, 1874-07-15
the L0CUSTS IN MINNESOTA.
Their Operations Last Year
aud This Year.
The Insects Now on the Wing, Fly.
''' ing Southwardly.
Immense Damage Dono by Tho To-
';''''' facity of tho "Hoppcrs'"
Over One Thousand Families In fmml-
."' hent Danger Of Starvation.

.,sr,, f1nn4 nnnoor of Sfaryaflnn.
9"'
. 80! ->----
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vhflol1S IlnhS 1or AecAost"s "Ao
Suffering.
Special Correspondence " '"s S"'e"go f.."nae'
...,s.. ; e4' 1HoI, 'u's ~ 4o,7.
ihoy afe not ."s aua.a' au, ~
aprea1sacv' ~1''y ~: nasa,;,,a is.'s4 sa'oA'
tn @ao ouo"n ~ ~ '..,s> 4ueos' ~ a. ~
Ihoy can'o 'n'o 1no eo"s""os' oo'ns'es " 'n's
Htnto
LESS THAN TEAR AGO.
.,d 1oa+rovod or rrcot1v ipiurod thc e,r,rv,,,o
sso'7,,, - s,,.,, ,sonn ,,saas,, -. ,.,s....
otops' @cco,ul"H 10 'ueS "ofa etSen y. s'penlng'
Young and tender ehootsthoy nDpeared to dovour;
but grain just forming Its Leads thoy killed. by
r,lcroino t1a stalk at fts soffest foint and anc1r
H., ut III ,ts fucoa 1oor+if, ao,1s - ,,.w;,,,.
Jug Wv ~, 40 1"1 .".s, .o'u9 - "",'ue
day or two. mhgzed bJ great patches of dead,
hlaokened straw, which ratified aud broke bofore
{ho WIND Will ttSy cc,nsoa 1araa troo1,s s -
co,,+rz md t., ,,,avs ,s,os ro-a g. ,,,;as ~ ~
~ - sa .ai 49, p'asse H.. .sA 10 "
h'de tho SOL anu eVerY green thing from slight,
yet thoy did not entftely destroy oil tho crops
Nloro thoy settled. nor did ttov ooyor the vholo
faoe Of the country as tley haye th,a senson.
1bo horn, ,b.v ,sronr,,t ioat voor 80. ,,root
anu n'fn ny ~sonen' l"ss soae was eroas
orally poor, and all depondont on thor growing
crops for subsistence; aud who Ind, many Of
than, slost a port of THAR nrat oropa tho vonr
- III r =. ,,,.s.'o.a,s,e ss,;'e.
ooio.e oS laa@'ssol1as a.,o a''1s'o1"oio "o"'net
but tho Horso doing OF tho looustB OF last acaaou
was, that thoy deposited tho eggs which have
1,atc1,of1 mt tho innrnae ewarma n, thte vear.
1aaa ass,,.,,oi.,s. eo,,;;,,. ~ 49,, a. t1ax ~,
poaroa Ano7o gsoana, ;haso grown eSefy aay
moro destructive, until, fow days ago, as IT
satlate1 BY their long fcast, thoy coaaod to eat,
mud
no.r rr,x rvrnv nnrrzr
:, nosE UPON EVERY nnEh1s,
hoattng or Tying IN great clouds for 10" hours
at time. When they dropped, which they did
without regard to whether laud or water would
rccoIvo them n tbov fol1 rnon f,o,d mr. fro,n or
.seo.so sAo,' suu '9.. a': s.ssn ~
aeasoen. "aeS "oa'o 1"nen 'sota ! sne 'enasssss
plants but, unIeBs q calm prevailed, would not
halt long. Tho winds llayo carried largo swattnH
OF them outside Of tho country thoy hud pre-
s,;o,,s1 naa,,,;"d a.1 +, t,ai, ,,,.s .,,a ,.'.o
.oo''y osou'a, t'.e' :" 1Ao'- u"1e' 10y nao
aohe ehoaeh aans"so 10 sefsoasiy ifishtea
neghborloods where tho people lad bofoso
seen nothing aud heard but little Of tic "hop-
pera."
ria Intact pows from fin infostosa rac3ons and
from tho places to which scattorod swarms lad
lloated during the preceding few days, WAS TINT
they uere nil OH tho wing md all flying southward.
AT frat tho reports agreed with each othor' md
with tho atata!nanta OF taoae wao remembered
former VlHltationH, that tho loolsta dia NOT NJ
onco ily away but waited for q wind upon which
49,. ..o. ~, ,utf,od ,,r,, tra,o ,,t r,,,,x,,
the5 toso aao a4'tea @""S' A"o Aa'ct 'opotta
are that .:.e,..:
,,, tn, 7nh1 ARE REALLY 111fSo, .'
althouRh Will tlo "lIla hno t!1e lace ol tno'r