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  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  melons 
  liave 
  well 
  succeeded 
  there, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  at 
  first 
  our 
  wheat 
  was 
  

   badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  grasshoppers. 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  he 
  the 
  usual 
  rule 
  whenever 
  in 
  Canada 
  neiv 
  

   land 
  is 
  cleared 
  — 
  caused, 
  I 
  believe, 
  by 
  the 
  extreme 
  moisture 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  inhabitants 
  that 
  we 
  attracted 
  there 
  fed 
  their 
  fowls 
  upon 
  them. 
  

  

  Remark 
  by 
  translator. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  singular 
  that 
  Hennepin 
  should 
  remark 
  that 
  new 
  

   clearings 
  always 
  suffered 
  from 
  their 
  devastation, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  great 
  moisture 
  of 
  the 
  

   climate 
  of 
  Canada 
  was 
  favorable 
  to 
  them. 
  This 
  is 
  diametrically 
  opposite 
  what 
  we 
  

   believe 
  is 
  favorable 
  for 
  them, 
  viz., 
  dryness 
  of 
  climate 
  and 
  soil. 
  — 
  E. 
  L, 
  Berthoud. 
  

  

  [FROM 
  captain 
  SHELVOCKE'S 
  VOYAGE 
  ROUND 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  (EDITION 
  1723) 
  WHERE 
  

   HE 
  DESCRIBES 
  THE 
  COAST 
  OF 
  CALIFORNIA, 
  ETC., 
  AND 
  PUERTO 
  SEGURO 
  HARBOR. 
  

   PAGE 
  412-413. 
  ANNO 
  DOMINI, 
  1721.] 
  ; 
  

  

  Here 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  wood 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  but 
  the 
  trees 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  there 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  were 
  so 
  

   €aten 
  up 
  and 
  devoured 
  by 
  inconceivable 
  swarms 
  of 
  locusts 
  that 
  they 
  gave 
  the 
  country 
  

   the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  winter, 
  which 
  else 
  could 
  never 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  this 
  climate. 
  

   In 
  the 
  daytime 
  these 
  locusts 
  are 
  perpetually 
  on 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  C— 
  The 
  Locust 
  in 
  Galifornia 
  in 
  1880. 
  

  

  LASSEN 
  COUNTY, 
  CALIFORNIA, 
  NOTES. 
  

  

  Editors 
  Fress 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  a 
  reader 
  of 
  your 
  valuable 
  paper, 
  and 
  take 
  a 
  

   great 
  interest 
  in 
  reading 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  every 
  number 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  

   last. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  farmer, 
  and 
  would 
  almost 
  as 
  soon 
  think 
  of 
  doing 
  without 
  a 
  plow 
  as 
  to 
  

   do 
  without 
  the 
  Rural. 
  I 
  thought 
  I 
  would 
  send 
  you 
  a 
  few 
  items 
  about 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  but 
  as 
  this 
  is 
  my 
  first 
  attempt, 
  and 
  being 
  a 
  poor 
  scribe, 
  I 
  hope 
  you 
  will 
  

   judge 
  it 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  backward 
  spring 
  and 
  summer. 
  Crops 
  are 
  fully 
  one 
  month 
  later 
  than 
  

   last 
  year. 
  I 
  commenced 
  haying 
  at 
  this 
  date 
  last 
  year, 
  but 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  nearly 
  a 
  month 
  

   before 
  I 
  can 
  cut 
  anything 
  this 
  year, 
  for 
  timothy 
  has 
  just 
  commenced 
  to 
  head 
  out. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  most 
  remarkable 
  season 
  ; 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  much 
  wind 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  dried 
  

   the 
  ground 
  out, 
  so 
  that 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  rain 
  and 
  snow 
  that 
  fell 
  last 
  winter 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  

   short 
  crops 
  if 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  some 
  rain 
  soon. 
  Last 
  Friday 
  and 
  Saturday 
  night 
  we 
  

