History of the St Paul Sioux City Railroad 1864 1881
History of the St Paul Sioux City Railroad 1864 1881
J W Judson Wade Bishop
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They alighted in myriads on every field of grain, and in an hour the ground was bare. After com- pleting the devastation of the growing crops, they filled the ground with eggs and then departed, whither no one knew. It is hard now to appreciate the situation, and to realize the consternation that pervaded the inhabitants and those inter- ested in the Railroad Company, as every hope of a crop of any kind for that season disappeared, while the gravest apprehen- sions remained as to that of the co...ming year. ; Generally, how- ever, the ground was fall plowed in preparation for the next spring sowing, and with the vague hope that the eggs might be destroyed by the winter frosts. In early June of 1874 the fields that had been devastated by the grasshoppers in the previous summer had been generally cultivated and re-seeded and were promising a generous re- turn to the anxious owners. But now the eggs were hatching, 408 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS. and in a few days the little hoppers outnumbered the wheat plants five to one.
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