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Show THE GRASSHOPPERS. Sime crnekhralnel Indlvlltnl In writing to an 1 astern Journal regarding regard-ing I'tuh aavs The grisshoppcrs ure doing gretit dumngc wherever there Is un) thing Mcen Tint Is i rrtnlnl) most inlslcidlug for mil) limited por-tlots por-tlots of the 'lite me nt i resert In-fee In-fee lid with these pests nnd even there the irubiblllty Is that Ihe determlncl mil unite I nctlon of the people will result re-sult In annihilation of the hoppers This is not n case wherein to apply the sn)!ng Ml r loves compan) vet In order lo diow that other sec-tlorts sec-tlorts arc much more rorel) nniictcd than I tnh ire following Is taken from the Cnllfornli Trull Grower n paper which usuall) knows what It Is talking talk-ing about On June Sri it dispatch wn for-warded for-warded fiom I rcsn i which ominously stated that twelve hours ago the eoiintr) for mlleti around conmrlslng Ihe Woltora colons Auberr) vulli) Squaw villi) and Toliisk) wua n fertile fer-tile region oveiiHl with ripening grain be iv II) nclen fruit trcea nnd grape vines Now this countr) resents n scene of devastation nnd harness An Infinite irni) of grusshoipcia nottlel down uiiou the land and not i leaf or blade of grasa baa escaped these raw ngers l.very where green Is doomed Since the d.te mentioned Ihe esta have travel 1 lnwl), or moro hwarms havo appealed so that reports nre now leeeiied from several different points and In those districts much J prehen Elon Is fell ii to the outcome Ihe authorities at the Agricultural college I nlverull) of California quick-I) quick-I) rculiaed the ilangci and hive ha I u cons of men In the Held to atu ly nnd advise One nf them Mi Wnrieu 1 flaike has Just made -i leport to Director Di-rector I W Hilgaiel I'rom a top) with which the ( iillfornla 1 rull Orrm-er Orrm-er has been favored we learn that In llio Itosovllle I'laier county district there Is a breeding ground of VMu teres more nr less which Is literally swarming swarm-ing with )ouug hopper e win. li haie not yet attained the winged state This particular land la uutillable anl rocky anl foi paatuie purposes rents for 15 LOtits ur acr annual!) This i stall-llshett stall-llshett Its chu'acter and valie The main part of the swarm la expected to reach u winged state about June 17th and In the memtlmt theie la a stead) movement toward the sjntli nnd routltweat advancing 200 or SOd feet clc 111 In fi nit of them is it tirge orchard or-chard nnd vlncj aid section anl this la scrloun'y threatened Alread) one vine) anl him been Invaded The pest ia the true migiatory grass, hopper uud the evil must be met But In what manner' Tire Is the most ellliaclous turned) prucli able and bo fort the giasshopper hive gilneit wlngH, and so It wua proposed to burn Ihi tract of Ian 1 lompletel) over The owiin objected anil thin It was suggested sug-gested thut Hi. County Hosnl or Horticulture Hor-ticulture oid r the auppicuion of thn Insects ind v Ithln three hoius falling fall-ing this to I urn over the breeding HiounJ I p i ninsl.I. inllnn nnd a consultation con-sultation with luwytia It wis ngratsl thut the piopet d woik was so . ntlic ly without pieicdeut mil the lui-oiwl liability In enso nf dumuge so t,reat thut tlie pinjecl must It ul inlonal fur the tis. lit mid It was This was un-f un-f itiiinitc Hu ,n way shoul 1 luvi b en founl b) wlilih the tri I of I in I c ill hi h tvr I ero t limed over It looks at 'his writing that tho fight I will narrow down to each Indlvllual doing what ho can with I oloned bull, tinps aephaltum pans and docs The quarantine ollrer of the 'talc Hoard of llortlcultuic Is now In the Held Investigating In-vestigating the results If nn) from the Hbrratlm two )enrs ngo of a colony of purarltca of the grasshopper This Journal vein have more to say on tho subject In the next Issue 'Jurt ns the fotmi me about to be ltd ed It Ih learned that the Hoard ot Supervisors of Hucia rienlo county has determined to lire the I uerture breel-Ing breel-Ing grounds e f the hoppers un 1 nctlon which iloubtlera will now bo follow el In other attested counties The plague nt this writing is corllned to the foothills foot-hills nf tho Sierra mountnlns from Placer cointy to Tresno |