   had 
  sharp 
  frosts 
  that 
  did 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  gardens, 
  and 
  some 
  say 
  that 
  grain 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  Honey 
  Lake 
  Valley 
  is 
  hurt. 
  The 
  fall-sown 
  grain, 
  which 
  was 
  just 
  

   heading 
  out, 
  is 
  hurt 
  the 
  most. 
  The 
  fruit 
  was 
  too 
  far 
  advanced 
  to 
  receive 
  any 
  harm. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  prospect 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  fruit 
  crop 
  this 
  year 
  ; 
  blackberries 
  and 
  strawberries 
  ex- 
  

   cepted, 
  they 
  were 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  severe 
  winter 
  weather. 
  

  

  I 
  understand 
  that 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  are^oing 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  crops 
  in 
  

   Long 
  Valley, 
  this 
  county. 
  We 
  all 
  have 
  our 
  troubles' 
  in 
  some 
  way 
  or 
  other. 
  While 
  

   the 
  north 
  wind 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  counties 
  scorches 
  everything 
  up, 
  it 
  brings 
  to 
  us 
  a 
  frost, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  but 
  few 
  are 
  aware 
  of, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  nevertheless 
  true. 
  

  

  The 
  loss 
  in 
  sheep 
  and 
  cattle 
  was 
  very 
  great 
  here 
  last 
  winter, 
  some 
  losing 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   by 
  not 
  having 
  hay 
  to 
  feed 
  them. 
  Stockmen 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   pay 
  to 
  keep 
  large 
  Ijands 
  of 
  sheep 
  and 
  cattle 
  and 
  nothing 
  to 
  feed 
  them 
  on 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  

   hard 
  winter. 
  They 
  may 
  manage 
  to 
  winter 
  on 
  the 
  range 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  winters 
  

   without 
  feeding, 
  and 
  then 
  comes 
  a 
  hard 
  winter 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  loses 
  half, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  

   all, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  that 
  I 
  know 
  of, 
  and 
  then 
  all 
  his 
  labor 
  and 
  all 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   invested 
  is 
  lost. 
  More 
  anon. 
  

  

  O. 
  R. 
  WALES. 
  

  

  Janesville, 
  Lassen 
  Co. 
  

  

  The 
  grasshoppers 
  have 
  appeared 
  at 
  Virginia 
  City, 
  Nevada, 
  flying 
  in 
  armies. 
  The 
  

   farmers 
  in 
  Washoe 
  Vallev 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  hoppers 
  have 
  eaten 
  every 
  green 
  thing. 
  — 
  [S. 
  

   F. 
  Rural 
  Press, 
  July 
  10, 
  1880.] 
  

  

  D.— 
  Locusts 
  and 
  Coffee 
  Trees 
  in 
  Guatemala. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  B. 
  O'Leary, 
  of 
  this 
  city, 
  has 
  favored 
  me 
  wi^h 
  extracts 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  written 
  

   by 
  a 
  relation 
  of 
  his 
  residing 
  on 
  a 
  plantation 
  near 
  Antigua, 
  Guatemala, 
  and 
  containing 
  

   information 
  about 
  the 
  locust 
  plague, 
  by 
  which 
  lately 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  Indian 
  corn 
  and 
  a 
  

   great 
  many 
  coffee 
  plantations 
  in 
  that 
  country 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  The 
  insect 
  is 
  

   called 
  Chapulin 
  (Gryllus 
  miles, 
  Drury 
  ?), 
  and 
  appeared 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  Chi- 
  

   quimula, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Guatemala, 
  close 
  to 
  Honduras. 
  Thence 
  it 
  spread 
  over 
  

   all 
  the 
  warmer 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  republic, 
  avoiding 
  the 
  higher 
  and 
  cooler 
  regions. 
  The 
  loss 
  

   must 
  be 
  very 
  considerable 
  ; 
  one 
  gentleman, 
  Don 
  Gregorio 
  Revuelto, 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  

  

  