CHINCH-BUGS 123 



"I understand that/' said Mr. Blakeley, "but 

 what was that spray?" 



" Sprays have to be used when the corn is attacked 

 by the old bugs as they come from winter quarters 

 and by the young hatching from their eggs ; also 

 when somebody has been asleep and let the bugs 

 travel to his corn from another field and has not 

 stopped them with a barrier. He said that a good 

 spray could be made with one-fourth ounce strong 

 tobacco extract, one ounce good laundry soap, and 

 one gallon of water. The tobacco can be omitted 

 if it cannot be obtained. The bugs should all be 

 wet, but care should be taken not to fill the ' curl ' at 

 the top of the corn with the spray." 



At this moment Sammy came into the room, 

 yawned, and threw himself down in a large chair. 



"Sammy," said his father, "didn't that speaker 

 say that there were two kinds of chinch-bugs?" 



Sammy had fallen asleep, but woke when his father 

 asked the question and answered with a sleepy 

 "No." 



"Well, what did he say?" his father asked, and 

 they listened. From halfway down in slumber- 

 land they heard Sammy's voice, and he answered as 

 though he was speaking his piece in school, "He 

 said there were two races of chinch-bugs, the long- 

 winged race having wings as long as the body, and 

 the short-winged race, having the wings much 



