GENERAL FEEDERS 
Maryland 
Delaware 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Wisconsin 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae and Locus tidae) 
P. D. Sanders (July 25): Grass hay from a S5-acre meadow at 
LaPlata was cut and Molar-qRlus f ei rnir- rub rum flew into a 99-acre 
cornfield, tfhers they wars severely injuring the first eight 
rows. Flight was tairoticeo for the two preceding days. Poison- 
ed "bran bait was used for control. 
C. 0. Hou?htor. (July 14): To date I have sgwgn none of this 
species ( Ms lano pl us . f e/mrr-rubrtTO DeGeer) and ve?,'y few individuals 
of other IbotPSts, owing, I^believe in large measure to the very dry 
and hot weather we have had here this year. 
. T. H. Parks (July 25^: Damage to -airs ccevrred.in some counties 
'before harvest. (The insects cut off the grain before it was 
mature. Th^ey migrated from hay fields to corn and are injuring 
the soybeans planted with the co-'n. Seme injury to corn i3 be- 
ginning and young clover in wheat, and oat stubble is being dairaged. 
The outbreaks are local and not country- wide but well scattered 
over the Scate. Some poisoning is being done. 
J. J. Davis (July 20): Abundant at Fortville, eating vegetable 
garden plants and flowers, especially chrysanthemums. (July 23): 
First report of injury from .EvattavS lie, July 3, where they were 
reports^ "damaging alfalfa and sdybeans. From other secticus of 
the State reports of grasshopper abundance are being received. 
No general outbreaks, ezcept at Bvansville,' so far reported. 
(July l : i): Grasshoppers v/ere reported as being bad in clover 
at North Vernon. 
H. F r Diets (July 23); grasshoppers are unusually abundant 
throughout the greater rare of the State and are doing some 
damage to truck crops and flowering plants . They are also 
doing ccr side. cable feeding on such f crags cr?ps as soybeans. 
W. P. Flint (July 20): Grasshoppers are moderately abundant 
locally at many point 1 : in central and northern Illinois, being 
more nrnerov.s this .-season than in 1324. No reports of severe 
damage have yet been received. 
S..B. Fracker (July 10): No economic damage anticipated except 
on sandy land on Washington Island and in Waushara, Burnett, and 
possibly ferinette Counties. 
H. C. Severin (July 15): A small outbreak of grasshoppers has 
developed at Ft. Pierre on truck crops, grain, and alfalfa. 
M. H. Swenk (June 25- July 25): Grasshoppers have not been very 
injurious this season so far. In the Rarth Platte Valley they 
began hatching abowS; J-.-v.e ;;.3 but ret in' excessive numbers, within 
the last few days (July 21) reports of a heavy destruction of yrass- 
hopper3 in that region by a species of Sarc;>phaga (probably Jgeilyi.) 
have been received. Sfbe greatest amocnt of trouble with gra^- 
hoppers in this State that has developed so far is in Karlan and 
Franklin Counties. 
