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The Rocky Mountain Locust. 



of Iowa ; Gov. Thomas A. Osborne, of Kansas ; Gov. 

 Silas Garber, Ex-Gov. Robert W. Furnas, Prof. C. D. 

 Wilber, Prof. A. D. Williams, and Hon. Geo. W. Frost, 

 of Nebraska ; Gov. John S. Pillsbury, Pennock Pusey, 

 and Prof. A. Whitman, of Minnesota ; Gov. John L. Pen- 

 nington, of Dakota ; and Gov. C. H. Hardin, of Missouri. 



The Conference was called at the invitation of Gov. 

 Pillsbury, in the hope of obtaining concert of action in 

 the best means of meeting or averting the evil. After a 

 two-days' session, and an instructive interchange of expe- 

 riences and opinions, and the passage of a series of resolu- 

 tions, a committee consisting of John S. Pillsbury, Pen- 

 nock Pusey, and myself, was appointed to prepare for 

 publication the official report of Proceedings, together 

 with a summary of the best means known for counteracting 

 the evil ; and 10,000 copies of a pamphlet of 72 pages 

 were accordingly published last fall. By being widely 

 distributed, this pamphlet has undoubtedly done much 

 good, and has also had no small share in bringing about 

 certain much needed State and National legislation. 



