Emmet County, Iowa
Letters

The Grasshopper Pest in Emmet County, Iowa

Estherville, July 28, 1874

I received a copy of your valuable paper in which I noticed a request for information regarding the condition of crops and the prospects of a harvest.

In Emmet county, Iowa, our report must necessarily be brief. We will harvest about one eighth of a crop of corn and a very few potatoes. Wheat and oats are almost an entire failure. Cause of disaster—grasshoppers.

I put in 140 acres of small grain and corn last spring; have about eight acres of corn left; the balance all destroyed.

Very truly yours,

S. E. Bemis

(Milwaukee Journal of Commerce, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Published August 05, 1874)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson