Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-25

ihlng they can reach 70 climb nr. whether
= brush. \ tsee. a stake, ar even grass, or
anything else strong enough TO bear them,
they climb up from one 10 two, or even as
high us twelve feet from The eround.
Then, as soon az they are satisfied IA TO
the HIGHT they can or will 90, they tasien
their little feet When this is done they
Immediately begin to rupture on The back.
This PROCESS GOES on very slowly. 10
takes twonty. Eve minutes until Il works
its head and six leks out OF the shell.
As soon as thisis dope. itlets itself back,
hanging ut about right angles with It's
old shell, apparently almost dead, and so
iatigued for while as TO be entirely un-
able 70 help itself ln,his position tire
mains foriyfiseu minuies, when 70 has
gained strength, when il reaches ap, gets
hold OF It's old she'll with its two front
feet, aud draws itself up on thetop OF the
she'll. and at'ths same time draws out us
butt cad. At this very moment It's
wings begin 20 grow OF enlarge, from
mere nothing, to the size they get, which
takes exactly ten minutes. They keep |
coming out OF the ground every afternoon |
at the above named hours, and no other
time in the day, until about the 9TH day
Of June, when no more leave the ground. |
However, in 1851, the writer observed |
one, an odd one, leave theground on the |
18th day Of June. They commences de-
posting their eggs or nits in the bark OF |
the body, but mostly in the bark Of the |
limbs of all trees, except pine, cedar or |
any Of those that possess or contain tur-
pentine, from about the 10Th to the 25th |
days OF June, which is done by cutting
open the outside bark. They will stay
with us until about the first of July, when
they. will die of and will no more appear
until in May, in the year of 1885. Lo-
Gusts are now TO be seen in the ground
from four to eight inches deep, with their
heads upward, preparatory 10 the open
ing through the surface, when once their
day will appear in this month, May. They |
can only be found under trees that have
stood seventeen years, or where there
stood timber at that time There will be
fewer locusts every time they appear, on
account of the scarcity Of the timber,
and consequently, will be harder on fruit
trees. +. G. HILLP0T.
Tinicum, May 4, 1868. So i
Ithas been raining in this region seven
days in succession, and it will be the first
Of June before they can plant corn, pos
sibly the 10th. So you can see that 9th
er agricultural regions have their trou-
bles as we'll as yonrs--even if they are
not cursed with hybrid domination.
q q B.
The Mobile Register has the following
on the same subject:
A paragraph in an interior paper says
the seventeen year locusts are appearing
in all parts of the State This is quite
too general an observation, even If it does
not involve another error. There is a
species of locusts which appears once in
thirteen years, and that, we believe, is 1
more common than the seventeen year
kind. but neither of these appears uni
formly throughout the whole country in
the same year. Throughout the country
subject to its visitations there are few
years, il any, in which locusts are not
reported from some district of greater or
|oss extent. In the year 1912, for in
stance, the locusts made their appear.
ance throughout region extending from
he northern part Of Choctaw county,
over large portion of
and possibly of Pontotoc
The present writer rode through 1t
% one day, losing trace of the insects
somewhere about Bellefontaine. Whether
hey returned in 1866 we do not know,
but if they did they should appear again
his year, as we learn they actually have
lone in Poztotoc county. In some in
ermediste year, not now recollected,
hey appeared in adjoining localities,
out this occurrence could not be con-
lected by either the thirteen or the sew
,nteen year period, with that of 1912,
L would be interesting and instructive
o note. the extent of the districts in
which they are found this. year, and to
ascertain whether their last previous
concert was given at the same place in
1855 or in 1851. a
Again the Louisville Courier thrills us
IS follows:y p Eof hs
Mr.. c.. a. DELPHI, from Mississippi, |
las shown us the wing of locust that
las made its appearance in numbers in
Rankin and adjacent counties. The
wing is different in hue and tint from any
We have before observed. On the top is
plainly to be seen the letter W. This is L
observable upon the left wing Of every
ocust that has appeared this year. This
act is creating considerable excitement
q the locust region, many persons be.
ieving that the letter w batokens
var. Seven years ago the same region
vas oyerrnn by locusts bearing upon
heir wings the cabalstic letters P-W !
The whole face Of the earth in portions
4 Mississippi is covered with these
ocusts. They are as thick as the leaves,
md make the woods vocal with their in
.essant rninstrelsv.