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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrid:! dae) 
Rhode Island A. E. Stene (June 23): A report came in today from one of 
the islands in the Bay stating that grasshoppers were eating 
heavily. 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (June 16): Grasshoppers are more abundant than 
usual around Port Valley, damaging corn and other crops. It 
has "been necessary to use poisoned-bran "bait in some cornfields. 
South Carolina A. Lutken (June 24): A farmer in Pickens County reported 
millions of grasshoppers destroying cotton. Upon examination 
about a dozen colonies of several hundred each were found. 
Several hundred cotton plants had been destroyed. The grass- 
hoppers were very small and the species was not determined. 
reports of 
Indiana J. J. Davis (/i^sn^pers^ / sorious outbreaks have been re- 
ceived, althougn / were reported abundant at Jasonvillc 
June 14. 
Kentucky W. A. P r ice (June 25): Grasshoppers, mostly small nymphs, 
arc moderately abundant in the bluegrass. 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (June 22): Grasshoppers are very abundant. The 
species involved are Helanoplus mexjeanus Sauss. , Camnula pcl- 
lucida Scudd. , and M. femoratus Burm. 
Wisconsin C. L. Plukc (June 24): Grasshoppers arc very abundant. 
Minnesota A. G. Ruggles (June 27): Grasshoppers are very abundant; 46 
counties being helped. 
North Dakota J. A. Munro (June 18): Grasshoppers arc a serious menace to 
crops in many counties. The northeastern section of the State 
is hardest hit. The insects are still windless. There will 
be tremendous loss of crops. (June 23): Fungus has caused 
almost complete destruction of grasshoppers in two small areas 
in Cass County — at Tower City, and near Fargo. Yesterday near 
Fa.rgo what was an exceedingly heavy infestation of homers 
showed nothing but the dead bodies of the insects clinging 
to the tops of weeds and small grains. Fully 95 per cent were 
killed. The report regarding the other area stated that about 
the same percentage had died. Poisoned bait had not been 
spread at either place. Apparently all the hoppers have com- 
pleted hatching. About 5 per cent of the earliest hatches have 
become winged. 
F. D. Butcher (June 13): More than 90 per cent of the nymphs 
of M. bivittatus Say are out now and nearly as many of C> pel- 
lucida . though they .-.re a bit later than the former. Have 
