The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-10-22

receive your answers to the following
questions:
1. What was the date of the frs
appearance of the locusts (grasshop
pers) in your locality this season2
2. From what direction did the,
come, and what was the direction anc
force of the wind?
8. How long did they stay, anc
what is the amount of damage done
4 Have other swarms appeared
since the first, and if so, how long
afterward?
5. If eggs have been deposited
when was the fact first observedi
when last?
6. Did there appear to be more
than one kind orl species of locusti
Would be glad to receive specimens.
Z. What cereals, or other useful
plants or trees, were devoured most
eagerly by them? Did any escape?
8. What are your recollections, in
regard to all these points, about the
visits of locusts in former years?
8. What has been the nature and
extent of damage done, in former
years, by the young brood of the
spring following the visit of the adult
swarm?
10. Have any remedies been
tried which have done any apprecia-
BILE amount of good?
In general give your views, rela-
tive to all the points touched in the
above questions, and also such addi-
tional facts as you may have noticed;
the object being to collect useful sta
tistics. Give exact date whenever
possible.
Hoping you will oblige me and
benefit others by giving your early
and careful attention to this impor-
tant matter. 1 am respectfully,
- =-s- CHARLES S. DAVIS.
ANSWERS.
COUNCIL GROVE, Kansas.
Question 1st Grasshoppers ap-
peared in overwhelming numbers
Aug. 4th, 1874.
2. Grasshoppers came from north
and going south by west. Wind
south, rate 25 miles an hour.
3rd. 18th, some going and others
dropping down upon us. 18th, was
the great exodus. A very small por-
ton remained upon the 22d, when
they all left. On the 25th sprink-
ling of grasshoppers dropped down
upon us, and left again on the 26th.
Sept. 22d, a few grasshoppers in
some spots. Damages were, corn
mostly destroyed, cabbages eat up
entirely when they were not kept off
with smoke and driving, same with
peaches, apple trees stripped of the
leaves, fruit left hanging; pears same;
apricots not touched; White and
Norway pines suffered much; cedars,
arborvit@ and balsam frs not
touched; grapes not injured; bios
SONS of every kind destroyed; forest
trees not much eaten.
4th. None after 26th, except a few
stragglers.
5th. No eggs deposited.
9Th. Noticed but one. Some very
long and large grasshoppers were
noticed, but they may have been in
digenous.
7th. Fruit trees seemed their
choice meat, and cabbage.
8th. In 1850 a great amount of
grasshoppers PASSED over, course
southwest; Sept. I'd, 1866, an ava
lanche of grasshoppers dropped
among us, eating voraciously; came
from northerly points, wind south
east, 35 miles per hour; 11th, leaving
in warm part of day, portion only,
leaving the ground and everything
covered with them; October 4tb, still
abundant; killed off by frosts
and rains and birds by 21st; laid
eggs abundantly; Matching April 21st;
May 5th, grasshoppers very numer-
GUS. G. H. going north on foot; birds,
showers and other casualties lessen
ing their numbers, and as soon as
their wings were sufficiently grown
they left in one day, going southerly;
damages very slight; Sept. Goth,
1867, grasshoppers passing southerly
in multitudes, wind northeast, 20
miles an hour; stopping and eating
everything; full grown; remained and
laid their eggs, and died offas usual;
Matched the 30th March following in
diminished numbers; did no particu-
lar damage; August Sth, 1868, grass
hoppers at high elevation, wind
south 25 miles an hour, from north
and dropping down every day; vege-
tation stiff with them. 18th, grass
hoppers moved off in a body at 5
o'clock p. m; 14th, grashoppers COM
ing and going, eating as usual; 18th,
getting thinner; 18th, all gone; no
eggs; wind southwest, 20 miles an
hour.
9th. Answered above.
10th. Smoke and driving has done
much good.
W They do not hatch when
plowed under. September is the
month of 'nest hiding" and egg-lay
ing. After the eggs are deposited
they fight great deal, tap the skulls
of the weaker and suck out their
brains.
Similar questions to the above
were asked me a great many times
when 1 was recently visiting in your
county.
The questions 1 send you we're