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1871 July 19 Letter to J. Q. A. Warren

Title

1871 July 19 Letter to J. Q. A. Warren

Description

Silk worm production has failed in Utah, likely due to grasshoppers poisoning the leaves they feed on.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

David McKenzie

Recipient

J. Q. A. Warren

Date

1871 July 19

Location

Chicago
Salt Lake City, Utah

Subject

Sericulture
Grasshoppers

Salt Lake City, U. T. July 19. 1871.

J. Q. A. Warren, Esqr.
330 West Lake St. Chicago.

Dear Sir,

Your interesting letter to Prest. Young arrived here during his absence from home, but I will call attention to it on his return.

No man in Utah has done more in the interest of seri-culture than he has, although he has met with very little success. Last year he lost nearly all the worms, and, this season, over a million have perished. Competent persons have endeavored to discover the cause, & it is generally believed that the grasshoppers, or locusts, which have so infested this section the last few years, poison the leaves of the Mulberry & Osage orange on which the worms feed. If this is correct, it will have a strong tendency to kill this branch of industry here, at least, so long as the grasshoppers continue to molest us.

Yours with respect
D. McKenzie, Secty Prest. B. Young