, 1875-07-03

~ The hopper @ hent kelipIs e H., sxs' T. ,sa =,
spyt!,,nE ptiFer,-e7cept these ID hoppe's,
hns ts,l yon, ,f,er tho way they hsts ~, gone ,ne
tl.rongl, us. ratlles onioy II. ,es. @ M 1ts nh'3 my
tlor instinct "a cat us out AlteI las, AZ 80, M,u
remembering that 1iis nursery, va'tHd At t2otl',
aud the crop on ,lls fuo farma, hAal hssh tie
yu,lrea By the 'hoppors, ,litlilt think 1t "nrth
uf.,Io To inquire why ie had kicked about IN Tho
IN st,ie grass, stamping hoprefs until ho ~as !eti
in i.,e lace and out OF MoAth, w,'a he eoNk'n
reduce thcir numbers much moro than l1o might
haze r.ttuce1 tho waters Of tue Missouri VIII =
tin-paiI. ...-....
ANEw COUNTY,. ......z
Wl,pu we had ro4o abou. miles. to my asar"
prise. we camu upon fiho fel11 Of corn' IN "h!ch
ths stocks wprM hass averaged = fset II ntsRht.
13osonl were ina t}cklA Of wheat Ana oash almost
renlv to he harvehtcd. al rsro Intervals 10 the
rorn-fcdH, lhnre unro bare pasclnH' AMI paia
ptupflo una 10 Be seet, In = few r!acea III Inc
r,a,n -t;elts Bit on driving milo or Two fnr-
thar. va saw that tho crorB woro scarce anfn.
atcd oe all Wo u,ado Il t1otour anu FecroEhcd
tIo Kraashoppo. range at another point anu
ft,1,ud Il, had bean Htstet TO mo ny a7e1y passoA
nj whun, had ,natle inquiry. tIlat
the t,rksaHbTrAn nAH1E
IN +I,ia {Otoo) county was eouhncts TO pflt tn
tho townships bordering OIL The Missouri, and
-suvin,. from to 8 rniIcH in width Within this
abont aG square u,stea, tho 'hoppors havo literal
II takeu eyarytllin: growing except tho praliio-
rrasa and milk-wouka. T1lt rnnRe also o1tontla
liaeonaiiy aer1Hs tbs iower.centrat portion OF
1he county. following lbo cuuraa of tie Litt1o
Nolnal,a River and It's tributaries. ln all. tho
loss in Otoo Ia estimated. BY tho best III
formed persons at onc-1alt tito growing
crup Of the cpnnty. which comprises
oyosy acre Of which s susceptible Of cui:tvstion,
nrl about half Of which is under cultivation.
There in, however,
NO ACTUAL pKsrIGtf7fus.
nor even difficulty about nbtaioinE seed for
roptantlng. TIE fatmess OF 0teo County are
gcncrally wall-tpdo their farms arc paid for
their credit is good; and at least tHo-thrds tie
devastated district llaa already 1een re-
planted. and the Whole of Il. It ~
e; ns,, w waa 'e c9 'Ssy Sye shown 1ss pss s
most corumeudabts Eprit in this natter-Bomo
OF than nov bong engaged to ropfantinr for the
third ttrno. Tho general sontinae1't among them
IL summed up itt tho phraAa hear every where
ore "Wo aint eo.ae to k'ye a H. tbs se1y "a
has hcen with the earlier sariatses of coru, be.
sidos which Bome lauds liAyo bco1 s0wn with
Hungarian grass. sugar-lcot, md buck"heAt.
With favorable scaaon, tho 9cneral expectation
ia that for tho county at largo. Tie yield will be
nearly or quito up to TINT Of average good
sessous-to mako it which tho farmers gro work.
ing with q will.
The peculiar foatnrc about tho graeshoppcl
plague this year il that these 'an been
The nyrlas}H Of these postA Tint hsye devastated
tins region wero brot llaro, being the first IN
stance, since tic settlement Of tbs State, in
which that has occurred Tbs grasshopners oi
1857, 1867. and 1914 came from to [oat-btllA and
pIAtuH Of Wyoming ard Montana- Those Of laat
year cano ~ lato In the soaaon That tho damage
done by them, III this locality, was compara,
lively slight. Dut hetn they Deposited
their eggB. aud III tho latter part ol
April aud carly in Mag, they began t.
t,rt1 ~ a It tnf1tn fhniI
wings wern fully developed. Meanwhile, tho,
literally covered tie surfaco Of the ccountsy,--thl
rcgiou in which they hatcbcd, ,-dovouring tht
entiro growing crops ant carrying havoc among
| Tho frnit-tEccs, nurRetlas ctc.
| TIE N4TCIIISG p1STHIc7
begins at point in Cass County. noar the river
| antf about Is miles notti Of tho ilao OF Otot
County, being IN tho vicinity Of Piatssmoush,
extending also back along tho creek-bottonas IT
| ships In Cars Connty, however. are thou
on'y In which tho damage has bees
Besious. In that county the damage Las boai
| much loss than iu Otoe. AS IT extends south
wartf a1on1 the Missonri, tho ''iocnst-bc}t,' =
southern boundary Of NehraakA strip 40 or Il
miles vide, nB IL reported; but which shall OK
ploro IN order 10 got al tho facts with accuracy
| Thtnce tho belt extends into knnsas. Early d
June tho 'hopperB began to tako
THEIR Flight
toward tla plains mud foothills OF tho North
[ west. aud The only damage tlvne by then
outside tho locuat-belt countieB has been whe
tley haYe encountered hcali-winde and alightcd.
mover lopgar.l All informed, than fur tnenty -fgT
lIoura, nitor which they resumed slsar flight
| Tho reports Of thcsc damages it IL that hav
created Tie impression prevailing in somo guar
tcrs Of the t,aat that ths entsz atatA IL ovasyu
by tho 'LopperB. Al prosent, .earo tile few re
naming stragglors. they have Disappeared. Th
serious question remaining In whether those Lot
wilt t1epQs1t eggs that will nq1t Rprlng hatch an
whether in July. aH last yeax, there vii. l.
another iucursion Of thom swarlning down frot
Wyoming aud Nontaos- HkHArrR.