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Chinch bugs move by columns, they don't light over a whole held at 

 once, hence the emulsion can be applied with a sprinkling pot. The corn 

 was not injured at all by the application. 



]^ow, this is a simply remedy. It is a sure one, costs but a triflle. 

 We believe it will pay to spray fields of wheat or any crop that is being 

 injured by chinch bugs. Of course where a large field is covered with 

 bugs the hand sprinkler will be too small, but the vigilant farmer will 

 not let an invading host move from row to row if he can help it. 



How many will try the above remedy ? It is preferable to scattering 

 diseased bugs^ — it is quickly done. 



It would be a good plan, says Mr. Irvine, to burn the leaves in the 

 spring in the woods that border on fields that have been infested with 

 bugs, as millions of them winter there. — Southwest. 



ORNAMENTALS. 



ORA^AMENTAL HORTICULTURE. 



As a rule we do not place sufficient value upon the purely orna- 

 mental side of farm life. Country property would be greatly im- 

 proved if farmers would consider the looks of the house, gardens and 

 fields a little, and indirectly they Avould gain thereby. A farming- 

 country that is pleasing to the eye always attracts more people to the 

 region, and the near-by market for produce is thus built up. Railroad 

 companies appreciate the value of this by offering prizes frequently for 

 the prettiest farm on tbe line of their route, which can be viewed from 

 the car windows. Thej also pay considerable in prizes for the best 

 grounds around their depots. Manufacturers likewise are trying to make 

 their factories attrractive by cultivating trees, flowers and shrubbery on 

 the grounds. Altogether many of our most successful business men 



