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wheat fields; the locusts were reported to have come into them from 
all directions, while others high in air were moving to the westward. 
Almond trees had been almost completely defoliated ; in many instances 
the onter part of the nnts had been devoured, and more rarely the 
hard shell of the three-fourths grown nnts had been eaten through and 
the kernels devoured. A few large peach trees were scattered through 
the almond orchard, but these had scarcely been attacked by the lo- 
custs. Pear trees had been completely, and locust trees nearly, defoli- 
ated by them. 
I went as far eastward as Valley Springs, in Calaveras County, but 
did not find any other locality where the locusts had been unusually 
abundant and destructive the present season. 
From Lodi I went to Marysville and interviewed Mr. Gr. W. Harney, 
President of the Yuba County Board of Horticulture, and learned from 
him that the locusts had been quite destructive to some young fruit trees 
and grapevines in the southern part of that county. Accordiu gly, in com- 
pany with Mr. Harney I visited the locality referred to, and found that 
the trees and vines had been planted out less than a year ago; many of 
them bore evidence of having been attacked, but only a very few of 
them had been completely defoliated. Mr. Harney informed me that 
when the locusts first began to appear in destructive numbers he had 
several hundred circulars printed, giving directions for making and ap- 
plying the bran and arsenic mixture above referred to, and these circulars 
he distributed to nearly all of the fruit growers in the county; as a result, 
this mixture was largely used in those localities where the locusts made 
their appearance in destructive numbers, and proved very effectual in 
destroying them. We visited portions of the county, distant about 15 
miles from Marysville, but did not find any other locality that had suf- 
fered from locust attacks. 
The following day was spent in visiting various portions of Sutter 
County, in company with Mr. E. C. Kells, the president, and Hon. 
H. P. Stabler, the Secretary of the Sutter County Board of Horti- 
culture; Mr. Cutts, a prominent business man of Marysville, and 
owner of a large orchard in Sutter County, also accompanied us. We 
visited a large portion of the northeastern part of this county, but 
found only one locality where the locusts had appeared in destructive 
numbers the present season. This was in an orchard of deciduous 
fruit trees, several of which bore evidence of having been attacked, 
although none of the trees had been completely defoliated. The owner 
informed me that he had made use of the bran and arsenic mixture and 
this had effectually destroyed the locusts before they had materially 
injured his trees. The next day, in company with Mr. G. W. Harney, 
I visited portions of Butte County, in the vicinity of Oroville. I did 
not see any indication of locust attack in this city, nor could I learn 
that the locusts had appeared there in destructive numbers the present 
season. A few miles west of Oroville several small orchards had been 
