New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-18
REAPPEARANCE or THE GRASSHOPPERS.
THE PESTS ALREADY ACTIVE N MISSOURI.
From The Chicago Tribune
pninfnl rnrorta Coma 70 ns from many

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sources concerning the reappearance OF The grasoppes
and the apprehension daily grows stronger that these
ire est Visit r. estern iS.nuri rcToTfs 70 me
Stotr City Journal: "The young grasshOppers de-
vOuring everything green in that portion OF Missouri
named. The people all panic-rtlckcn. Cattle and
horses dying by the hundreds from starvation. They
trees ia the woods Everything has been eaten up by the
pests Merchants have refused 10 dit men wh0 two
years ago. were considered wealthy, ruined within tie
past TWO years and many q Tue merchants are leaving
Mr o. W. Fiskins and Mr.. Ebbrey who have just re-
turned from Missouri state that in the ncghborhoOd of
81 Josenb millions of grasshOpner have mae their ap-
pearance and are eating mp everything. Mr., FlSklns
saws they are now as argeas horseay and quite sry t.
walking in the fields hundreds Of them rose before him.
and they that by sweeping his hand through
This report is confirmed by MI Ebhrey who sa in
sections he visited the hopper pests nave already
devOuTed every green thing.
FROM The st. Louis Republican.
We have reports OF the grass1oppers IN va
gGns r Tha 1 66s5 7 bo S f IN S xxx not
less than 800 of the eutcrpSng Little insects manifested
out very suggestive way and learn that they have
been seen coming out or hOweFpots kept al Winter IN
The farmers do feel entirely easy about the hop
pers though some of them aIeue hat they Will travel
yanced expend their the states east Of u.s.
NUMBERLEss COCOONs DISCOVERED IN MIME
sofa.
From The 81 Pau Pioneer Press.
In Minnesota, far AZ can be aScertalned,
the main GepOsiting is now confined 10 Or ions OF
Crown. Ncoet, Blue Earth and Ia sueu1 Counties, but
the eggs found far east GOodhuc County SUCH
anties as to cause serious apprehension among the
farmers of that THRIVING locality Mr James liugncs,
prumincut and very int gcnt farmer residing u Ncc-
1T Township AYERS, from his oDsCr ms spring
That the TO nc discovered IN astonishing num-
III localities but that the larger proportion OF lAoNe
deposited in moist ground have already been Uc Fnyed
by natural But few are found IN TIE cuyateu
fields, while the implanted strips adjacent 10 the Ielcs
reveal them in muiutudes. On hsh, Oh CRY anu s'h'
soil the eggs have Latched Tor are hatcHngl ~ sucA
numbers that the plaques Of Egypt stand sLatOOI lpph
every knob, and destruction and want seem hoocq Tor
of the plains Nr lgbes, Il Sc tie majority OF farmers
N bis v{riecc doc not permit the inpendn" DANGER To
interfere VITA his ab0T but will cultivate a Usual ana
10 an equal He states that the habit OF IN locust
is 10 gather ia sSarIns along the fencing with Che advent
~ fe cooler air Of the evening and his plan % eZeT-
mnation is TO spread straw in such spots ana aIteI ne
insect has Effected his Judgment for ne night he PROPOSES
to lire the piles and thus pace mil oIs bars ne eoDbH
with a wave OF his torch Those VINO have gwen the
matter attention are disposed 10 peleVe ti LIE pin
will prove more effective agent OF desnucuon AMI pro-
ana crushing ne heTded" swaHs By the means Oh roll
ers ADAPTED 10 tle purpose s,,ooo.s, ,,rro- now 70
siding at ST. Peter, but the owner Of very valuable
OF land Ia an adjacent 'owusl si t'i eocoH.ls
nave not rTupted their contents, and there Is posi-
billy that tie dampness and cold Of the spung may Ink
them to suspicious death while the people are us
n0sod take asOmewhat Oomy view OF the foslecSnOW
before them. Ia this lac y the farmers arc cxpaniHS
thai the later maturity Of tie crop may carry II
reach or thc destroyers IN tIc n4eaate HiCila
OF It Peter and within the limits Of the city, millions OF
the insects emerged from the cocOons which nave
shielded them during the nclement weather The Hon
G. r. Brown. formerly SurveyOrGenerA, speaking from
personal and careful observation, states that the
eess are to be found in countless numbers in the
woods stretching Ct. Peter 10 GAINESVILLE, Waseca
a distance " about Is miles, ana the beaten
r"und alonc tie roaGways perforated a
H. nt pan i the yielding and plant earth at dis
lance from 5eatngs OF wheels OF footballs OF animals
anu 'n"''i IRON, The Vorthfnqton Mfqn.) Adrance.
As for this immediate section. there Is prob
mi along the Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers eggs
have ben deposited and pests Matching. These
Young grasshOppers Will feed on the growing crops dong
considerable damage for eight or ten weeks ana VIII theh
fly away. - 49,. - ,,--.-
THE DESTRUCTION OF CROPS BEGUN IN KANsAs'
$500 From The Chicago Tribune.
A lady writing from Western Kansas under
da1e Of Anr 49, SAYS spent the day at the farm last
Thursday and never many grasshoppers IN my
life They very 'ma-not quarter OF a men 9ns
covered with them, and it was Impossible 70 VAIN VIII IN,
killing them Mammas roseDnsn d anu biadc Of
erass was left. The wheat is completely ruined As
that not bad enough the chlnch'puss are waiting
but he don't think he Will plant any more II II 700 us
couragng gentleman WING rCh srnFred r the
crsshoppers indeed in many places every green thng
Is already eaten up"
Tbroneb the courtesy of Mr. ID. {. Sinclair
of Troy Kan. have received small box OF What lie
calls the first Kansas crop Inc DoA contains i, iio d
or so Young grasshOppers all appearing TO De awe anu
vol Such a wrggling, hopping, eager mass we nave
never before The little pests are about quarter
ac an In a priyate letter Mr. Sinclair says they are
already doing immense damage III That locty taxing
AID 81 wheat in sections and utterly destroying the
nrnutno cron We shall keep specimens boxed up
til the crop dies and then we shall cremate them lor
fear OF accident ,,e. -,
NEBRASKA
From Ihe omaha Herald
The transformers that have thus Tar hatched
ouf in some OF the counties III this state appear 70 pe
rather weakly and die or are destroyed ny pcA
birds crows gg"S ana pTsiFe to locust and
their increase should be encourage ~ $50 ~ 800