Show scientists unable to cope with the locust scientists have studied the locust for or centuries they still do not understand the inspiration of its migrations or the hie irregular abundance of 0 the insects where do such armies come from they have flown in solid phalanxes from africa to england swarms have been seen at sea twelve hundred miles from the nearest land apparently most of them remain for years in remote desert regions then something them impels the advance upon roans mans gardens the gulls once saved caved salt lake city from a locust invasion and the grateful citizens raised a monument to their winged saviors in the old days daya our plains farmers kept flocks of turkeys regarded as the locusts mightiest iest enemies but apparently the plow was more potent still tor for when the plains went into cultivation the great breedings ot of the locusts ended and the rocky mountain locust that ravaged the prairie states in the and ag Is a rare insect today the russians have had bad some success with poison gas distributed by airplane but airplanes are not always readily available when the swarms begin to fly in most of the arab countries today a flight of locusts Is still as appalling as la in the day of joel |