, 1875-07-17
Enemies Of the LOCUST Ticks, Bees,
Flies, and Tapo-Wor
Belief that tho Latoly.Rayaged Region Can
Startely Become d Habitat Of
the Hopper.
Modes Of Fighting the Pest---Deep
Flowing, Grass-Firlng, and
Trench-Digging.
A Flight of the insects,


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From, CTR f,rn f7c,,..,,one@o,
LINCOLN. Neh,. 1uty 1f.-T,,o r.v.o., ~ a,
craoahopners. outsaa uhat T h,xo J..,s....
~ tho 'bopner. r.tlHtflrt fc1tcnd;no fro,, ~
mouth Of Tho South Platte soushvard,
HAVE nEsS yEny st1our
and can Bcarco hayo porcepiihlc eYact r,,
tho average crop-1,zod,lcts tn lho toca1it,o. );
which they occu.roI, Yet II ia tho o,o,cos.,.
reports Of ,bcBo which moro ths, ~, et.a
bo9ioro, led to tim euormoua,v .oyaore,,trd -
tions Of tho lossos p,era,ont ,s.t sn, .o,,s,, =
Chicago when l sot ont mn tafa i,,ycat;cs,;ot, -
tho 'hoppor-plague, Tbe fart ia th.t 4, ",
Valley Of tho Republican 1tyor whorc Ia,
fall the loss was very grca., tb,s snnson tho-.
has been no visitation CT tho 'hoppcra. III,
groas Platte Valley has this year ata,ost xvl,o,I,
ESCAPED, and tho entire 1oescs nrn cx.im,,ol -
only about 6 por cspt which In ,n,ro t,,.,, -. y.
IN ty tho increa.ca acrca,o rnf,os
and The better cfo,,-p;os6ect. In K,us,. ,roa
OF Topeka, tho losees hnye hmm ,-;vi,t With
there has been an increase. IL i. e,,,n,,od -,
from 10 to Is per cent In tho ar m ,,nacr cr,,;
vation, and tho cron-prosncct in
HEAnLr TWICE Aa puour.,,,a
hs Il was at this scason in 1874 Ero,, nj.
county {Scdgwick) on thn lfno ,f .ha At.,iao,,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe Railway. Which. betwoen t,o
'Aoppcrs aud the drought. lnat fail h.d NV, a.,
nothing to EXPORT welI.i isfnrmcd ,,er,,,a,,... =.
Atchsson told mo tho vhcat-o1nort ~, r.as
would hardly bo les. than ma Inn ,,s,..,, ,'"A
tho Yield being from no Ia Il; h,,.hote 49, .s'.
49, 1ihso"r'' eass OF octt Along tho Missouri
1aseE from ~ 10 10 niles in width, aud e3tond.
ing through tho cou,;llcs nar,ed in nv 1o,,.x
giying tho bouutarIes Ut tho 'honncr.,,i,.r,o,
tharo h,rs ,o.n -" ,1usa ~ Ino noppef"o'ssflct,
IN uA'o ooe" Nv 'e'*oa ny INC hoppors Of
easnelons consequence to bs worthy notice
while tho growing crops arc In apicudid con4;-
raa. and nortl, md ,vc.. ,,f !, -. ..-I., ~ Aaa~
var;,ua 1o,,,,ti.. t,.,;,., -" 4'oo'Ah@a' III
a'oue 'oea.'ies' An'.ed Ia aTca, aud separated
W ioaeucs o1 Intervening country. not only hayo
.nofe oeen 'ncuFsons Of gsasshopncrs from .4o
'hpppes-d -dntiict but 1t, tn.uy ,,,rta .,o f,,,...
wclo batcacd from c.,r, dcnos;tod h.. - .ooAsls
sw,rn,. ,xlic1, I.a, 49,. eu ~ tao WEST
- "s" '"nt se"r cauae oo"n from tho
ou ~ VI .a' foos-nliis anu Tue Great Platns.
