Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — FOES OF THE FARMER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOES OF THE FARMER.

Army Worm and Graaahopper Have Begun Their Season’s Ravages. The worst enemies the Western farmer has to contend wjjh arc the “army worm’’ and the grasshopper, which have already commenced their season’s work of destruction. Indications are that the damage done to crops by them this season

will be greater than at any time since the plague of 1861. Reports from Illinois, Missouri and Indiana tell of terrible destruction wrought. The grasshopper is a great lover of mint, and from Michigan, where the great peppermint farms are, there come harrbwing tales of the damage done. All efforts to combat the army worm have proven futile. Its mode of disappearance is as inexplicable ns its mode of existence. After ravaging n section for 'months it suddenly disappears •bout Sept. 1. ’’ t '•

THE LOCUST AND THE ARMY WORM.