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Jamestown.—" They have deposited their eggs on nearly every farm in 

 this township."— A. P. Davis. 



Judson.— " They have laid eggs very extensively, especially on new breaking 

 and roads, some in the stubble, grass, prairie and corn lands."— Humphrey 

 H. Jones. 



Leray. — " Egys are laid on every clear, drylplace in the town; mostly in 

 corn fields, potato fields, gardens, and in the highway."— Ira B. Reynolds. 



Lime. — " In the flats along the Minnesota river they are thicker than in 

 the timber, but along the roads, and in old pastures, they are so thick that 

 nobody can have an idea, unless he has seen it himself." — Jacob Born. 



Mapleton. — " There is not a farmer but claims that ever}' favorable spot 

 on his farm is thoroughly peppered."— J. E. Brown. 



Medo — "All timothy pastures, all new breaking, in the roads, and iu some 

 stubble to a limited extent— from 6 to 10 acres in each quarter." — B. F. 

 Ste adman. 



Rapidan— " Every favorable place is well filled ; roadsides, tame pastures, 

 and new breaking thickest, corn fields next, and stubble fields and unbroken 

 prairie least." — James B. Swan. 



Shelby. — "All along the highways and especially on all new breaking and 

 old pastures, corn fields and prairie lands that are eaten our by pasturage, 

 and in fact there is no such thing as exception from them." — Thomas J. 

 Cross. 



South Bend. — " Eggs are deposited in every rood of dry ground in the 

 township." — ]). P. Davis. 



Sterling. — " In some places the eggs are stuck in very thick, but in the 

 fields generally the eggs cannot be very thick. Still, in the aggregate there 

 are very many, being everywhere, even in the timber." — N. A. Hunt. 



Vernon Center. — " Eggs are deposited all over the township, and in some 

 places very thick, seemingly no room for more, and in other places (wheat 

 stubble,) mot so many."— E. W. Washburn. 



The laying this year seems to surpass that of former years not 

 only in the area filled, but in the numbers deposited everywhere. 

 This could hardly fail to be the case when the laying commenced 

 early in July and was prolonged into September, and when some 

 towns received deposits from two, three, or even four different 

 bodies. Where new breaking was harrowed in the fall the eggs 

 often appeared strewn on the surface as thickly as grain is sown ; 

 e. g. " I have just dragged a new piece of breaking, and the eggs 

 were as thick as wheat sown at the rate of one and a half bushels 

 per acre; but I think they are thicker on breaking than anywhere 

 else. (S. S. Clevenger, town clerk of Bismarck, Sibley Co.) 



TIME OF DEPOSITING EGGS. 



The time when eggs have been deposited this year has been 

 stated already. The time when, or rather the age at which the 



