On the Banks of Plum Creek

What happens to Pa's wheat crop in the novel, On the Banks of Plum Creek?

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Pa’s first planted wheat crop is destroyed by the grasshopper epidemic, which causes Pa to have to travel hundreds of miles by foot to seek work. The following year, Pa doesn’t even attempt to handle a wheat crop as the offspring of the grasshoppers hatch by the millions, and decimate the landscape.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek