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John Young lout G5 tons'of hay. 
W. A. Poole lost 75 acres of oats, worth $1,800; hay not injured much. Locusts 
came about July 20 from northeast. lint few remained to lay eggs. Most of the 
damage was done iu two to four weeks. Disappeared to the southwest. 
A. R. Dodge, not much injured ; has a ranch of 200 acres. 
Joe Dyson lost everything in 1877 ; last year, 200 tons of hay, worth §1,000 ; had no 
grain. The locusts hatched mostly on his ranch from May to August very numerously; 
covered the ground ; (lew low. 
Mr. Lewis lost heavily, estimated at $3,000, mostly of grain. The other farms above 
Loyaltou, Dooley's, Parker's, and Robinson's, suffered more or less. 
D. B. Patterson lost 75 tons of oats from choice seed, costing 3 cents per pound, 
from which ho expected, it standing so well on the ground, 3,000 bushels, worth 
$2,000. Lost one-third of his hay, 100 tons, worth $500, with a valuable gardeu, po- 
tatoes, &c. Fall feed eaten up. Farm of G40 acres. The atrocious gourmands came 
originally from Clover Valley, and mowed down his oats seemingly in twenty-four 
hours ; many laid eggs ; the bulk disappeared to the westward. Hosts of 'hoppers, 
eome of them flying high, darkening the sun. 
John Schroeder lost 65 acres of oats, worth $2,500. Came from the north, about 
July 1, eating his grass ; greatest damage to grain about July 10. The array came 
from " The Island," divided near his ranch, one wing continuing up Smith's Neck, the 
other turning westward ; were about three weeks eating his crops ; many laid eggs, 
the female dying afterward. He fought them diligently with his largo family, saving 
garden and potatoes thereby, worth $800. Drove them off with papers tied to sticks, 
which were brandished about the small iuclosures. Insects very thick, covering the 
ground ; near fences and buildings they were gathered in heaps. This ranch of 320 
acres was not affected the year before. Flew low, not more than 20 feet at the 
highest. They reminded him of 'hoppers met with on the Humboldt in 1854, though 
those were more destructive, eating willows and sage-brush. 
J. C. Brown lost heavily iu grass and garden. Came from the eastward ; filled the 
air, stopping his horses while raking hay, and pelted fences and buildings like hail ; 
devoured cured hay in the bunch, before he could get it drawn into the barn. His 
mother made a desperate fight for her garden ; had to protect face and eyes by nearly 
closing her bonnet with one hand, while with the other she swung her besom of des- 
truction ; were ravenous four weeks ; left many eggs; disappeared by death and by 
going west. 
W. S. Paine lost 75 acres of oats worth $1,500, with hay and fall feed worth $200. 
Oats were just in full stand when attacked, about July 20. Ate for two weeks. He 
made desperate and temporarily successful efforts to defend his crop ; took 200 yards 
of baling rope, fastened papers to it, and swept over his grain, driving the locusts be- 
fore the shaking papers ; " drove them out forty times ; was overpowered by the num- 
bers of the enemy and cleaned out." Many remained on the ground, deposited eggs, 
and died on dry knolls. Those that left went westward. Thinks they came from 
" The Island." For four days during the morning hours they poured in upon his 
ranch of 500 acres from over the hill, eastward. Proposes to never give up, but to 
fight them still. 
Silas Sturgeon lost heavily of oats, barley, and wheat. 
Dan Ebe lost $1,000 worth of oats ; barley damaged. Came from northeast ; went 
on southwest ; many laying eggs ; farm of 450 acres. 
W. T. Wilson's former ranch up in Antelope Neck was saved by the late arrival of 
the pests. 
J. B. Eachus lost 40 acres of oats. Thinks the eggs were hatched out early in 
March. 
J. H. Sims lost $400, mostly in hay and pasture. The locusts arrived from the north- 
east during the first week in July ; flew low ; deposited eggs and disappeared south- 
west ; ranch of 480 acres. 
