The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-19

HOW VI O1le nS lily OVAL Io. ~ = ii'.
seen fields red with them, and day
or two after their departure 1t was
difficult to find any traces Of their
ravages.
III. We had supposed that when
the flying swarms lit down on q field
they stayed there until the last morsel
Of vegetation was gone. This is not
so. They seem to be subject TO some
laws apart from the qualification OF
their appetites. They will. as 4 rule.
rise from ten O'Clock in the morning
until noon. and go off: others probably
dropping down about 4 O'Clock p. III.
". We have seen no signs OF their
contending with the winds and
persistently advancing III one partlcu-
lar direction. On the contrary they |
seem to go wherever the wind lis |
teth. to-day north. tomorrow |
south.
V. We have no faith i'll the theory
of their destruction. to any great
extent, by red bugs or white grubs or
anything of that kind. Where there
are billions in a region of course some
perish; it would be marvellous if they
did not: but the swarms we saw were
composed of the most vigorous and
healthful set of rascals we ever laid
our eyes on--and we have been in
congress! \ life-insurance association
would not he of the slightest use to
them.
VI. One thing is certain:--they are
always found far from the ocean, III
the hearts of continents, where the
air is dry and the rain fall slight.
From this we may deduce the theory
that damp climate does not agree
with their constitutions--bre
tubercular trouble probably;-a
that they advance to or recede from
the ocean precisely as the seasons are
wet or dry. This having been very
wet season they have now receded to
the interior. A succession OF several
very dry years would probably bring
them over the Alleghanies.
VII. They can de fought and over
come. There is nothing intelligent
men cannot overC ONE. But lnasmuch
as the inhabitants of the afflicted
regions are usually poor pioneers. the
general and state governments should
both offer bOuntieS for the destruction
of these pests SO that whenever and
wherever they appear there will be ar
Immediately incentive to attack them
VIII. The most efficient means OF
contending with the Matching hoppers
are ditching; deep-ploughlng, harrow
ing in the fall and tardoZers
Where whole community worl
together with these instrumentalitie:
they will certainly eXterminate them
IN. We are now inclined to tn,
belief that when making their grea
flights they travel night and day
, We are told that last summer hote
was burned in NewUlm, and whel
: the flames lit up the midnight SIX.
the grasshopper could be plainly seel
= flving over in great swarms. w
=, observed this year that late IN tn
u dav as we could see them in the sky
: they continued their flight and di
not settle down. Moreover the grea
: swarms which few southwark on Tuesday
t the 10th inst. have not yet been heard from
n They must not only have gone outside th
IS state but they went SO far as to be beyond tt
=. reach OF the telegraph. They flew very hig
:. and probably were caught in some current
e the upper regions of the atmosphere an
driven far into the interior.
X. We have every reason to believe tn:
Minnesota is practically, clear OF them, an
will escape their yisitationsfor years to com
1t is claimed that they did not trouble Il
Mississippi valley, prior to 1856 for thirty fl
wears Five years of undisturbed progre
will convert the western half of Minnesota il
ID TO one OF the graHueSt anu TicIeSt aS Tx uT
n regions on the face ofthe earth, inhabited
= wealthy people capable of fighting the
- should they again make their appearance.
10 XII. Let one of our Congressman introduce
bill at the next session offering s25, 900 rewa
a to the discovereu of a cheap and efhcieI
es poison that will attract and destroy them.
ne France an insect threatened the destructi
a. of all the vineyards Of that country wor
!, billions of dollars; the farmers were unable
contend with them; whereupon the COVER
1t ment offered large reward and SCENT
man soon discovered remedy;-a f
at thousand frances saved in this way INNER
We amounts of property