, 1875-05-29
kAN5RSs
potie4,es af The Chtta9s tribune,

sowing. The ground generally Is In excellent
condition. Tho people generally arc using ex-
tEaordinAry sxsEsionH to sccuro good crops. A
larger acreage Ia sowu and planted In
Kansas tAAn ever boforo, aud Tho cropH arc do
yelopinr remarkably we'll. Accounts from Ill
pointR west aud southwest Of this point In Ksn-
ma Azo vcry favorable, ,--crops coming Oh finely,
snd bidding fair for bounsiful yiuld. There
srs somo complaints OF young gEaaBhoppera In =
fon localities. but not serious Or general. In
tha tHo eAstoIn tiezs of counties IN Kansas, aud
western couutics In Missouri, where the HEahs-
hoppers woro latest last fall, young oncs hayo
nlado their appearance In spots In large nu1n-
bcrs or quantities rather (as thoy can bo csti-
mated botter by tho buhheD, md are doing
f,eld.crops; but, 70 fsT ~ Kansas is
Concerned, It ia not general, aud I
think will not pe serious. I confidently expect
Kansas to produce larger crop Of Rra!n this
81 Missouri, tho prospect Is not 50 good. Thelr
wintcr-wheat WAS seriously damaged by tho
wiptot, aud tho graasloppoiB arc moro minor
ous and destructive In some places lac, ~ II viii bo
aerIoua. ". HADLEY.
BR1onr rrosrEcrs.
Correspondence u Ths Chicago Tri1un4.
BA11sA, Kan, 1Eay 2l.-In your lshue OF the
nth inst. noticed M article headed "1'he
Grasshoppers," which, nmong other thIngs,
speats Of reports coming from Westcrn Kansas
OF the destruction Of crops by theso llttlo peas,
which / beg leaye 10 correct to certain extent.
BAllna, tho counsy-seas Of Saline County, iB
!osated shout tho centre Of tho State. 1876 miles
west OF Kansas City, on the line of tho Kanaaa
Pacific Railroad, and In tho very contre Of what
| Ia now known AZ Western Kansas, as tharo
| ato only few counties directly wost Of us
| which can 10 rauked among the agricultural
counties OF tue atate tnoat OF them boIug at
preseut nstd tor grazing by stock-meu. I will
writo only OF what poaittyely know Of district
embracing Ave OF tue principal agricultural
counties III Western Kansaa, II not In tho entiro
State, and on the limo Of tho Kansas Pacific Rail-
road, namely: sollnc Dickinson, Morhelson.
Ottawa, aud Lincoln. Ny buslnsaa brings me
!n daily contact Nsth nume1ous porsous from all
theae counties. and I havo mAde It my special
business to make inquiry in almost every In.
etAneo about KrasShoPpe1s; aud an happy to
STATE that hare not, up to this writing,
hsard Of = single Instance where, In any Of
tho countiss mentioned, theJ havo destroyed
crops, or even seriously iniutoa them. II IL
true there hare beon millions Of them latched
out; but onlJ &loog tue s.Eeama aud timber, 2
Of miles out, ase thoy now to bc secni and.
from persouAl observatiau, q we'll Al Informs
tion gathered. there III not one for every ten no
t,oeabls tnrae waeks sgo. Wo haYo thousands
upon Thousands Of black hero, uho ssem
to relish ~. sh' h4EsY st nstd Ind Eath', them
ance. Nsyer boforo sincs Kausas be-
came State have tho prospects In Western
counties been - bright Al taey now are. Thero
last fall, which is now Al headed ont, and In
thseo wooka from non, will bs ready for Tho
reaper, snd 1t Is tho general opinion Of iii old
settlers that, II no grasBhoppsss como In from
other places, NO will hayo nothing to Fear, but
will have reason to thank Almighty God fot
bIesaing and tehtoHin8 q most bountifsl crop
upon Central and Western Kansas. ", n. Gt,a.