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Prairie Farmer. Record of the Season. 



April 5, 1860, v. o, n. s., p. 217. Coles Co. Little spring wheat 

 will be sown as it is regarded as a harbor for the chinch bug. 

 May 17, 1860, p. 313. La Salle Co. "No wheat sowed; chinch iiy 

 destroys it entirely." June 7, 1860, p. 360. Iroquois Co. Chinch 

 bugs are ruining one piece of writer's wheat already. Never saw 

 wheat and oats look better. June 28, 1860, p. 413. Cook, Kan- 

 kakee and DeKalh Co's. Chinch bugs present. July 5, 1860, p. 

 16. Kankakee Co. Numerous in spring grains. July 12, 1860, 

 p. 25. Iroquois and Knox Co's. In wheat. July 19, 1860, p. 41. 

 Marshall Co. Injuring small grain. Wheat crop light on account 

 of chinch bugs and drouth. Aug. 30, 1860, p. 137. Marion Co. 

 (Centralia). Doing great mischief to corn. 



Iowa. — July 19, 1860, p. 41. Clark Co. Injuring small grain. 

 Aug. 23, I860, p. 120. Burlington. Sorghum much damaged by 

 drouth and chinch bugs. 



Prairie Farmer, April 12, 1860, v. 5, n. s., p. 228. Entomological 

 Notes. 



A correspondent of the "Rockford Register" keeps chinch bugs 

 out of his corn by sowing, about June 1, a strip of Hungarian 

 grass a rod wide between corn and all small grain. The bugs 

 like it better than corn and will not leave it, yet do not damage 

 it seriously for hay. Has had eight years' experience with this 

 measure. To prevent ravages in wheat, sow early in March so 

 that the grain will get past the milky stage before the bug com- 

 mences to work in great numbers. 



Prairie Farmer, Sept. 6, 1860, v. 6, n. s., p. 152. Questions and 

 Answers. 



Clean farming best remedy for chinch bugs. Slaked lime may 

 be mixed with old straw-stack bottoms when putting in compact 

 heaps. Keep back yard tidy, stables clean, rails and fence boards 

 picked up, and roadside free from weeds. If "strawy" manure is 

 used, plow it under. Farmers must all adopt these precautions 

 to have them effective. 



Andrews, C. N. — [Extract from lecture delivered before the Win- 

 nebago Co. Agricultural Society in I860.] (Prairie Farmei", 

 Oct. 25, 1860, V. 6, n. s., p. 259.) 



Believes that the chinch bug commences its work in small cir- 

 cumscribed patches, analogous to ant hills, and that by some top- 

 ical application to these colonies the insects may be destroyed be- 

 fore tliey multiply and scatter. Recommends camphor and cor- 

 rosive sublimate; also a strong suds made with whale-oil soap. 



Prairie Farmer, Nov. 22, 1860, v. (5, n. s., p. 322. Entomological 

 Notes and Extracts. 

 A correspondent says that only the I'enialG survives the wintor. 

 [ Erroneous. ] 



