fools do iiol ilr\('lo|), :iihI llic forii. !;ickiiii; tlicir su|>|m)I-|, I'nlls lo llic 

 cai'lli ill llic i'li'st lic;i\y wind. :iiul ol'Icn l':iils lo I'oriii :i iiciiVct cav. 



I'iririiliris (IIkI h'tiiit(li(S. \\'illioiil ;it lcin|)liii,i;- to ,^i\(' in tliis spccinl 

 Mrticl(> i\\\\ full proiirain of procivliiic loi- \\\v rt^strictioii of {■hiiiclihufi 

 mult iplicnl ioii or the pi'oli'ct ion ol' ci-ops ;i,i;;iiiist it. \\)\vv mcasiii'cs will 

 !)(> (lisciisst't! ;is p;irticiil:irly ;»ppli(';ii)l(' lo the coni cfoi). 



A ('oiisidiM'nhU* mass of (>\id(Mi('(' has \)vc\\ accumulated, of hotli a 

 popular and a sc'ciililic cliaractcr, to I lie (>lTccl that lli(> lirowiiii;; ol" wheal 

 is laxoraMc to the chiiich-buj;-. 'I'liis is seemiiii;ly dut> to the fact that 

 lln> wlu>at plant olTcM-s iu April and early May a ptM'ftM'l food lo the 

 adult, and likewise to i1h> delicate youiiii; ;is lhi>y hatch from the t\i;\i!,-. 

 whei'eas, if th(> crop is not lirowii, the hulk of the hibei'iiatiiii;- hu^s 

 must distribute lh(Miisel\(>s o\-ei- the m(\adow grasses, only the later oiu^s 

 (\stablishiiii;- I htMiis(>'\-es in lields of oals and coimi. 'VUv grasses se(Mii al 

 this season of (he xcar lo alTord a U\ss abmidant and p(M-haps less nutri- 

 tious food than do(>s the yoiiiiii wluvit plant, and i;'eii(M-al chiiich-bui;- 

 injury of Hie lirst or excii of tli(> s(>cond j;rad(> is i-are in districts w luMV 

 no wh(>al is raisiMl. Tiu* abandonnuMit of wlu>at culture is too drastic a 

 uu>asui-(\ h(nv(>v(M-, for ^ciuM-al ust\ since it would result iu the oblitiM-a- 

 lion of that ci'op o\-er a ,!;r(>at part of the so-called wheat 1h>1| in the 

 (•(Mitral and uorth-ciMilral stales. 



'I'he hibei-iialiiia,' habit of llu> ins(>ct su<;,i;t's|s al once tli(> nd\aiita,i:;e of 

 what is commonly known as clean farmitii;- llie d(\s| ruci ion, that is, ol 

 all wasl(> and iu!>bish of e\(My dt>scri|)lion which may form a wint(M- 

 pi-ott>clion lo hibeinaliiiu ins(>cts. and tlu* burning!; o\iM- of all waste 

 plact^s and accumulal ions of I'ubbish in (>arly sprinii; befor(> the bu>;s ha\e 

 scattered abroad. The maintenance of ihicktMs and of woodlands with 

 tluMr coaliiii; i^i lea\(>s and masses of fall(Mi l>rusli is (^s|UM'ially favorable 

 to llusse hibernal iiii;- iust>cts, and an old rail f(Mic(> will afToi'd wiiittM- 

 liarborai;t> to millions o( iIumu. 



'riu> main deixMidence {^\ the corn fariiuM', howi>\iM-. must be llu> 

 dostruclion of the bu<;s as the\- s(>ek to cmiUm- his corn after llu* ripeninu 

 of llu> small i;raiu has forctnl them to mii^raU^ in search o( Uhh\. As soon 

 as the ripiMiini; of badly iiifesl(>d liiMds of small urain conip(>ls tlu> chincli- 

 bu^- lo destM't lluMii. if lh(> we.MlluM- is dry, so that the iirouiid may 1h> 

 lliorou<;hl\ pul\eri/(>d and k(>pl in a dusty condition, a stri|> of iirouiul 

 six to ten f(H>l widt> should luMltH^ply plowed alonu' th(> sid(^ of tlu> infest(>d 

 tiidd adjoininii; corn. This stri|i should iIumi be ihoi-oiiuhly and dei'jily 

 pulverized, lirst with a disk harrow and iIumi with a brush, until it is 

 reduced as n(>arl\- as possible to the condition of dust. X(>\t a sht>rl loji' 

 (Mji'ht or tiMi inclu>s in diamehM'. or a triaii<iular trough niad(> by nailiiiii- 

 two boards to^etluM-, and afttM-waid loaded with sh)ne, should be di-a!;,i;(Hl 

 endwis(> back and forth in this strip, \\\v tliixcr ridine; the lou' or trouuli 

 if iiect>ssary, until a deep iii'oo\e or furrow has Ihhmi made across tlu> line 



