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GENERAL JEWESS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (September 24): Fields near Clemson College were 
stripped by Schistocerca araericana Drury the latter part of Au.-u.st. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 24): Grasshoppers, S. americana , are very - 
abundant over all northern Florida. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 29): Melanoolus . fefrer-rubrum DeG. and H. differential! s 
Thos. are moderately abundant on clover and in meadows. (September 21) : Grass- 
hoppers are more abundant than usual. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 27) : Grasshoppers were reported destructive to 
cabbage at Jasper, September 4. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 27); Grasshoppers have been checked bv 
disease, parasites, and hard rains much earlier this year than last and they 
are very scarce in the sections where they were most abundant during mid- 
summer, which is the area l-'ing in the north central portion of the State. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (September 25): Grasshoppers are moderatel" abundant 
in 50 counties. 
North Dakota. T. T. Kristjanson (August 11): Much damage in Pierce County. The 
largest damage is in the northwestern part of the county covering 4 townships. 
A great many farms were a total failure, all fee* crops and flax having been 
damaged. Grasshoppers are very numerous in places where they were not found. 
10 days ago. The damage is very largely to oats, barley, and flax. 
J. A. Munro (September 20): There has been a marked reduction of adult M. 
bivittatus Say in the Fargo vicinity, due largely to the parasitic fly 
Sarcophaga kell^ri Aldrich. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (September): Grasshoppers are in evidence as usual throughout 
much of the State, but have -"one comparatively little iaraage. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 25- September 20); Only scattering reports of damage 
were received during the period here covered, and relatively few o^ them were 
from the counties that were so heavily Infested in 1931 and earl - " in the Present 
year. The chief complaint during September was of the red-legged grasshopper 
( M. f emu r- r.ib rum ) attacking the edges of fields of young alfalfa just coming 
up, or working on the ed^es of fields of broom grass that had been sown in 
August. These complaints came especiall: - from Jefferson, Gage, and Lancaster 
Counties. 
Kansas. H. P.. Bryson (September 21): Ver" few reports of grasshopper Injury in 
any part of the State. About the normal number of inouirics regarding methods 
for the control of the pest in newly sown alfalfa have been received. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (September 3); Grasshoppers are still quite numerous in 
some southern and southwestern sections of the State. 
Alaba-.ia. J. M. Robinson (September 22): Grasshoppers are moderately abundant in 
pastures in Auburn. 
