, 1875-06-28
CROPS AND 'H0PPERS.
NEBRASKA.

NEBRASKA.
AID ron THE FARMERS - THE STATE AID SOCIETY
IN TIE f'ELn, AND pE'As1AFsp couSIlEs 1o
C." s,,.'.., ~. t,s'...., nj. .u.
Ssan.,. r ~, 1sa m re s:"oa ..s"+, .n.n 20,
a., ,,ssa ..,,.a n..p,ss ,t'.. "''l'' .1 49, ~,
Co'nt,a, No,,,.s"a .r,,a sa.., -. 1,,..., s.e
ooo"'l'F' 1e''as"h. 1Ao etoi'h !" A""ne' Aio
ABOUT ohe-l1ifd destroyed ny grasbhorpcfs. antI
fully d half has been hlsen IN johnson. Thls III
tho sl.irn town of O,oe, md las population of
r,en,,v or npf,c nm ami, Er,r, ir.cn,,ao,, :,
ur...,,' aN M,,,.ss , ~ ' ~ ,,;,.1 ...s, H.. ~
buggy, AMI snw hut few crops growing. Millions
OF tioprorR l!cl tl,., uir, liking duo northwest
aud millions moro covered tho ground. In
ptacea lhoy wcro 40 Thick Tim h,,pt,v. wl,ec1.
i" ~ .'-'s '"o "noei"
cr''"aoa nohatods ot t!ei1' ana they roso IN
clouds around u. annoTin, Tho horses and 1nas-
ing them quite reAtioss. l sar, ,he 'llopuots at
work In ono rlac, eating M everything green;
hut rost NJ linn, .oon,sa o,,v .o.,i,,,r ~, ,,,a
~. ''''ss VI t'.on seoh,ea Only tostl,ss OIL Nle
oaf'f' pfon"fatorY to long Hight. There woro
ulanv young UpcB without wngs, and | enw
eouo that will tako fully Two weeks boforo they
,nat,,ro so ti,ov ran nv. An erou1u,t,nn n n
"s'o 1".Ha ~ ."os ~" ~ n" eaa"''',a''oh o'
iats" Foaeh orehafa eho"oa lilo tFoca wc!o
damaged no tint most nf them will dio. Tie
Oeago-orange hedges wefe also cntcn ur. aud
xil, haro tn In rcr,o,tcd f,,n ferm.r ,xl, hud
.ao..'s1s ~ ,..,,a.. ~, '.,A... :, ""o 1'"a
I1o"ca1 on,o !a'a 'aes 'h'. ""s s.stas IT, aho' as
he turned It over, oxposod millions OF Of csGs.
Soon aftes isoing turned up to tho tho sun tho
cgEs ,y1uld crack oreu, and hca1thy
rouro i, ,,,o, o,,,.na r,on, a,,,, .r,''
yoans u 'nros emerge from each, Tho
"v!6hDo'o !o"'on"'f"'ea Win MN
1of row1n9 Tie latlu bit he hhtd tho 'horpcrH
would Latch out ANY way, md all he would tur1,
ur would not aud niucL to the arnlv iu tI.e Held.
The farucn woro geuon1lly reptnntinR, anu
making avery csrort to get secti. Quo old fellow
said ho was going to plant Gil until the miduo Of
July, md trust to luck for crop. A farmer
said l,o had planted corn thtoe tsu,en, md had II
Tho E.naSa @ s s:ato KID % I'D J. 1oiist itf sEs; socutv
which had cloaed it's labors ant diaba,,tlad, llaa
again brcll called together, and IL pu.ilius oorn,
potato, bs'cks hsat, tnrnip. sqnnsh and other
Eeraa intn tilo levastua couutlos. When tho
1arnaess heard this Society WIS coming 10 their
relief. it eruntiy encouraged them: aud tnauy
who "cro holding ot1, having ITO why to got .oei,
haSo Gone to work rreparlng their ground for
rum 10,0tu to 15.0ou roopio aud laAt spring
FURNISHED Beod 10 tScnty-tl,rea counties. Not
ono Of tito conutisG devastated fnAt year haB been
eaten up thiH soar, aud thu wise policy Of re-
ps4,sing. them Ii NOW apparen. to every ono.
When tho hocioty closed its work, there waa
sono purtioa 0f tho stato appropriation to itH
credit: untl, siuvo then, sayoral tllouHa1,d
dollars rniaed by tito Iev. Bleasrs. Frost and
11bbler. Las come In ffon, tho East. Tho society
waa about tn divide tho Eaute,u money rro rata
among tie cuuutica, mud lapse tho Stste sppro-
ptins;an iuto tllo State Treasury, whun they
heard tho grnssl,onptra were conlli,y again. md
!lley wlualy held on to lilo funds. Thoy cau.
prrha1a, rakt III :s,DOl or u. .U)D: aud ti,tn Il
il believed, vii! b. sufficient to fur,tyl, aI the
turner's il, tho ruineI coutirs NitL HrcI njo nro
unable 10 buy it themselves. Tito neop]a nro mr.
posod 10 cnlling GU tho East for auy
fnslhor aid, n,,d the s3tnte Society Ina d..
c,red ls Intention not to Hp,,l our tollcitoty or
allow INV cue to Ler r., ,ts nnne. Thn f:nnn,,os
OF IIatlau turna,. casper, Nod Willow Liz
collt. uawaosl. Webster, harvard, 6hsr,nnu.
lseeloy, aul Valley, woe entirely eaten IN hy
gruyshuppors iaaL yetr. Antelnno, NnnLn,lu
franklin. Koar,Ipy, Scluylcr. aaI ajrht nts.er
co,,uties, wero partially DESTROYED. At mo
timc tie Aid Bocioty wero fcod,ng h. COO noonie
In Ncb:aa|;a: mud This sntiuc inv xoweI one.
tuird muro crl in tj,nt regin tl,n,' ,hav Ind IN
last year. Nearly nii Iha ,sain w"s frT,,;sian II.
tho AID Con,u,itieu, and every seed sown NO fur
thus doue well. mt low honpera i,ayo nnns.ra,f
in tl1 l,1,nor con,t1es, wbnra tl,av wo,n ~ ho,,
laat yuar and tho yajieya nro tcnI,,in" ~ vii. @
,vcrrtahIoa, AMI wnv,n,. Vii, rrnnu ;fha ars