Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-28
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Myriads of. grasshoppers have
been visible flying in the air in this
propinquinty for the past few days.
Hebron (Thayer Co.. Journal.
!. Saunders county was visited by
an army of grasshoppers Saturday.
They settled about noon, by dark,
hundreds of acres of corn had been
destroyed. sHollLt 81
The grasshoppers have given us a
call and done good deal OF damage
to the corn crop in some localities.
Around Wood River station they
have injured the crop but little
[Gland Island Independent, ia ~
ri The grasshoppers during the last
three days of their visit, took . FAM
cy to nibbling the leaves off the.
young cottonwood trees about town,
and also in the eountry.aiaSome
groves look as II frost had "nippedn3
the leaves.AtSchuyler Register. n.
: 70: II the past two days The grass.
ehoppers have been passing oyer In
incalculable numbers. In many
places they have come, down and
are doing considerable damage to
the corn, and considerable fears are
entertained that serious injury will
be done il, they do not leave soon.
AT this writing they appear to be
Journal ellst ., -
In the western portion OF Seward
county considerable damage was
done; but most fields were only at
tackled on the outskirts and the
damage is but slight. Same farm
ers in the southern portion Of the
county suffered also, but altogether
we may say that Seward county has
been remarkably lucky in escaping
with as little damage as has been
idonne.ATSeward Reporter. Ha3
no 91s e5OD Tou ,9D8m E59d zsb
. The chief topic of conversation IN
this county to-day, is igrasshoppers.
tits discussed on the street corners,
in our parlors, at1thei mead thine.
and when we are retired to- bed at
,nightpit is the all absorbing etheme
everywhere;Iaat all stimesIJa and on
every occasion. 1t is useless to at
tempt to disguise the fact that the
gfasshoppers are here and thatthey
are doing serious injury TO Tcrops
through out the icountry.-fLone
Tree Courier. oil 10 gIislst ed r.
The gfasshoppers have completely
stripped the corn of Dawson county.
There will not be enough raised for
seed. 49p9
The srasshoppers have made this
part Of the country a second visit,
and 50 far as weoean learn have de-
stroyed everything in the shape Of
corn, oats, potatoes, beans and gar
den truck, even the fruit trees and
young cottonwood groves on many
farms are killed. From the bestin-
formation we can get there will not
be more than two lor three hundred
bushels of corn harvested in the
comfy, out Of some fifteen thousand
acres planted last straightforward
County Advocate. snos19q bs7b 81
The corn, bean and potato crops
of the Pawnees are all eaten up,
leaving them entirely destitute of
these articles, on which they so
much depend during the fall and
winter months. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
aid from the government or some
other source, severe suffering must
come to these half-civillzeds men,
women and children Of the prairie.
1t will be out of the power Of the
citizens living in the Immediate
vicinity of the Pawnees to aid them,
by supplying them with either corn,
beans or potatoes, for they too are:
alike suffering by this visitation of
grasshoppers.JColumbus Journal.
Reports reached town Monday
that the grasshoppers were 10 to 20
miles north Of us, and that they
were travelling this way. Tuesday
the air was full of them
south. Next day they began
to decend on the fertile fields of
Clay county, thinking that Q rich
feast swaited them,I The land was
soon covered and the corn and veg !
etables began to wilt and SWIVEL as
grasshoppers only can make crops
The corn crop is nearly all
as well as what grain
was standing when they made their
appearance, 1T seems hard that
the formers should relinquish the
products of their toll to these nasty, |
insects, but what is to be
must be. Yet, but few of our farm
srs will be discouraged, as their main
,eliance, tho wheat crop, was saved.
At present writing the hoppers are
till here.|[Sutton Clay Co. Iimes.
These terrible destroyers of crops |
nave made their appearance in
county in numbers that
battle all attempts at nume-
Their visit was sudden, ana
heir stay is likely to be . lengthy |
me. No sooner had they landed
IN terra frma from the skies, than
hey commenced devouring every
hing before them, as it were. The
Of grass, the stalks of weeds,
he golden grain ready to be har-
the corn, garden stuff,
md even the loftiest tree tops were
entirely covered with them, You
Gould not make your appearance
tut doors without receiving hard
pats on the breast, face and eyes
= they jumped from place to place.
hF9Agh the cir: They went through
orn fields like q prairie fire through
grass, and left nothing but rank,
are stalks to show that but q few
lours before beautiful, waving corn
xisted. They cannot do much
amage to wheat as it is nearly all
ut and gathered.9 But the prose
ects for 9 good corn crop, il they
optinue their work of de7astationg
i'll be rather slim. Boone County,
'ews, -eb Il