Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-09
COLORADO FEARS
HOPPER EfE:NAGE
Farmers Are Organizing 70 e.
terminate Crop Parasites,
NOT A CANAII4A INyAS.0&

Growth OF Grassooppers Entirely Frca'
American Population. Which Is Fat
tening on Rich Alfalfa Crops Of
Mountain West-Lee slative Aid to
Be Asked In War of Farmers.
Colorado is aroused over the grass
hopper mcna $50 much 50, in fact.
that the farmers have called a state
convention to strike at the roots OF
the danger or, rather. at the roots of
the grass to eliminate the danger. 80
much in earnest are the farmers re-
cardn% the increase of the graSShop-
per population that the Colorado leg
islature will he asked To enact Il law
for the determination of the pests.
There is no danger of repetition OF
the scourge of the seventies in NebraS-
ka, Kansas and the Dakotas. The Io
Gusts of that day were long winged
grasshoppers which breed in the north
and west-in Montana and neiGhhorin@
states-and also in Canada. That in.
vaSon was doubtless due to an over
production of the insect in its native
territory which led to an exhaustion
of the food supply. The flights were
due to search for new feeding
grounds. During those times the iA-
vaders laid immense numbers of eggs.
many of which Matched. but the young
found themselves unable to adapt
themselves to the conditions of the
newly discovered land. They were
weak, and very few reached maturity
After the first breeding the species
died out.
The long winged grasshoppers were
reported TO be present in western Ne
braska and Kansas as late as lS9i,
but recent examinations have thrown
doubt over the identity of the insect
found. 1t is certain that this grass
hopper has not been taken in Colorado
during the last fifteen years
Local Hopper Increasing.
The grasshopper to be swatted is the
home grown" article. which is taking
advantage of the prosperity of the
country and is living off the luXuri
ant crops and increasing by the mil
lion. The juicy. succulent alfalfa
whose acreage is increasing many fold.
is about the best thing the @rasshop-
per has struck in many year. and it
not only lives on the tender stems in
summer. but it converts the roots into
great incubator for Matching young
"GrasshopperS. says :. Il. Johnson
of the Colorado agricultural expert
ment station. "are like the poor-al-
ways with us. They are present in all
parts Of the United States. and every
year exact their toll from almost every
crop that grows. In spite of the. fact
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