The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-20
The Grasshoppers md Potato Bugs in
Iowa.

From Letter to the Chicago Inter Ocean.l
There Is no use of longer Disgusting the fact that
so far as the east portion OF Sac county is con-
cerned, II the grasshoppers do not leave soon-and
there seems to be no such prospect-this county
will be nothing but barren waste. do not be-
neve there will be Atty bushels Of wheat, oats and
corn raised In this township this year, and still the
Immigration" Iheard the heaviest land owner in
sac county say yesterday that he would sell 400
acres Of wheat Tor what the seed cost HIM. and
about two hours later he brought an immigrant out
to sell him some land. The immigrant asEel him
what was the cause OF the barren strip around his
wheat. He remarked that he left 1t so his herd.
ers could easily Keep his stock OF his
wheat. These are the men who fee editors In OF der
TO &c. them to say no ,grasshoppers IN this
hoppers are oil leaving or dying on" 1 can stand
in my door and count thirty patches, from two rods
to half an acre square, that are barren the day
they were plowed.
From the Muscatine Journal
All accounts agree that the potato-bug movement
this season is unusually early and formidable. Mr..
joseph Bennettl informed MS on saturday that III q
field o. potatoes on the island which he planted in
April, there an average OF nine ougs to each po-
tato In patch he has on the BLUM they are not
quite SO bad MIR. w. p. Frazier estimates the num-
per Of bugs on mis- At half dozen 70 each plant.
invariably ny eastward. Ofcourse unless the bugs
come to premature and unexpected end, they will
It is sara however, that a certain species OF ant
has appeared, and is destroying them in great num-
should be encouraged by all means.
Unfavorable Reports from Indiana.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writ
ing from Huntington county. says:-
The farmers ol Huntington county make blue
report OF their crops. Grains are mostly winter
killed. and the wire worm is ravaging what is lett
The crop OF the whole county Will surely laI far
below the average. The potato bugs have CON-
menced their summer campaign. ana are literally
eating the young plants down to tie q ound IN
SO Tar.
THE COTTON CROP.
The New Orleans Times OF tue 9th inst gives in
detail the result Of two three days. investigation
OF tue condition and prospects OF the cotton crop
In tne regions tributary TO New Orleans The gem
cotton lands have only just been planted; much is
now only being planted, or rather replanted,
as the overflow waters subside. The
season Is late, and 1t is Impossible IN
anybody should be able to even form an opinion
what yield to expect from this replanting. Obvi-
ously some Idea can be formed however, as to the
probable amount or loss Of crop by reason of the
hood or decline IN acreage since IN either the
losses are already partially ascertaneu. The de-
cent 1t Is Wen known that genel al sentiment
prevailed throughout the cotton belt that 1t would
be wise policy on the part Oh the planters to re.
duce the area OF cotton and increase the area Of
to believe that the loss ii the crop OF 1874 outside
oil the average decline Of ten per cent in the acre
age, Will probably fall short of 100000 bales and
may not exceed 100000 bales. These conclusions
are necessarily hypothetical, and assume the
favorable contingencies OF the weather and alb.
replanted cotton shall sufficiently mature to escape
its ravages."