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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRAS SHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (August 25 ): Melanoplus. sp. abundant in western counties, 
particularly Addison and Chittenden. In some sections second— crop grass 
and clover practically destroyed, 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (August 22): Grasshoppers were very . abundant and 
causing serious damage to fields of clover and to gardens in Ashfield, 
Eranklin G.ounty, on August 8. 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stene (August 24): First complaint of extensive damage in 
a good many years. Apparently more than one species present, 
Ne.w York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (August 2l): Ext ens ive" feeding, in 
some instances on the edge of cabbage fields next to alfalfa or other hay 
crops in Ontario County, wpstern New York. Many dead hoppers seen in a 
cabbage field in Schuyler County, where control was used, 
Pennsylvania. L. E. Dills (August 15) : Severe damage in Tioga County. 
General, E. D, Qparterman (August 24): Control operations against Dissosteira 
longipennis Thos. discontinued in New Mexico and Texas but still under way 
in Colorado. Roadside baiting for concentrations of Melanoplus mexicanus 
Sauss. continued in a few counties in the flight areas of Montana and 
Wyoming. Second generation reported in first throe instars in northern 
Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma Panhandle. Oviposition in progress in all 
areas. Oviposition by the differential grasshopper i beginning from South 
Dakota and Nebraska southward. Adults of JM. bivittatus Say reported as 
dying rapidly, following oviposition in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. 
A little baiting going on in Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and 
Wisconsin, About 50 percent of M. femur- rub rum Deg. in' the northern 
Mississippi Valley area still in nymphal stages. Adult survey in progress 
in all areas. 
Indiana. J* J. Davis (August 28): Not many reports of damage during the month. 
Report received from Pulton, north-central Indiana, indicating noticeable 
feeding on commercial celery plantings adjacent to uncultivated land* 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (August 19): Populations continue low, with only a very 
small area where injury is occurring. Parasites and predators are holding 
down the hoppers. 
Minnesota. H« Milliron (August 18): Reported as very abundant throughout the 
State, especially in the western counties. 
North Dakota. F. G. Butcher (August 22): Populations generally markedly re- 
duced, except in the eastern and northern parts of the State. Crop injury 
severe only in isolated localities in the northeastern- and. west— central 
parts of the State and in crop areas immediately adjoining the northwestern 
part of the Missouri River. M. mexicanus is the dominant species through- 
out the State, with M, different ialis . M. f e mur— rub rum . M. b ivittatus t M. 
P ackard ii S cudd. , and Camnula pellucida Scudd. conspicuous in various areas. 
Egg laying apparently normal for all species. LIBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
