Damage to crops from the severe drought of the 1930s was made worse by dark clouds of grasshoppers that descended on Minnesota fields, eating everything in their path. This picture shows what was left of a cornstalk on a farm near Marhsall, Minnesota after the grasshoppers had paid a visit. WPA workers distributed tons of poison bait to help destroy the grasshoppers and their eggs, which saved many thousands of dollars in crops.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Dates: 1930–1939
Identifer: location SA2.3 r114
