, 1875-06-25

THE fEu1r.TnxEs nyrSu-so2IE cunlous AND IN
sThucFl'E l1fERts'FSTs WITH 'noffEas
6ntcnt to'rt're"deneeV " re th'ea'o iHo"@.
rails cf11' Heo'' 'uho 19.-f.oin hf"~n'llie.
III Nomapa ooul''s' N1o'' uAtc'co w 1uEsJ -
u'Aeo ~ sn'' L'"so' 'An o1. ~, , ~ Aa1" y.
non ~, Iu''h'y 10y seuy -, H.h ~ 'o. 10
1u',",' eos''.' W. - no .as' ..,, oa,
an9 ''' aost uuo1's ".u .o"s.o s"a ~ ,.1.'..4.
ueases lhalc"tihG 1!An s'a'o ~ ea's''a''oa'
IN the "Eoio INSTANCE o1 20 u''eH u'o hui heo
o single good field OF corn, oats, or bar
low, Several patches OF ryo wero stand
inr. and looked well; but on o1au.
..h' ...t' ~. ,,a.,1. ,o,.a .ro~,, ,ro,,,
WAS eaton out. All tho POTATOES are tskou.
snd could not soc growing q vegetable Of any
kind. 1bo couutry presontcd tho eamo brown
sterile anpcarauce as II swcnt by fro and waa
,s, 49, '. ,a5aas ~ aa1 t~a;. 1919
tou tnas "a9s VI 'uo neascs auu ....,. nuts-1sea
woro dYlHg. l saw many trces WILL brnncIca
stripped bure OF bark, and. IN somo instances,
comu'otoly eird,od. do not think ono troo Ia
fcn w,l, ,yo au,l u,ost of the hodcea viii aye to
10 ios!antea. henaha. otoo' ana lncnafaaon'
nro tho great frnit-growing counties OF Nebraska;
and the loss Of trecs is sesious blow, not only
IN .ho countfea. hit tho State. II will take efglt
.ns so... ~ .a,,,o,a son,a -, a.. aren.r .r,,s ~
or t'n yp"17 ~ 4oP'1eo toA'e VI ,Ao osaAuo "a
Rs good condition Ut they Ncfo "heh TUG grass
horpora can1o.
am told thoro is atrip Along tho vostoru
border Of Nemnns County that has oacaped tho
norpesa' anu ,o es' snO's s .o.s ~ I ~. ''s -,
thnn ono-foursl' of crop. ho"oFor: la 1919 IN
Nomsha, and scarcely anything at a'ltn Richard
'on nc County, tt..- .r .,,, .,,r,,,x ,.,
49,, .aA'ne4o ~ ,os. e, -. ~
and tllcro fs gfcat oomana for eoou. Corn Ia
scarce, aud. aa tho farmers can Gully buy on
credit, but fow Of tho merchants are willing to
farmers havo boon trusted for two and ti,roo
yaava, aal The morchaata say thcir capital fs OK
l,auHte1, aud it IL Impossible for them to con-
tlnuo to credit.
money on farmerH' notes Tor Quo, tso, aud thrco
years. THO notos draw u por cout per annun,,
aud tho nogotiator charges por cont. Tho i"-
forest for tic time specified il tho noto Ii Do
oyor. Ii this transaction, tic a,nouut paid by
tho farmer ia about II pei cout por annusn and,
Notwithstanding this enormously high ratio, a
great many farmers arc ayaillng themselves of
" I.s1 Il NV tue ' 'Iapposs ] 1t work ia % Several folds,
a,l millions ntill coptinuo to pafa overhead,
stcorog duo northwest. Occasionally q column
drops. and eats up Tue country for m1los Night
ss Wch Is s4 M e rss N Ssa
aud IL IN hour I4e yalloy cloauod for miles. Il
saxioty oi }a1mcis WHO Lii hsvo tleir erops
loft, MAny OF tuCtu 4pQn1 most OF their tltno
in Watching tl.o sky, and tho loast change of
wind oaukes tho utmost constornatiou
az tho TIIonpera drop when atruck by
"a eauterly curront. saw . column
hit by load Wind. and it
troppcl noar lnlIa CITY, Tbis flock of 'hoppors
way about milo vide md ovcs tIrco miles long.
TLoy were bright, aetlye-3ook,ug follows. aud
did not soem to bo suffering from parnsites or
taae.wor1ns Fortunately tloy fol- o., purfectty-
barron folds. Which tIer prodoccsaora had
etrinpcJ OF everything. aud evidently did not
like tic aituatiop: for after resting about m
hour, tho Mind changed, and tAoy rose lIko
ugoops and sailed away to tho northwest,
Exporimonts with 'lopunrB aus n,,mesot,H and
the peopio i, tao devastated region arc Jptor-
mined to lnd out something about them. Ono
gentleman, having found two gs,lbs Ia ono hop
Dor. examined them carefully with q ,pwetful
ciass aad prunoupccd diem In perfect hoalth.
i[n Ina a lot nf erl,l,s j,urlcd In a lin bor
nnd dnn1pons tho enrth With rain.wntor
ocoasioueiiy. Fae thinks t!,oy viii chnuuo from
grub into aomethinc olso In about tAtoo ycoks.
Anotlpr persou burIed a lot OF 'hopoora eliyo.
and he Is waiting to 100 ehou tho rrubv viii
ienye thcIr bodics. and what becomes Of them
nfterwarda. IIn1nubtril]v tho enrth il liza mt
urai nlaco for Tho urub, Tor. on beipc relpsand
from thn body Of a homer, he i,nmcIIatoly
experiments may DO OF fntorcnt
A hopper with both wings pEllcd on did not
eecm to mind It.
4 hopper Win les on consinaod lively and