<)[' ]u:in-\i of I he cliiiifli-ldi;; liosl. 'I'Ik; sides of tlic riittow slioiiM Ix; 

 (lroHH('(l ]u'r(' .'iihI there witJi .'i, lioe, jih may he needlul lo iii;ike ,sur(; tJi;i1, 

 no ]}'dHH'd(rvM'iiy out is left for- I lie cliitifli-hn^rs vvliidi will presently ncf-iiriiii- 

 liilc in ilie l)ot,t,oni. 



If the furrow h;is been v\cll ninde, its dusty sifjes will [)rove inipiissahle 

 to t,fi(! I)nf:;s which tninhle int,o il,, (',H\)('.(:i!i\\y as Uiosc; move al, l,liiH time 

 almost wholly on fool. If it is so [)laeed th.'it, il, is directly exposed t,o 

 th(! sun, in very w.arm we.'ither the; ^rciit, tri;ijoril,y of tJie chinch liiifrs 

 c'Mifiht, in it, will he speedily l<ille(| hy f,|ie hejit, tlic; yoiinf:;(!st suttcnmhirifi; 

 first,, hilt, fiven adults finally perishitif^. j\(!vert,he|(!ss, l,o insure l,fi(;ir 

 destruct,ion, holes a foot- in deplli should hf; iri;ide in t,h(; furrow wit,fi ;i, 

 |)ost,-liole dif<^(!r at, int,(!rva,ls of ahout, t,w(!nt,y IViet,, to H(!rv<! as l,raf)H for 

 t,h(! I)iif:;s. Here, t,hey will aecurrnil;il(! hy pinl,s and (|narl,H or even hy 

 p(!cl<s in ;i [thice, .iccordin^ to the nuniher in the l,nivelinc; hordft, ;i.nd in 

 1,lie.s(! liol(!S tiMty niiiy easily ]>('. kWU'.d hy pouring a lil,tl(! k(!ros(!n<! iifjon 

 them. 'V]\(' [)ost,-liole (\'\ii:,fi,('T may he con venicaitly u.sfnl for removin/.'- 

 th((m when (|e;i(| ;iiid for dressin;^; up the hole.s again. 



As Ifie myriads of hugs iit,f,(!m|)t l,o f!S(;iip(! from tli(! furrow, (;limhing 

 its dusty wall again and again with d(!S|)er!i,tx! [KTHistonco, 1/h(!y will 

 gradually Iohhoti the slopt; hy dragging drown the duHt an they fall back, 

 and some; of thcan may thus m;d<(! t,[i(;ir w.'iy out, in time. It, is conse- 

 quenl/ly n(!cessiiry lluit, tlu; h;irrier should }>(•■ cf)ntiniiously watche,d juid 

 occasiofiiilly rectified here ;ind then; with !i, hoe. Aft,er ;i time it, will 

 perlia|)H he; mr)st, convenient to make; anotlK^r furrow p;ir;iilel with I, Ik; 

 first, afjandoning t,lie Intt.er or nsinfr it for the coiil-tiir strip [»rese(d,ly t,o 

 bedescrihed. 



This furrow and post,-hole h.'i,rri(!r will work t,o pnicticjil perfection 

 so long as ih<! ground can her kept, thoroughly f)ulv(;ri/-efl, hut, even ;\ 

 slig}ii s}iow(!r of rain is sufhcieni, to destroy it, njloasing the inifirisoncfl 

 chinch-hugs and giving fre(; passageway into th(! thn^atetu^d fi(;ld. Ah a 

 saf(!giiard against, tfiis contingenr^y, a harnH of coa,l-t,a-r should he brought 

 tf) the field, together with a watering-fiot with a, tubular sfjoiit,, aruJ a 

 dif>p(;r for dip|)ing out thr; tar. If a, slender line of coal-t,ar \)<: [)Oured 

 along the bottom oi the; furrow or on a, liarden<'d strip of gnjund oiit- 

 HJdf!, it will Horve as a barr'ier to t he (n'ogniss of the bugs no l(!.ss (;om[)letX! 

 t,}iati that abovf! described. When first, apf)li(;d it will soak s|)(!(!flily 

 into tfie ground, but, a hai-(|en(!d crust will thus ()resf!nt,ly }>(: forrruul 

 which will hold ihc tar until it, slowly dries out. If must, commonly be 

 ren(;w(!d about twice a day. AU)ng this strif) pos),-holes may be; mad(! 

 as b(!for(!, in wfiich thf; chifich-bugs will he caught, even though thf; 

 ground may be thoroughly wot. A Hingle man or boy can guard from 

 eighty tf) one; hiuifh'fid and fifty rofis of the barrier, but, he must, be in 

 the field early and lat,e. 



'I'liis method may Hcem troublesome and costly t,o thf; reader of this 



