, 1875-05-22
Letter from Stale EntomoiogIst Riley as
10 tie Best Means Of Pa1li-
ating The Evil.
Hhat Missouri Papers Think About the
Governors Fasting-and-Pray-
ing Proclamation.
Magnificent Prospects in Southern KIM
sas--The Want0n Slaughter
of Inscct-Dcstr0y-
ing Birds.
1.:,te3t Telegrapllic Reports from
Various Quarters.

IA4tG9t A%1N$3 NpAAAN Ae~GSA AZ AANAAA
Various Quarters.
NEBRASKA.
.o:r ENCOURAGING fAcra - VIEWS or rRoF.
AunilEr.
5ptetai CoYreapondenct " Tht Chtea1o Tribune.
l;EnaAsgA Ctry, Neb., NAV 13.-1nqutriaa nro
ocursug In from all paris of tho cpnutry 10 re-
card to tho progress OF tho graBshopper plague
In Nebraska this aeasou, ant, knowing tue peo-
p]a Of your Stato to bo much Interested In tho
us!tcr, horewith acnd you truthful accouot
Of tho dreaded devastation.
Is ia rcil known to tho world, Kapsha and Nc
br,.ks BufIorcd terribly from ahis hoourge Inst
yesr. Tho hoztlos Of grasshoppora cauo up
from Colorado and Now Mexico, crossing Kan
e.s diagonaliy from eouthWcHt to northeast, Gu
ksing Nebraska Ut tho Republican Valley, layiug
waste tho vcatotu aud middle portions OF tic
eato, and disappearing In Dakota and Iowa.
Tho eastcru portions Of both Kaneas aud No
tresan escaped tho visitation. ThiB aenaon,
rtasshoppor-egga uero carly discovered III vari-
cus portions OF tho stato. aud especially in those
l2cali,lea whore they were last soou 'ssl yoer.
lu tie Cosntias Of
EE,iAlIA AND a1cNAnn1oS,
Ia The o1tr0mn snuthcaasorn part Of tho State,
lhc ersa hatchod to an nfarlninR e1teit, and,
npon tho sprouting OF tho email grain planted
few moDtita ago, tna young 'Aoprer1 i'egaa 20
,srious attack, aud cleaned ovcrything green
from tho ile!iu. They thon took up their march
in southcas.crly direction, and, ut Lost ac-
counts, wero giving tho pcoplo Of Missouri tho
honont ns thc;r por,,n,,1izms cff,-tx.
'Ds .,'.s .,.a,. sa.n.ass H.. ..,, ,,-.,.> IT,.
oo'o 'uot "opa.'u'o' W. s""aS t's"''' :. .'"a
tho crops Esli l,n fully as gotxl III tlo two eoun-
Hos uamod above Al II nat Iocust lad bcon
.een t,;, sea.,n, Tho ]ocuxta inv, cn,irn,v din
'oeu ssa es.,, 49," ,.,us - a.'s ~.
speAl"u i.o.' .no0' 'osi.se' Al4u wv '@..ls.a
aro conHsatl!at1ns tuonaHrlfe5 over tno fchutsa
thus far.
~ -,,y wr:;r;us cprS74.s
,ttf, s.,,, ,xr,.,t. ~ ,.,t. ,vn,. t,,,af,,1 a.
W ."a a.. .ss ~" ",." as p' 80
vas el'own ny the discoveries III inhny places.
Tho backward spring. cold sscathor, n,d cold
rains, have beol, tho friends of tho farmer, how
sYct, aud layo killed all or nearly ail tho eggs.
,.,,trs. taao .s.,,.t,.s ,oss-a
."aS aAooao'o''y '''A4'oR t1oso oounstsa "nont'
tho southwest, ~ was tho caso lust gear.
Prof. Aughoy Of our State University, 3
l.cr,cd anil rccntIf, re,,t1er,an bnn. tooen,e-
w,,,, rrof TLo,n.. rorr stolo Ento,noso,r.,
aad Prot. Ki!cy etato LhsotnoioG'ato OF alfasouf1'
glvon tho grnsshopper question considerable At
tontion duripg tho last fow years. Your psof.
sr,,o,,.. h,s a,r.os1 nrh1f,hnd . ,,,u,h,a ,x,rr
1At .N,.1 .1 <sss..tas.. s..a.s.s s...,,,.,
On tno Acfyah laaigse'ots ethsahoPpee tauly)'
and Prof. Riley has contributed somo valuable
papers on this Important aubjeot.
Prof. Aurbey. sipco hin resldonco in tha West.
H.. a,,vn,, ia s,,hioct ear,est a.tnn,o, 11e T..
Aso s4'au tno 1ou!ost "a, asso.''ou, 40 ~
OF the OPINION Will ifot. h1ley, tnas sho grass
hopporB
nus OUT IN 4 rev GENERATIONS
.,t.r t,cv le.va tf,r n,tiyo na,,f,v and crave,,~
80 'a'' ". ,."o s.o' a~.' ~. az. h."'o''5
pains. frot' Aueney a'ases tnas 10 Aas tof
several yoaIs nado experiments which fully
verify this opinion. uo found tue gtAsghoppers
~ ta n,.t venr,. comnv ,nrct Iorocr .,1 a. ronv.
'uo a1ss 5eat s's .n"sa eaa hs.ona
,es' aua moio aeoe' tnaa 'Aoso u saa Subsequent
year, and consequently Of moro destructive
capabilities. Tia Professor SAYS that In somo
c,sc.. tha nrcs laid in 1894 did mt hatch At Al,
s.s oosa sa1S .S .st .-...sa. w sss'
1ne ohanBeh 1foM cola ~ uos Weatuer. % 8omo
osnet unk"own esasos' eeema 10 ssp tne9s t con-