, 1877-07-21
GRASSHOpPERS.

Rrport Of Ilr. Packard, Secretary Of the
United States Entoinnlosicn1 Conltntsklon.
on the Luc,,sts IT tho tircat Western
Flains.
To The Eaisor nf 7hs Tribune.
SALEM, Mass, July 15,-l)r. \. T. Packard,
Jr., Secretary ot the unitc.l states Entomologi-
cal Commission, llus Just returned from an ex'
funded trip through, PORTIONS Of Colorado, Wy
omtng, Northern Utah, Eastern Idaho, Central
aud Ea4tcsn Montann, aud through Dakota.
lie reports that 10 per ccut Of locust exgs In
Colorado, atout Denver aud ureclcy. were
destroyed by larasitcs, according to tho e1pc-
r!cnrc Of Mr. A. II. Arnctt, oi Morrison, and
Mr. Mnx Clarke. OF Greeley. Though largo
numbers l'a,chet OUT In tGs spring, tho heavy.
Tor thsce days Ut tic c,A Of April, killed thc
yoans 70 tst f.t". f." weFe 5 IN sxps ~ 'n, IT,
sauses ] a In Kansas aud Nebra,ka,-
thut ie. extscmo wet aud cold weather.
1n the fall 0f lhnI eEgs were lall III psoilision
Il, Colorado. and tho farmers expected to l!lSa
the 'tworEt fight yet" with tt'e lucnsE. Mny
20 aua ~ = largc swarm itw oyar JulcsDuFs:,
Col, Oh the Euun l'a.itlc Railroad. and wsrc
seen scventrtn miles west OF that point ~ MI.
Joseph Ramsay, OF tiFcolry. Ihesa hew srusl1
tho south, probably from Texas.
In Wyoming lucusts were reported as hatch.
Ing out frou, a point 9fty tniIrs north Of Lara
nile CITY to Custer. Light swarlnH from thts
rrcgI"n inn the blaek Hills may bo expected III
In Utah. Carhc and sIalatle Valleys were
ha1ly futcstcd. About Franklin, tla', o!,e-
third OF tho wltat crop Nus rcpurtett ~ dcSu4t-
Cd BY thent. The winged lovllsts wcre brg'.l'
nug to ,.y JUNG II. Tncsc locusts will proba.
tLy migrate tn middle ani suuthcrn Utah.
Though numerous aluut Pennington, Utah. on
tho shores nj salt Lake, ittt!c injury vas dong,
tho srn<on waA lale, wei aisl cold, atiu halcta"
ing sas much later ll.an usual. 81
IN llaho scattered hrt,Als Of Young were
seen aloug thu sta;sc-rull from franklin to
Pleasant Valley, bu: nUne wcre seen in Montana
frutn The southern borders of the Territory
through tho central parts NJ far north ~ F1u
Heutun, Aur alUnG tl,r Missouri River ~ tls
castern borler VI the Territory. Atew hatehc1
OUT III the Hitter snt Valley doing some han,; n;
| uXe, uud locusts were reported u have hatehel
OUT On tbu Yellowstone River vt anl near
! Bakets Battle tiround..-i,c., IN The notth stoto
| of the river, between Clark's Fork and frozc tn
Heath Ercck. Nunc were seetl " reported ign'is
the valleys Of thu Sun ktyvr an! tAs Upper
Missouri, anu nony in tho t'ala:ir, Madison, or
| Jefferson Valleys. From reliable Information
received at Fort benton, there wxFo " young
locusts this spring III The Marias Or MIX hssr
Valleys, or III The region northwanl towards tue
South TaskAlehewsn River. Noae were seet,
! by parties Who hal Just returned from
| Wood Mountain. sittIns Bul!'. r4uli', sixty
.nllea north Of 'l'o United state.
February at Fort Mcl.ctsl, " the South 5as-
katci,ewan River. but were killed by the iii
favorable vaather. .al.ns tho Missouri h!se'
u,,l tic liur Ut the Northern Pacific kai1ruMl uu
yoapg loeust4 were sryu, a,n! Il ts pFoeahls that
few locuyts Developed IN Dakota this season
u1laxs in The ea,tern portions. Light swaru1s
however, wsre seen }in9 troni t4s ssst u koF'
Peck as carly ~ June IS; also ut Volt roint, u,
the Missouri, and At Bismarck. June q, aM I
tcw were seen " about ths ea.ue date 1t james ~
town. uak. Tliesc apparently ea'nc ff9a My,
nesota aud Iowa. II so, 1t shows tcoupled VIII