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1864. 



Prairie Farmer. Kecord of the Season. 



June 25, 1864, v. 13, n. s., p. 443. Henry Co. Eeported bad 

 in wheat. Never before appeared so early. Marshall Co. (15). 

 Numerous. July 2, 1864, p. 5. Bureau Co. (June 22). Spring 

 wheat nearly or quite ruined in some sections of the county. 

 Knox Co. Likely to destroy most of the wheat, and in oats to 

 some extent. Came very early and are very numerous. July 9, 

 1864, p. 21. ^Carroll Co. (June 28). Wheat thin and badly in- 

 fested. DeKalh Co. (June 30). Barley much hurt and wheat 

 damaged. Mercer Co. (June 28). Likely to destroy spring wheat. 

 Woodford Co. (June 30). Wheat, oats, and barley are being 

 killed. July 16, 1864, p. 37. Carroll Co. Corn, oats, and wheat 

 damaged. Hancock Co. (6). Chinch bugs very numerous. Henry 

 Co. Spring wheat more than half destroyed. Livingston Co. (6). 

 Oats and wheat nearly ruined by drouth and chinch bugs. Put- 

 nam Co. (7). Taking everything. Warren Co. More numerous 

 and destructive than ever before. Will Co. Wheat, oats, and 

 barley are being ruined. July 23, 1864, p. 60. DeKalh Co. 

 Hundreds of acres of barley and wheat are being burned on the 

 ground to destroy the bugs. La Salle Co. (10). The wheat is 

 destroyed, and oats and corn are likely to suffer. Lee Co. (June 

 25). Some complaint of chinch bug. Stephenson Co. (12). Wheat 

 ruined, and corn and oats being taken. July 30, 1864, p. 69. 

 Henry (20) and Lee (25) Co's. Very destructive to wheat, 

 and now on corn or going to it. McHenry Co. (18). Wheat, 

 rye, barley, and late oats a failure, and corn threatened. Early 

 in season found extensive deposits of chinch-bug eggs on roots of 

 grain. McLean Co. (ll). Spring wheat almost entirely ruined. 

 Schuyler Co. (18). Wheat (especially spring), oats, and barley 

 are injured, and corn is being damaged. Vermilion Co. (15). 

 Some pieces of spring wheat infested, and may be injured. Will 

 Co. (20). Rained in time to save most of wheat and oats. Aug. 

 13, 1864, p. 10. McDonoiujh and Tazeivell Co's. Have done little 

 <lamag('. Eoc/v Island Co. Much injury; more to barley than to 

 wheat. Aug. 20, 1864, p. 117. Schuyler Co. (9). Killed late oats 

 and are now in the corn. Aug. 27, 1864, p. 132. Effincjham Co. 

 (6). "Chinch bugs not as bad as u^ual. We feed thorn (on 

 Hungarian) until they kill themselves. The middle of July we 

 could gather un the dead [cast skins?] by the double handful." 

 8opt. 3, 1864, 'p. 149. Lee Co. (Aug. 22). Injury to corn less 

 than supposed. * 



Iowa.— June 25, 1864, p. 443. Cedar Co. (13). Destroying much 

 wheat. (U(tyion Co. At work in barley and wheat. July 23, 1864, 

 J). 60. Cedar Co. (13). More destructive in certain sections of the 

 county than cvei* before. Much wheat destroyed, and fears enter- 

 tain(;d for (;orn. Jones (^o. (8). "TIkm-o are enough chinch bugs 

 in the wheat, as a general thing, to eat it bodily. As bad on 

 JK.'W land as on old. Also in oats." Aug. 6, 1(S64, \). 85. North- 



