Show grasshoppers and locusts george 11 dawson geologist and naturalist north american boundary commission mcgill college montreal is accumulating information inform 3 that some know ledga of tic tie al if not scientific interest estmay may result concerning conc erding the devastating grasshopper or locust so lle has baa communicated with the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society on the subject hl his questions being given below and ai also aiso iso the answers by the tha society named which will probably be interesting te to many of our readers as historical orical matt matter er of the territory if I 1 n not 0 otherwise 4 1 detas the devastating grasshopper app appeared oared in your section of country countr y 2 were wole tha ansec insects ts produced from eggs in ih the t country itself if so pleas s state slate ta te 0 M o date of hatching ou out L 6 Y alme rime ime i darlng daring which they remained and date of their thein departure r p direction IN of their flight on departure 3 were swarms of locusts observed to lo 10 arrive on ehg wing or to pass overhead without all ail alighting g 11 ting ippol ifo state stafe which and taj a date bate neen w hen sw swarms a r m 1 s I 1 first seen 6 direction from which they arrived f 0 o c du during ring which they remained on the ground around or pr continued passing over ever the place cz date of their departure e direction of kneir flig flight lif on departure 4 what proportion of thet the crops dodou do you believe to have been destroyed st 5 were grasshoppers observed to deposit eggs iii iri the district this autumn if so please state wh whether e any were hatched batched and the th e young yeung insects destroyed by the frost 1 yes in the year 1855 and again from to 1872 2 in 1855 1955 came from the west in 1866 1860 carrie came from the north subsequent years beare product produced from eggs while relays came from all directions aspril a april to june 15 65 6 15 1855 1835 53 left in alt Ati august gilst and september ditto c north and east 3 both in dense deme clou Is 3 obstructing the sunlight a 1853 1855 came about abot july 1868 isoo came about Sept september ember embee and deposited eggs 6 bee see no 2 1 0 about six wee weeks t d see no isto 2 b C 2 C 4 1855 about pew peg cent of th the cereals cei cel eals eiby elsy vegetables an and d fruits were destroyed by them the therol nol fol owing lowing spring the people subsisted largely on thistle milkweed and other roots 6 5 no hir sin when eggs are ard abt disturbed bythe by the plow frost does not destroy them during the years named they visited dall dail alu all parts of the territory thousands of bushels were destroyed by py the or labors of the people by driving them and burying them in tren trenches clies by setting traps in irrigating ditches tell es by covering the grorud with sith straw under which they would shelter for the nf bt and in the morning burn burb burning 1 i ng the straw and insects men women and children with the village poultry in some places moved to the del bel fields s in wagons and fought fough t the common enemy from hatching to flying time in some parts it was estimated there were one hundred bushels of hoppers to the acre A notable local math mathematician estimated that in one oric season one and a 4 half million bushel 4 geredes were des troyed by jil n great ait galt alt lake and drifting on the shores f mingan for 0 immense belt beit 11 1 during all our locust aud and alid c cricket visitations wa wo have not received d one dollar appropriation or donatiu dona dopa tion tiu tin from the ohe general GoVe government or from neigh il boring sta State e dr territories respectfully edt fully etc ete W 1 president of the deseret pese dese et agricultural and manufacturing I 1 society A lyl MUSSER I 1 director pi rector and 1 ees cy ecy pr pro wk tern |