, 1877-07-04
TIE 'NOpPEll IN IOWA.
Report by Prof. Riley, Chief Of the o..
6. chronological Comm ission.
Review OF The Situations. Valuable All.
vice and Suggest1ons...Rcmedles
s..Futuro Prospects,

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staeiause I" 1oeu0t ''lutJ ~ 'oe "tateso palt
81 lowe, south of TIC Chicago u Not1hWest-
srn Railway.
Tbc r,,n. f1p,tno roo,a of %ho +,nc hove boon
.a."s' srs r.. s -. =. ~ 49, .s", 10. ~ ~"
20 severe ano neas5 % to Isnae. ~ rave. ae.ess
the country often unpleasant nnu dl1lfcnlt. Yet
have managed to examine the, condition Of
,hiurs st many po.nts along the Chicago 4,
Nos.h"sslss. 'toM Souu1'' oiunS !" 'ne east
rrn limit OF Tho 1ocnst region III story County,
themes across to tile Chicago Il Rock Island,
thence along the Chicago! Burlington Il Quln.
~ .ra acrn.s nm n,,ntrv frnp Molv,-n IN
1s1,. r,s.,.,... .na.sssa..,...,,.. e.s.,s,. ~ ~
tlilia eounty' houtnWes'"a!o,y' etoppine AZ
these points aud pushing out TO those farms
where the insects were reported most n,ttner-
1l.5tci1 nv conc,n,Inn. orc drawn vii, ns.rr.
s.eissa, ~ r".T u'AH ~ 49, ''..s'
ahcf, anu, thongh iasofaolc, arc, II anything,
not sufficiently a,,so,,. 50. rn, ,..r
My eAau''us.ous .n "eso ps1tn W ."'lnctA',o
ot thc pau oi %ue commission lo"s'tpc!so""lly 10
and collect tho varicd experiences Of every
state and Territory within tho locuAt range;
partly to ascertain tho real prospects, and TO
encourage tho farmers and disseminate lnior-
matton among shem' where such work was neo-
no MORE Eoos TO nATclL
A few struggling cggs were hatcl,ed as late as
a week ago; but 1lono now remain to hntell e1-
GtOt q lew tEllRC1Qu8 6pEClEGs
plsAFPxAnAxcE or rux YOUNG.
As claewte1e over tho threatened region, tho
eggs wcrcexccedIngly numerous, and The young
Locust. Matched in April In such numbers, and
that tho greatcst apprehension wss felt. They
suon began to disappear, however, and this dis
appeara,,cc was due 10 tho easno causes cnu.ner-
ptcd some i've weeks ago III my letter to Cow
Anthony, OF KANSAS, rcvtcwtng tho condition
and prospects at that tlFne IN that State. Sum
Mnrfzcj, they may he stated ~ follows:
THE WEATHER.
The continued cold and heavy rans after tho
principal llatchinR destroyed immense numbers.
! hare known them washed Into the Des Molncs
1vcr 80 ns to form putfcfyfng scrin two In
chcs thick. The farmer owes the salvation Of
'''' crops Largely 70 cl,ax4s' a,a saas''
An Inherent tendency TO dtseasc IN tue species
whcn in this part Of tile country has nado y
most susceptible to the adverse weather. and
ss a i ffs se Ts%s ussa
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NATURAL EnnitiEs.
It is general Inv that In proportion a. =
allied its nnturnf enemies corrcsrondlngiy In
crease. The abundance Of tllc locust and Of its
Gggs during Tho last faW years cast Of tho Rocky
1loun,a,as has given VI tocust-lccdin9 animals
q b0untlEul supply OF food. lhcy have, there
Tore, not only thrven and multiplied. but mhly
(which do not normally feed npon tho insect
envu acquired tho habit. In Lows, as elsewhere,
sneso nas5 aenc ihs 10,
work. work furtlercd by tic weather which
frtardcl and rendered very irregular the de-
YriopInent of the insect
esho have been botter organIzed and, moro dc.
kuti,lncA to make war, and who have used
better Mcans and methods than In former years.
oEaKRAL SURVEY OF Tnx FIELD. !.
ed tho fartlcst eaet along tic line of tho Chl.
saxo Il Northwestern. and tho egg deposit
Ieceictl FROM Story County enthusiastically:
Ihroughoat tho northern aud eastern portiun 81 q
IS scarcely worth mentioning. The corn, from,
too much cold und wet, Is backward, and the
wrctls hare OH al low land got an dnfavorabIc
start of tho cultivator, much OF Is a,so n3tted
wheat {Ali wheat fs too aut " spring kill and ia
unccrtaln) and other ANAL grain could
uut we'll look better. Tho gscatcst H.
&i.e Missouri and along tho, Wal,aoonccy.
Az eeuerA thing, tho injury has BEEN
greatest along streams, whore the inscets
hntcllol later and ,obtntMed greater protection
irom cold anl stornl. In tllcso lcss tRYored
uatts, however, there k no single farm that
presents tho drsolatc aspect 30 general two
1cats ago: In restricted spots ths Insects arc
quite thick and have done eisglt Injury, ont IN
WHAT wl1L HAPPEN.
Tho insects laye bcen getting wings IN In
creaslny nutubcrs for Tic past week. These
will n1e from dAy 70 uay, ~ tho wind nuu
weather permit, mud ny away to thc north ant
E,urthwest. This, on account u the irregular
l,atutilng and tho great diversity in stzs Of The
lusecta now here, will continue for tlle next tWe
or three wceks, md the dlglts " Ill consequently
he ~ scattering a. scarcely to hc llotleSu. II
tho northeastern counties Waited tho ialmcrl
arc In thu main cut Ut danger. Thefnbccis aro mi
lnoru numerous than indigenous spcgc. some
md tho vegetation Is 30 rank that they ean maxi
nU auprcclable effect on it. In tho southwcs