Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — FEAR GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE [ARTICLE]

FEAR GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE

Five Hundred Acres in Minnesota Are Covered with Eggs. St. Paul, Minn., special: Residents of Otter Tail county, northern Minnesota, are fearful of a grasshopper plague. Five hundred acres of land there are reported to be covered with grasshoppers’ eggs. The matter has been referred to the state entomologist. State Auditor Dunn says there is $4,000 left from a legislative appropriation to fight grasshoppers.