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GENERAL FEEDERS 
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Nebraska 
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GRASSHOPPERS (Acridid~e) 
J. R. Vatson (October 20): Grasshoppers ere very abundant 
over oil the State, many species stripping the lc-ves from 
young citrus. 
R. H. Pcttit (October 20): Grasshoppers are very abundant. 
J. A. Munro (October 23): Mr. Robert L. Shotwell; Assistant 
Entomologist, Bureau of Entomology, writes to me under date of 
October 17, in part, as follows: "I found a fair sprinkling 
of adults in all places th-t I visited last month even though 
no damage was reported. Given favorable conditions, these 
could lay enough eggs to produce quite a crop next year," 
This report refers particularly to the western part of North 
Dakota. 
H. E. Jaques (October 25): Grasshoppers have been moderately 
to very abundant throughout most of the State and still show up 
in large numbers on warm sunny days. They have had a very 
favorable time for egg-laying. 
C. Benton (October 18): About the first part of September 
a farmer located 4 miles southwest of Winchester h~d about 
20 acres of red clover destroyed by grasshoppers. During 
the latter part of September ~nd the first half of October, 
total destruction of, or partial injury to, ne*" fr.ll plantings 
of alfalfa and crimson clover "'ere reported from vrious prrts 
of Franklin County. 
M. H. Swenk (September 1-October 15); Damage by grasshoppers 
continued in £*?>,» of northern Nebraska until about the middle 
of September. (October 20): Grasshoppers are very abundant 
in northern Nebraska. 
0. F. Knovlton (October 20): Grasshoppers ~re becoming less 
-bund-nt now, and damage is decreasing rapidly. 
] I£LD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis Fab.) 
M. H. Swenk (September 1-October 15); Field crickets -"ere 
very annoying as household pests in' Scotts Bluff ~nd I'orrill 
Counties, especially in Bredgeport and Scottsbluff, during the 
month of September. 
R, ?. Harned (October 22): Compl-ints h~ve continued to come 
during the p'st month in regard to the abundance of crickets. 
Apparently these insects ar_ most -bund ant in the northwestern 
aart of ..iississip A . Sod. reports of their unusual "bund -nee 
have -lso been received from the pr«irie section of northeastern 
'. sissipoi. 
