, 1875-05-24

MINNESOTA,
GItEAT ANXIETY.

From conversations with farmers from differ
ent parta OF this county, ne Learn, shat tho ogss
ass Matching out in considerable numbers,
though not enough havo ret appeared to caune
any great destruction Of crops. Whether tho
number will bo greatly Increased docs not seem
to Be fully sottled in the minds Of those with
whom No hhva convcsecd, although great anxiety
is felt. They sppaar 10 bo tho tlickeat along
the sde OF the New Ulm road. abou. & or mica
weat Of horo, and We understand tho farmers In
that locality hare hold ! meeting and u,ndo ar
1aoRomenta 10 scatter st1aw over tho ground aud
burn 1t. About miles west OF Aefe tho graAs-
hoppcla are out in Immense numbers. II is
hardly poseiblo to destroy them BY burning
STRAW over thoul. from the fact that they do not
ell lAstch At ona time. Those which hatchcd ten
days ago have already insadtd helIa Of oats ut
. distance Of . or ] rods, and are eating tho
leaves. Considerable nualbrrs nre hatc.l:ng At
Belgrade. The hoppcFs arc plenty along the
roads III Lsfsyetto. but scarra any elsewhere ex-
copt nlops the bottoms on tie Minnesota liver.
THE wonk OF DESTRUCTION.
4 correspondent Of tho saue paper, fru,n
Couytlaud, sara: '1lo gensshnppers have boon
hAtcbiug in this vicinIty for the last ten uaye,
aud hayo commenced tlcir work OF destruction
In food carpeet, Which yon eau caalty seo by er-
asnIaing 3 fsw speala Of wheat herewith ill.,
closed. which iB fair sample Ut tho damage a.
ready tlonD 10 whole tiefda OF gFstn, but il at
pretent PRINCIPALLY coniined to last years break
large numbers. In such places 1t will 10 folly to
e1s'eci . busllcl Of gram this year. There nso
somo Localities, hoWesoE, that may escape with a
light crop, 4u|ess, "hen the pcsts begin 10 tlr.
they should drop down on tbs now favored local
it,aa aud DESTROY them also. On the sauC III al
TIC fsom Courtland Station wost AZ far ~ tho
township c1sonds tho prospect for crop In very
roos. although peop!o arc doing everything III
their power 10 savo the most favored portions Of
thelr crop oy burning the prairie erass.''
ALL OVER TIRE PRAIRIE.
And still another. from CRANKY. w1ites: "Wo
hayc them on the brain, and on the grain, mud
they are all over thiH beautiful glcen r1aiEe--
tho Rrssshoppers-and cut and SLASH nhersyer
1t comes handy"
IHE LATKar suMMlHa.us.
Tho editor OF the Tribune Aadst 'Tl,o IatesL
anmming-up Of tho .raEshorper prospect seems
to bo that NO shall suffer soEne damhKe-to wtIa.
extent caunot now bs safely preuicted. The
hopeful features Of tho arc. llrst, that being
mostly along tho roAds1es, they eau, by united
and persistent effort. bo to = great oxtent de-
stroyed aud, secotd, ~ thett coursa IL south
oasterly, whenover they got ready to ty, We sha!l
room after 900 tho last of ttenl Finally, ~ they
paScr hAyc tlourished for series u yearB eaat
Of tho Mississippi, no part OF tho country IN
likely to bo afflicted by sl1oal smother year"
AEponTs YNuM yAnloCs FONTS.
81, iMtE paper.
0raashorpera. uly1iads Of them, haya ap-
poascd III West Newton. Lafayette, aud Cau1t-
land, NicoI|et Conaty. DroWn County is COM
r&tatiyely FREQ from the pests. Reports frou.
Aol4eod, Aibley, and leSueur Couatlea a.s very
discoufsglng.