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The Rocky Mountain locust— Continued. 
62— Andrew County, 62—Benton County, 63—Barton County, 
63— Bates County, 63—Buchanan County, 64—Caldwell County, 
64— Cass County, 64—Clay County, 67—Clinton County, 68—Dade 
County, 68—De Kalb County, 69—Gentry County, 69—Hickory 
County, 69—Holt County, 69—Henry County, 69—Jackson 
County, 69—Johnson County, 72—Lafayette County, 73—Noda¬ 
way County, 73—Newton County, 73—Pettis County, 73—Platte 
County, 73—Ray County, 74—rSt. Clair County, 75—Vernon 
County, 76—Condition ot things in other States, 76—Kansas, 76— 
Nebraska, 79—Iowa, 81—Minnesota, 81—Colorado, 84—Dakota, 
85—Montana, 87—Wyoming, 88—Texas, 88—Indian Territory, 
88—Manitoba, 89—Damage done in Missouri, 89—Destitution in 
Missouri, 91—Address of relief committee from Saint Louis Mer¬ 
chants’ Exchange, 93—Cases of starvation, 94—The Governor’s 
proclamation, 95—The locusts no: a divine visitation, 97—Natu¬ 
ral history ; mode of molting illustrated, 98—Habits of the un¬ 
fledged young, 100—Directions in which the young travel, 101 — 
Rate at which they travel, 102—They reached but a few miles 
east of where they hatched, 102—Not led by “ kings” or “queens,” 
103—The species taken, for such, illustrated, 103, 104—The exo¬ 
dus in 1875, 104—Time of leaving of the winged insects, 104—Di¬ 
rection taken by the winged insects, 105—Destination of the de¬ 
parting swarms, 106—Native home of the species, 109—Views 
previously expressed confirmed, 110—Conditions of migration, 
112—Conditions which prevent the permanent settlement of the 
species in Missouri, 113—Modification of the species by climatic 
conditions, 114, 155—Definition of the species, 114—How distin¬ 
guished in all stages from species most nearly allied, 117-*-Expe- 
rience in spring of 1875, 118—Contrast in summer and fall, 119— 
No evil withoutsome compensating good, 120—Injury to fruit and 
fruit trees, 121—Food-plants, 121—Only one kind of plant not 
touched under all circumstances, 121—Changes that followed the 
locusts, 121—The widespread appearance of a new grass, ordina¬ 
rily unnoticed, 122—Appearance of large worms, 123—The locusts 
did not return in the fall, 124—Natural enemies, 124—Remedies 
‘ against the unfledged insects, 125—Artificial means of destroying 
the eggs, 125—Various means of destroying the unfledged young, 
126—They are within man’s control, 126—The proper ditch to 
make, 128—Machines used in Colorado, 129—Best means of pro¬ 
tecting fruit trees, 130—How to avert locust injuries, 131—Pre¬ 
vention, 131—Legislation, both national and local, 132—Bills 
before the Forty-fourth Congress, 133—Need of a national ento¬ 
mological commission, 133—The bounties offered in Minnesota, 
138—The requisites of a good bounty law, 138,139—How a bounty 
law would work, 140—Suggestions, 140—Lessons of year, 142— 
Locusts as food for man, 143—They have been used from time 
immemorial, and are used extensively at the present day, 145— 
The Rocky Mountain species quite palatable, 146—Mode of prep¬ 
aration, 147—False opinions and predictions, 148—Unnecessary 
alarm caused by other species, 148—Injuries of native species in 
1875, 150—Locust flights in Illinois in 1875, 151—They were com¬ 
posed of local species, 152,153—Explanation of these flights, 154— 
Locust prospects in 1876,155—No danger from them in Missouri, 
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