 | Massachusetts - 1897 - Liczba stron: 1382
...to crops, but by some it is thought to have l>een the army worm. Later records are more authentic; 1743, — " Millions of devouring worms in armies,...was planted, millions of worms appeared to eat it up." 1770, — " A very uncommon sort of a worm . . . ate the corn and grass all as they went above... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1861 - Liczba stron: 926
...indicated, is in the year 1743, when it is merely stated, that " in Massachusetts this year, there were millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing." (Flint's 2d Report, Agric. of Mass., p. 36). Twenty-seven years afterwards, in 1770, was the most remarkable... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1855 - Liczba stron: 750
...scarcely any rain for a month. Here we find another series of three years of drought. In 1743 there were "millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing. Hay very scarce, £1 and £8 a load." In the fall there was no rain for many weeks, so that, in November,... | |
 | 1864 - Liczba stron: 794
...occasions in the olden time ; I take Dr. Fitch's dates from the Boston Cultivator. " In 1743 there wore ' millions of devouring worms, in armies threatening to cut off every green thing.' Flint's 2d Report, Agric. of Mass. p. 36. " In 1770 a black worm about an inch and a half long, devoured... | |
 | 1913 - Liczba stron: 482
...Chas. L. Flint in a report on the Climatology of New England,* and is as follows: In 1743 there were "millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing. Hay very scarce, £7 and £8 a load." There, however, is another bit of evidence of this outbreak of... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1870 - Liczba stron: 592
...Flint's 2nd Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, where it is stated that in 1743 " there were millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing." In 1770 it spread over New England in alarming numbers. Dr. Fitch in his 6th Report quotes the following... | |
 | 1876 - Liczba stron: 520
...Flint's 2nd Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, where it is stated that in 1743 ' there were millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing.' "In 1770 it spread over New England in alarming numbers. Dr. Fitch in his 6th Report quotes the following... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1880 - Liczba stron: 364
...Flint's recond report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, where it is stated that in 1743 " there were millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing." In 1770 it spread over New England in alarming numbers. Nothing like them had ever been seen before.... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1880 - Liczba stron: 364
...Flint's recond report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, where it is stated that in 1743 " there were millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing." In 1770 it spread over New England in alarming numbers. Nothing like them had ever been seen before.... | |
 | Illinois. Department of Agriculture - 1881 - Liczba stron: 966
...notices of the earlier dates of its appearance are taken from Dr. Fitch's article : "In 1743 there were 'millions of devouring worms, in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing.' — Flint's 2d Report Agric. of Mass., p. 36. "In 1770 a black worm, about an inch and a half long,... | |
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Millions of devouring worms in armies, threatening to cut off every green thing." 1762. " At last, when the corn was planted, millions of worms appeared to eat it up." 1770. "A very uncommon sort of a worm, called the Canker Worm, ate the corn and grass... 
