Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Predicts a Locust Plague. [ARTICLE]

Predicts a Locust Plague.

John B. Smith, state entomologist of New Jersey, predicts a plague of the seventeen-year locusts next year, and has issued a bulletin to the fruit growers and farmers of the state that it will be unwise to put out any young fruit trees this fall or next spring. He describes it as the twenty-second brood of the periodical cicada, which made its last appearance in 1885 and did much damage. The growers are cautioned not to trim fruit trees too closely, and if possible to do no trimming at all. It is also considered wise to do no budding or grafting. Farmers are urged to be good to the English sparrows.