THE CHINCH BUG IN IOWA. 



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advantage in doing this late in Fall , after bugs have taken up their Winter 

 quarters, in that there is more probability of burning thoroughly to the 

 ground, and bugs, if any escape, will have difficulty in finding shelter for 

 the Winter, and many are likely to perish by the attacks of birds or other 

 natural enemies. 



Many of the measures recommended for the latter part of the season 

 may be unnecessary, and of course the greatest gain results if careful 

 attention is given to the matter at the beginning of the season. As far as 

 possible there should be concerted action by all the farmers in a neighbor- 

 hood, for though it may pay the individual farmer to do all he can for the 

 protection of his own crops, he can but partially succeed it bugs are 

 continually coming in from the neglected fields of his neighbor. Each man 

 should study the conditions on his own farm, become thoroughly familiar 

 with the habits of the bug, the crops it will infest and the time and manner 

 of its work, and then adapt his crops and the remedies he applies to the 

 particular conditions of his locality. 



