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Mississippi R. W. Harned (June 22): Reports regarding grasshopper injury are 
rec< : v. d fri scattering localities throughout the State. M elanoplus, 
a t lanis and Trimero ;tj*ppjs .citrina Scudd. are the species most in 
evidence. J. A. McLeaore reported these insects as having serious- 
ly inj ired peaches in Pearl River County during Fay. Early i-i 
Juno the sajnfi species were reported as ruining garden crops in 
Neshoba County. 
Kansas J. W. McCoiloch (June 21): Grasshoppers are beginning to make 
their appearance in several sections of the State, as shown by re- 
ports cosing; to this office. 
Texas W. A. Baker (!»'ay 25): The farmers have been given temporary re- 
lief, a\ leas;;, as a result of the rains bringing on a large aracunt 
of native vegetation. ,T 'ii? intensity of the infestation in propor- 
tion to the a-'.oiuit of available food has been materially reduced. 
Cne fare that was planted to 2:5 acres each of corn and cotton 
was completely covered and surrounded with water during the recent 
rair.5 for a distance- of bwo mile^, except for high places and levees. 
All e.:;cept about an acre of cotton was completely eaten up before 
the rains and the com was rapidly suffering the same fate after 
the rains- The hoppers concentrated on the high points during 
the overflow and had immediately ■. returned to the field after the 
water had subsided. 
H.S. /Jdair (May 23): Grasshoppers are becoming quite noticeable 
in the P .-.'"' •o 1 - section. Their presence in alfalfa and grass 
fields in -~ numbers is. very evident although little dam- 
age has been dons to date. The appearance of grasshoppers in 
lav numbers is s^ms^'hat later this year than usual, probably 
owing to the lack of rain earlier m the season. 
South Dakota H. C, Be/erin (June 25): Grasshoppers are less numerous with us 
this ;//:..• than have been for 15 yeais. We expect no trouble 
f r c:i t hern i n 2 o uth I) « uz o c a . 
Montana Stewart Lockwood (May 20) : The Monaon crickets are fairly well 
scattered o* : ct the t'.vo northwestern counties. They are not quite 
as niajsioufc ■' ■ h"-ve been the lest two yearfii I did not see 
as ris / ban ly ay large in the territory covered as 
I had - e< '"id, y are now in the third, fourth, ard 
fifth irsip.r pending considerable time travel!: '. Very 
few ni • pnhera near cultivated crops, ~ he- 
some of ' . ; wo to within easy rang 8 of the .few isolated, farms I 
saw. For the most part, however, they promised to do more damage 
by far to the ran s than to field crops. 
There irc no doubt in my mind that considerable damage will accrue 
to bhe farmers ard t] at many more, because of the fear of the crick- 
ets in the ;rop, will liv* 3 on the farms and attempt to make their 
living in the oil fields and other places. The country is moun- 
tainous, quite broken, and in a considerable part of the area 
cropped the soil is such that the ultimate success of fanning 
small crops is very problematical. 
