 
  

   Counties, 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  (August) 
  renders 
  it 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  that 
  Laphj^gma 
  not 
  Leucania 
  was 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  damage. 
  

  

  In 
  1877 
  and 
  1878 
  we 
  have 
  noreports 
  whatever 
  of 
  damage 
  by 
  the 
  worms. 
  

  

  1879. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May 
  the 
  worms 
  appeared 
  in 
  very 
  injuri- 
  

   ous 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  grass 
  fields 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  Princess 
  Anne, 
  Nansemond, 
  

   and 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight 
  Counties, 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  near 
  Point 
  Look- 
  

   out, 
  in 
  Saint 
  Mary's 
  County, 
  Maryland, 
  in 
  wheat. 
  In 
  July 
  the 
  worms 
  

   were 
  reported 
  from 
  Eeno 
  County, 
  Kansas. 
  

  

  1880.— 
  This 
  year 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  Northwest- 
  

   ern 
  States. 
  As 
  early 
  as 
  February 
  the 
  worms 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  being 
  

   very 
  injurious 
  to 
  winter 
  wheat 
  near 
  Maryville, 
  Blount 
  County, 
  Ten- 
  

   nessee, 
  and 
  in 
  Union 
  County, 
  South 
  Carolina. 
  About 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June 
  

   they 
  were 
  reported 
  from 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  soon 
  after 
  in 
  Kent 
  County, 
  

   Delaware. 
  Here, 
  after 
  destroying 
  the 
  wheat, 
  they 
  attacked 
  the 
  young 
  

   corn, 
  eating 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Simultaneously 
  with 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

   on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  in 
  Monmouth 
  County, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  creat- 
  

   ing 
  great 
  alarm, 
  and 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  crops. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  

   dailies 
  contained 
  column 
  after 
  column 
  of 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   spread 
  of 
  the 
  worms, 
  and 
  the 
  injury 
  done 
  by 
  them, 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  of 
  course 
  

   of 
  a 
  highly 
  sensational 
  character 
  and 
  totally 
  unworthy 
  of 
  credence. 
  In 
  

   early 
  June 
  they 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  counties 
  of 
  Connecticut, 
  and 
  

   later 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  appearing 
  in 
  Portsmouth, 
  N. 
  H., 
  July 
  3. 
  In 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  Maine 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  during 
  Jul}', 
  and 
  August 
  12 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  destructive 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Halifax, 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  

   Meantime, 
  in 
  June, 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  eastern 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  all 
  through 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  East- 
  

   ern 
  Pennsylvania. 
  Later 
  there 
  were 
  isolated 
  ap^)earances 
  of 
  t"lie 
  second 
  

   brood 
  west. 
  August 
  19, 
  the 
  worms 
  did 
  some 
  damage 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Indianapolis, 
  Ind., 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  in 
  Whiteside 
  Count}', 
  Illi- 
  

   nois. 
  In 
  late 
  July 
  the 
  second 
  brood 
  also 
  injured 
  the 
  grass 
  in 
  Shenan- 
  

   doah 
  County, 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  Taken 
  altogether, 
  1880 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  equal 
  to 
  1875 
  as 
  an 
  Arm 
  3^ 
  

   Worm 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  18G1. 
  

  

  1881. 
  — 
  This 
  year 
  the 
  worms 
  were 
  reported 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois, 
  Michigan, 
  Wisconsin, 
  and 
  Iowa. 
  In 
  the 
  first- 
  

   named 
  State, 
  however, 
  the 
  injurious 
  worms 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  Bronzy 
  Cut- 
  

  

  