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GENERAL FEEDERS'. 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (September 20,): In moat sections of the State there 
has been a marked decrease in the numbers of grasshoppers from August 
20 to September 20. ' Some sections still have moderately heavy infesta- 
tions. Egg laying is'now. in full progress, with the weather ideal for 
the deposition of eggs. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 20):. Practically every county reported ^ 
• serious damage to certain crops — alfalfa, tobacco, orchard, and garden; 
and 52 out of 71 counties spread more than 10,500 tons of bait. Serious 
damage is still being reported. 
Minnesota. A. G. Rugglos and assistants (September): Grasshoppers are abun- 
dant in the southern third of the State. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (September 2U): Grasshoppers are still very abundant 
throughout much of Iowa, but their present damage, with the exception of 
garden and some other fall crops, has been quite negligible. We have 
recently taken a number of specimens of Schistocerca line at a Scudd. in 
Henry County. This is a new record for this species in the eastern half 
of the State. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (September 23) * During September grasshoppers have 
continued to attract attention; in fact, with the scarcity of rain over 
most of the State and the shortage of wild vegetation, they have tended 
to move onto late corn, fruit trees, and garden crops, more perhaps than 
earlier in the summer. Through central Missouri, Melanoplus s mexicanus 
Sauss. is now by far the most abundant and active species. The second 
brood is maturing, mating, and laying eggs at this time. M. differ- 
entials Thos. is present in numbers around the edges of cornfields and 
other tall vegetation, and likewise is mating and ovipositing. Since 
about the first of September very few of the two-lined grasshoppers 
(M. bivittatus Say) have been observed. Unusual numbers, of the Carolina 
locust ( Dissosteira Carolina L.) have been collecting in bare places, 
being more abundant than I have seen them any time during the past, 
several years. Our common red-legged grasshopper (M. femur-rubrum Deg. ) 
in central Missouri, appears with M. mexicanus at the rate of about 1 to 
10 of mexicanus . 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (September 25): Grasshoppers are still quite abundant 
and are a threat to the early sown wheat. Alfalfa fields in localities 
of very low rainfall have been considerably injured. Egg deposition is 
.taking place at a rapid rate. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (September 22): While the corn crop has passed the stage 
where grasshoppers may damage it seriously, damage has been rather .heavy 
to late summer seedings of alfalfa .and the early seedings of winter wheat 
and rye. Over 1,000 tons of bait materials have been used in the last 30 
