Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-25

Sum Destroy Them.
Several counties in the f.othill
region Of the sierra in California are
being >courRed by VIA, are | opula'l.
called vrssshopprrs, but which arr
rightly locusts. To grasshoper prop. :
is an inoff-nsive insect. Countries
al jxo-nt 10 gr. at mountains aud
elevated table lands are general
subject to periodical scou,ges Ct
locusts. The same countries in Asia
and Europe tina, We read Of as being
.courRed by these pests so continue to
this day. The whole problem Of their
origin rs scourge is simple one
when properly understood. Their
true home and breeding place is on
high, mountainous table lands, where
they have few natural enc nies, and
where they breed slow y. In time
they become 50 plentiful on q given
area that by tho time they ate suffi-
GENTLY developed to have wings, their
food i, sll eaten up, aud they are
Obliged to Ay to the plains below for
iooa, leaving only = sc~nty remnant
on the high PLATEAU for seed. Que
peculiarly Is that - rule they leave
their birthplace constantly in one di
tection. For instance, the swarms
from the great table lands of the
Rocky Mountains, rs = rule, fly to the
southeast, tho.e from the Cxiiiurnis
SIERRA to she nurthw~st, etc. line
Il gnt Of the migrants from their birth.
pace the first season. may not tie very
extended, out only far enough to find
too I. when they lay their eggs ~ the
.oil and die.
These -sgs arc healthy, being laid
by w~ll-fed females, and, having no
en-. mics on the new GROUND, they hxtrh
ou' the next spnrg vigorous locusts;
aud as food il general. very plentiful
on these lower levels, they mostly vi,
mature. Yet it often happens that
there is no, OIL enough to mature all
to the ske Of flight. la such case
20. ton natures by eating the weaker.
AS coon as they acquire wings, their
iood being all eaten up, the. a. to
lower levels Or across the plains. This
second brood h-cones some hat
weakened in Wit ,lity by living aud
feeding on lower levels and on unnat-
ursi food, and nu,ner"u. enemies aud
diseases trey upon them; but m.,v
remain vigorous, and move b. fights
IN one Vast army. They settle down
after each fight, eating up ever, thing
they can possibly live on. Then the.
rise AMI settle in another place, and
so on. When mature they lay eggs rs
before. The next spr,ng only u per-
. ton Of these hatch out. being u
weakly progeny compared t, the first
han hing, hu, powerful for doing vast
harm owing to their great numbers.
This brood may reach, If It he the
Rocky Mountain locust, central MIN.
neso,a. Iowa aud Missouri before they
y die. Eggs are 8, ldom laid hy thi.
! brood; il they ure laid they never
n hatch.
These are the general facts rs
y gathered by the Unied States En-,
= tpmoloeicAl Commission, and ar+
T. rs>e, italy correct. Their. fore i, make.
one smile to read what one 81 call-c
observer SAWS about the .hnppers
i, that are Masking raids in the S,.rr
foothills Of California t'.is SEASON. II,
gives il as his opinion that the Egg
that these raiders were Matched tror
were laii by other shopper" raider
seven years ago, and that said egg
have remained in the ground uni,
:; the peculiar qusli'ies Of the prcsen
" SEASON Matched them out, " lille in fac
H. they were Matched from quite nun
N, erous pareIts that came down fro,
il higher elevations and laid the egg
:, last June. Such NAV have been uui,
numerous and no, have attracted pn
g ticular attention, for Zach temn
ST. "hopp-r' lays manv eggs; aud fur,h.
it is more than likely that none
tnes- choppers" that are now -st'n
Y up every green thing w their l,n- ,
march will deposit any eggs ,ha, vi
hatch. That M. uhtains are breed.
Of these locusts any one can SEE b
- visiting the submits Of even our 10
III COST mountains and higher hills /
ri June down which they forng- fre-I
y. in small numbers. Ye, they often d
serious local damage. The busy red
- winged blxckhird is their r-len,l-.
+" foe, and prevents much loss by feed,"
on the shoppers"
In the East, tn. Rocky Mountai
locust eggs are laid over vas. are
covered nv the d-n>e, rank, prsir
grasses, and though | have been Abe
vp they w~r. hstchnR AMI the ynuu
J.. feeding four differ mt times, Lev