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G E N E R A L F S E D E R S 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Virginia. The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. (July 15): A farmer on the Spring 
Hill road, near Staunton, reported that grasshoppers have practically destroy- 
ed three fields of clover and that huge swarms are infesting farms in that 
section, cutting off the growth on an 18-acre two-field planting of new clover 
at the ground. Reports have also come that grasshoppers have attacked 
timothy hay and have spread to gardens and elsewhere in that vicinity. 
Illinois. F, P. Elint (August 22): Very little grasshopper damage is reported 
from any part of the State. 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August 25): Grasshoppers are very abundant. There are 
complaints of injury to dahlias and zinnias everywhere around Lexington. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (August 21)*: A survej' made through Cass and Richland 
Counties August 8 and 9 showed that Melanoplus "bivittatus Say constituted 
about 20 per cent of the injurious species; the balance consisted largely of 
M. mexicanus Sauss. and Camnula pellucida Scudd. In 1932 the distribution of 
species differed in that M. bivittatus constituted between 85 and 90 per cent 
of the population and the balance were other injurious species. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (August 23): Grasshoppers are unusually scarce in most of 
the State. 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugbies (August 21): Egg laying in process. The weather is 
ideal for grasshoppers. No appreciable crop loss has been reported. One 
hundred carloads of bait have been used, as compared with 500 last year, 
showing that the 2 years of campaign kept grasshoppers under control. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (August): Grasshoppers are very abundant in northern 
and central Wisconsin. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August): Grasshoppers are scarce. Relatively fewer 
individuals than normal are present at this time. 
Oklahoma. C. P. Stiles (July 27): Grasshoppers are quite numerous in some places 
in the southwestern part of the State, but I have been unable to check up on 
the damage to date. They are moderately abundant in western Oklahoma. 
Nebraska. U. H. Swenk (August 21): Grasshoppers are moderately abundant, mostly 
in central Nebraska. Reported from Greeley, Dawson, and Lincoln Counties 
during the period July 20 to August 21. 
Montana. A. L. Strand (August 19): The migratory grasshopper, M. mexicanus , has 
increased this year to outbreak numbers over large areas, especially in north- 
ern and eastern Montana. About 30 co\inties are facing severe outbreaks for 
the coming season. 
Colorado. G. M. List (August 24): The grasshopper infestation has' been rather 
spotted, there having been no really serious outbreaks, but the infestation 
in the foothills region east of the mountains, is heavy enough to call for 
considerable control work. 
