"The last day of February, 1849, I commenced sowing my wheat. I sowed 5 bushels, from which I raised 200 bushels-reared a small crop of corn. The crickets commenced to devour us about the 1st of May, on which I had continual warfare with them until the 1st of September. They damaged my corn continually and probably would have used up every vestige of grain that there was growing in the Valley had not the gulls assisted us. They came when nearly every ray of hope was gone. They would eat until they filled their craw, and throw them up and fill it again. Thus they labored almost incessantly from day to day ." The Life and Record of Anson Call, page 40 (emphasis added)
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