The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-28
Texas Can Never Suffer 10 any Great tx
tenl The Pest Come Too Late and
Leave Early Enough to Permit of
Growing Most Crops.
a List of Topics ga Which Data 4.
Agauaetesf

and preventing its r2vages ia the ia |
tuTe. A commission has been appoint !
ed consisting Of Prof. c. V. Riley Of
st Louis, PfoE Cyrus Thomas of Car
boHdsIe, Illinois, Eud DE-, a, ). Pack
ard of salem, Massachusetts These
men are all eminent entomologists,
aud Il solution OF the grasshoppcr
evil j. pOssibl-, they viii give 1t 10 us.
We ale led TO these remarks by the
fact thsf Prot. Riley, chief of the com
mission, and who fer nine years has
been state eutomOlogist OF Missouri, Is
nov in Dallas and will visit different
parts Of the state in furtheranee of his
iabors. We were honoTed 10y "a call
from the professor, and feel very much
encouraged at the information derived
from him He is entirely OF our pin
ion that the pests will very shortly
leave the state entirely, aud had al
ready given last spring, IN his ninth
report to the state Of Missouri, u gen
erai review OF the prospects for 1877.
in which he stated that they would
commence leaving the southern part
OF 1.-THE state the last days III April and
early in May.
Professor Riley further says tina,
Texas can never suffer 10 the extent OF
some of the more northern states, Tor
the reason that the pests come too late
in the fall to do serious damage, aud
always leave early enough 10 permit Of
growing most crops.
The labors of the commission have
been divided, and Mr.. Riley, as We
learn from one of the circulars issued,
takes for his field the region east OF
the Rocky Mountains aud south OF the
fortieth parallel, including Texas,
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado
| south of Denver, aud New Mexico;
also, the west half of Iowa. aud. con
/ Jointly with Mr.. Packard, British
America west % tho ninty fourth me-
ridiEn, where the principal source of
devastating swaruIs viii probably be
| found
As II Is impossible for him tn visit all
parts of the state, he has made arrange
ments with MIR J. Boil of this place.
10 assist him in visiting par
ticular sections. And in other ways,
| obtain accurate details. Professor
Riley already has many intelligent
correspondents in the state, but he
viii send circulars aud other publica-
tions Of the commission to any one
! applying for them, or who will send
him at ST. Louis records Of observa-
\ ton.
The following are some of the topics
on which data are requested:
]. Date, and time of Day OF the
arrival of s~arIns. la. Direction and
| force OF the wind AT tile time, IL.
Temperature and character of the
Seatner at the time (clear or cloudy.
lc. Direction OF the fight. density,
I height and extent of the swarms,
2. Date, and time of day of the
departure OF swarns. "a Direction
and force of the wind at the time. 81
Temperature aBd character of the
weather at the time &c. Direction
OF the flight, density and extent of the
swarms.
3. Date when the first eggs. il any,
were deposited the present year.
4. Date when the eggs were most
numerousiy matching the present
year.
5. Proportion of eggs that failed to
hhteh the present year and probable
cause of such failure.
Is Nature nf flss. aaU and
IA which the eggs were most largely
deposited.
:. Date at which the first insect ac-
quired foil wings.
S. Date when tile winged insects
first began TO migrate.
8. Estimate the injury done in your
c unity and state.
~. Crops which suffered most.
III. Crops most easily protected.
II. Crops which suffered least.
IL. The prevailing direction in
which the young insects Travelled. and
any other facts in relation to the
marching OF the young.
IL. The means employed in youy
section for the destruction of the nm.
nedged insects, or to protect crops
from their ravages, and how far these
have proved satisfactory.
10 The means employed in your
section for the destruction of the wing
ell insects, or tn protect crops from
their ravages, and how far these have
proved satisfactory
10. Descriptions, and If possible. fig
ures of such mechanical coutrivaness
az have proved useful In your locality |
for the destruction of either the yo,,ug
or the winged Insects.
IL. IL your section was not visited in |
1876, please state this fact.
ls. II visited any previous year, |
please give the dates.
20, Has any application. either Ia
powder or liquid, neen used that pro-
tected special plants from locust raw
ages without injWing the plant?
20. Has narrowing of the eggs in the
TALL been resorted to, and with what
elect; or have any other Means neeu
employed TO expose or break open the
egg masses?
Il. Where satisfactory results have
followed the blowing under of the
eggs, state the time OF year of such
blowing, the depth, aud the nature of
the soil.
%. Where ditching has been resort
ed to, to protect fields from the in
roads of the nBiit tched lccasts, state
the measure Of success, the nature Of
the soil. and the character, particular
y as To the depth aud width OF the
ditch.