Wherever this occurred
neutrality-suspicious.
ensuod among Tim fcro,orv 49,
xruplea lNh,ch Toro fnr,i., a t.'o aepol1a te'o
fow whose growing crops Lad boon .aAoo by tbo
'hoppets) we're maguifcd alter tho stvle i, Ia
expected from tbose rhu 7,o,o tha t,.a
lo,crB, and WIN. ,l,rna,, y, .,'.,u tuo heaviest
'oeAo'' tooh Httio noto OF how small these wore |
~ compared with tho aggregate growing crop
which wholly escaped, Now. tboaa ,,Ln .,..,s r
out loulest alarm in tI,eso loc,tit,c. .,,lI. he
th.t thsIr -,ar;s a,.;a,.e toea''lcs' hnd'ns I
NoA' Tue" pahle-stflcAea Eeporte had to |
= gieat e3tent chocked immigration, arc |
ouaiebt 10 helttliHG tbs damage suffered and. |
we're their statouenls to 10 accepted, tho uhnIa
matter might be dismissed M ,lpicscryint, ~
ao,..,s, ~ taG., ho"eser Of these hntclinSs III
uosseneu 4oca1ltics las o1cikcd tlle attention or
.bioct sn6ao 1or paraous who lave investigator tho
ewarns Of lust year deposited tl,or crua nx far
noEt' % tho limo ct Dakota. md tor cona,flera.
ble distance '*eat Of thu 'hnppes district !; but
tached pnsaa9 ss,,. sas astls oAcspt in tho do
~, THE Edu5 DID NOT HATCH.
I1o1 samuel Aughcy, OF tho uui,crritv nr
heofasha, whom inst ho.o, aud who II Que Of
s.D 1s" "nsSr,e,s aud ~ consequence
Dfanod theoiat. tells tho tia: last fail lo duv
np if;!a1snlopper,eggu i;l as far north ~ Pouca
3"thn about u In'es OF thu Dakota l,no1.
iAete lie found Oh examination, under tt,o n,;crn
eeops' hAd some ot them been sucked bY the rna
palaate, sN., WHICH lad t!etachod itself from tLo
patont hopper "hpn tho eggs wclo depos,toJ.
na a.p pea ,, ,usenea apon tho rac enyeloptnr tbs
a!ed'-.fron what caleu, is matter of contnc.
.atoi As a. year tue 'huppesa ca,uo down uuon
.bic, ~. ~ M's1sasEa, except uarrov strip OF
s,onr ~ Eshs ~ about he centEo. aud e1tonnr
n!o OF heofaska have especial reason for prsti,
M; Ivy W lu9 Parasite and to the unknown Agency
%oien ,soa aaolsa tne ossB fur each Of tho fomslo
nuPpets, aeposlia from 40 to 20 sgga In sac.
lad, during tue breeding or lay,uK SEASON. da,
post.a two Or thsee Of aLsss Hacs 10 that. IN shn
ordinary courSs Of eyonts, tlls pnarm Of las vc,p
might have been multiplied sbput tii.v finaa
y tho Matching this year A''
TIE HOPEFUL FACT
developed ~ tho researches Of Prof. Aueho,. and
confirmed BY tue oosorsat,ons Of
'stcAed In this region this year ars preys1 Inn
y Parasites to far greater s1tont ttnn wsra tbn
'arent @ swaIms OF iass fail. Tho Professor teiia
~ sn.': eaf!y 10 NAY upon about one III uino-
minod we're found parasites. 4 ram lasting
Ies1ly TWO days eneuod4 aud almost llamod,st"ir
hereafter scarce hopper could be touuI tu.t
ssa trca from patasites; from which, ito srrias
lat \ Tho parasitic ia developed by the ,noisiure
y the Atmosphere In this latitude, NJ much ,nure
'9mla than th9t Of the Foot Hills anu pluius Of
sotsAt Of tho hopper.
THE NATURAL xSEMIEB