﻿66 SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Montgomery County. 



3— Fire, is being' used against them this Winter very much, burnino^old litter of all 

 kinds. In Summer shallow ditches are made with the plow and logs and other weights 

 dragged along those ditches to keep them from going in standing crops.— d. t. m. 

 There have been no systematic efforts made to overcome its injuries. 1 do not think 

 your Second Report has been distributed or known among the farmers of Montgomery 

 county to any extent.— e. r. b. 



4 — From the best information I can get and from actual observation, I would say 

 that the corn crop of the county was injured one-fourth. Wheat was less injured gen- 

 erally than for several years. 1 could not well approximate the damage in dollars and 

 cents. ^E. R. B. 



Neio Madrid County. 



3 _]^o systematic efforts have ever been made to overcome its injuries. I do not 

 think your Second Report is extensively circulated among farmers in the county.— j. s. b. 



4_It would be impossible to give, even approximately, the damage done to this 

 year's crop. It was coraparativelj^ slight.— j. s, b. 



Newton County. 



3_I think none at all. I have not even seen your Report before, and do not think 

 there are many, if any at all, in the hands of farmers in this county. — j. t. No syste- 

 matic efforts have ever been made to overcome its injuries. If any of your reports 

 have ever reached this county, I have been unable to find one. — w. h. w. 



4— It is very difficult to tell anything about the amount of damage, on account of 

 the great drouth, but it was many thousand dollars. — J. t. They damaged the wheat 

 about one-fourth, and killed nearly all the corn. — w. h. w. 



Nodaivay County. 



3 — While I was a member of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, I secured about 

 40 copies of your Second Report from various sources and distributed them amongst 

 our leading farmers and fruit-growers. These, I think, are about all that have been 

 received in our county, although it has been eagerly sought for and fully appreciated 

 by our people. — w. b. m. h. None. I think about one farmer in fifty has your report, 

 and perhaps one-fourth have studied the insect's history. — av. r. Odessa Spring wheat 

 is generally considered here as best standing their injuries, but has not been sufficiently 

 tested to speak positivelj' in regard to its merits. — t. d. w. 



4 — This year it damaged oats fully 3 bushels per acre, and Spring wheat 2 bushels ; 

 Fall wheat, rye and barley about 1 bushel per acre. The first crop of tame hay it did 

 not injure, but the aftermath was cut short fully one-fourth ton per acre, and corn about 

 6 bushels per acre. — w. b. m. h. One hundred thousand dollars. — w. r. 



Oregon County. 

 3 — No. 1 have no definite idea, but believe there were very few copies distributed. 

 — J. R. w. 



4 — About ten per cent. — j. u. w. 



Osage County. 



3 — No systematic efforts to overcome their injuries liave been made to my knowl- 

 edge. Some have tried to keep them from spreading all over their farms by plowing 

 and ditching, some by sprinkling a few rows of their corn in advance of them with a 

 mixture of coal oil and water. It kept them from crossing for a few days, but did not 

 prevent them from flying over and destroying the balance of the crop. Your Second 

 Report was distributed among a limited number of farmers. — l. r. 



4— The estimated damage done this year in this county by the Chinch Bug may bs 

 put down thus : wheat, one-fourth of the crop ; corn, three-fourths of the crop ; haj% 



