The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-04
TROUBLE IS CAUSED
BY FESTIVE HOPPER
Prompt Action Is Needed in
Order to Prevent Dam
age to Crops.
FRUIT TREES ATTACKED
"Looks Like Grasshopper
Year," Says the Bureau
of Entomology.
FRUIT TREES ATTACKED

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June s.
State Horticultural Commissioner
Cook received reports of the incursion
of the grasshopper pest today from
Colusa and Shasta counties. No hg-
ures ss to crop damage were available
81 do not believe that the pest will
become so serious As TO threaten devas'
tation,' said DR.. Cook, ''but I want to
cay that the farmers must be up and
doing if they expect to stop damage
Dr. Cook said it was probable that
climatic conditions had great deal TO
do with the erasshopper invasions.
Dry winters followed by dry springs.
during which time the hoppers hatcbed
and there was little short, green grass
for food, might explain the great mum.
bers in certain sections, he thought
Many farmers of MADEIRA county are
burning their alfalfa - the field in the
hope of doing away with the insects.
Full grown fruit trees are being at
tackled by the young hoppers.
Serious in New Mexico.
WASHINGTON. D. c., June 8
This looks like a .grasshoPpelr
year, was the comment today Of Prof.
+. NJ Webster of the bureau Of ento-
mology, after the fourth outbreak of
the invaders had been reported TO him.
The latest appearance of the chop.
pcrs' is in Kansas. previous states al
ficted being New Mexico. Idaho and
California. The department of agri
culture regards the New Mexico out
break so serious that Harrison f..
Smith, an expert in the division Of for
age insect investigations. has been or
dered from Wellington, Kan, TO the
scene of trouble. He reported his ar
rival today at Amarillo, Tex Further
grasshopper raids in various parts OF
the country are looked for. although it
is not believed by officials here that
any Of them Will do great damage.
An army worm invasion, reported to-
day as having occupied territory near
~. Louis. Is giving the government S
insect fighters here considerable worry.
structions were sent TO a department
field agent to take immediate steps to
combat the pests.
Rumors Exaggerated.
KANSAS CITY. June General re-
ports from over Kanses and Missouri in
dicate that early ruulors OF a gra SIS hopper
gerated Reports from the western Kan
sas wheat counties say practically no
damage has been done, by the insects;
grasshoppers, but adds that the number
is scarcely greater than in other years
and that the damage Is negligible.
Reports received at the Headquarters OF
the Southwestern Millers association I
Joplin. Mo, indicate that crops in south
ern Kansas and Missouri re not In the
slightest danger from grasshoppers, ao-
cording TO W. II. Marshall. secretary OF
the association.
Reports OF an invasion Of "seventeen-
year locusts" have come from parts OF
Missouri and Kansas, but Il IS stated
these insects have not come in any alarm
ing number and have done little damage,
Cut worms have done some da mage TO
cora IN Ford, Barton, Stafford and Nc
Phe-son, counties, Kansas. but are not
present In sufficient numbers to alarm the
farmers.
Gardens Attacked.
ROSWELL. y. NJ. June 3-The col |
umn OF grasshoppers that invaded Elida |
town In northee stern New Mexico. last |
week. has moved east and is continuing
IN a aortheasterly direction. according 10
adv1ces received here today. The pest
destroyed most OF the small gardens and |
lawns in Elida-
The column Is about eighteen miles in |
width. It's progress s slow the gra S.
hoppers not having developed wings.