The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
THE UKiSS.IOPPEIsS,

THE 0RISSHOPPEHS
So far us we can learn, the grasshop-
pers have left the State. They were in
this county nearly Il week, bit were
nearly Ill gone 10y Saturday last. The
reports grow better us they come in,
and while oats, barley, corn and v>ye-
tables suffered very much, the wheat
crop is probably not damaged more
than it WAS last year.
OF course many people are discour-
aged aud some are preparing to leave.
The lhajority, however, are determined
to remain and fight it out on this par
ticular line. There is no Disgusting the
fact that we have met another d:;nag-
ing back set, but to think OF abandon
ing the country OH this account, is the
height of folly. The result of this new
gr;ssslopper raid will only confirm what
has been said about raising stock, and
all who CAN do so will work into stock
raising. Nature made this country fol.
cattle and sheep, and in the end we
will be all the richer for havin, been
driven into the business for which our
country is especially adapted. A gen.
tlcEan who came from one Of the stock
counties Of Illinois says hc never knew
Il failure there and times are nearly al
ways easy in those counties.
The grasshopr'rs have left their eggs
III this county, but the opinion seems
to be that they are not rs numerous IL,
they were last year. This opens the
question OF what to do, which W. have
hot tin:: to discuss ut present. But
there is only one opinion among our
people, viz: that the State government,
Or tic State AID General governments
both, ought to aid the people by boun-
ty, or some other plan, to fight and OK
terminate the pests. Experience has
demonstrated that the young horp2rs
can be fought and the crops saved.
TIE D.t -H..t:it.
Oats, barley, corn ANA potatoes have
been pretty generally destroyed, but the
| wheat is, to i great txtent, left. We
have talked with a good many farmers
who say lhey will have over half Il crop.
Jonas Bedford thinks he will have s or
8 bushels to the acre. Ira Crosby
thinks his wheat is not injured! more
than IL peck to tie acre. Il. ". Bur.
ton, who has been eaten out for several
years, thinks he will have C""3 to 7Ot
bushels Of oats and 800 to 100 bushels
Of wheat. u. FoSo thinks he will have
several hundred bushels Of wheat
Wheat buyers think there is nore wheat
III the county th.m there WAS last year
The Rock County Herald estimates
That in that county there will be three
fourths of y wheat crop. We have nt
doubt that much Of the corn and pota
toes now thou sllt to he ruined will yet
nature and yield something Of q crop
TIE 1EMPEI,1N " CE l,IEE1AG
On Sunday evening last WAS held 1T tht
Presbyterian Church. J. =. Mouitol
WAS called to the chair in the absenc,
of the President. Rev. II. B. Tuttl.
read some very interesting statistics O.
the stations along the Black Vale,
Railroad. Missile. Ogle then read III
exceedingly well-written and te]lin:
address, Which arrives too late for in
sertion iii our paper this week, "bu
which will appear in our next issue
This address is unusually we'll written
and was quite effective both in point
and in delivery. Prof. Humiston reat
Il very good Declaration of Independ
ence, being most happy arrayal o
charges against the great despot Kin:
Alcohol, when the meeting closed.
GOOD FARMING.
A farmer requests us to so dowl
about Oclleeua Lake i'll order to Sc
what good farming will do toward help
ing us against grass!!oppers. lie men
tions A. W. Burnl,am, =. E. Swanson
n. Segerstrom and l.. p. Harlow, Il