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Pkairie Farmer, July 23, 1864, v. 14, n. s., p. 56. 



Editorial note calling attention to proper spellino; of the name. 

 Said to be frequently spelled chintz, by exchanges. The rains in 

 chinch-bug region will probably check the pest. 



Country Gentleman, July 28, 1864, v. 24, p. 65. 



Eeprint of an item from the "Rockford Register," which reports 

 the successful use of boards set on a ridge made by plowing 

 double furrows along side of field, upper edge of boards being 

 saturated with kerosene. Bugs did not cross. 



Foster, Suel.— The Chinch Bug Destroying the Wheat in Iowa. 

 (Country Gentleman, July 28, 1864, v. 24, p. 58.) 



Writes from Muscatine, Iowa, July 14, 1864, of great damage 

 by bugs in Eastern and Central Iowa. Winter wheat badly win- 

 ter-killed, and spring wheat over half .destroyed by bugs. Young 

 red bugs found about roots. Says, "We must quit growing spring 

 wheat in the West, until we get rid of the chinch bug." Much 

 corn injured. 



Prairie Farmer, July 30, 1864, v. 14, n. s., p. 69. [Editorial re- 

 view of circular issued by Geo. R. Chittenden, concerning 

 crop prospects.] 



Illinois. — Counties reporting chinch-bug injury — "principally 

 in spring wheat" — are Bond, Boone, Christian, Henry, Iroquois, 

 Jefferson, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, McLean, Marshall, Ogle, Pe- 

 oria, Stephenson, Whiteside, Woodford. Iowa.— Counties infested 

 are Black Hawk, Bremer, Cedar, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dubuque, 

 Elkador, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Muscatine, Powesheik. Wisconsin. 

 — The following counties report damage by chinch bugs: Colum- 

 bia, Crawford, Dodge, Grant, Green, La Fayette, Racine, Sauk, Wal- 

 worth, and Waukesha, the damage being estimated from consider- 

 able to almost an entire failure of crop. Oats and barley are se- 

 verely injured, and corn frequently attacked. 



BuDD, Jas. [Jos.] L.- Chinch Bug. Objection to Deep Covering 

 of Spring Wheat. (Prairie Farmer, Aug. 6, 1864; v. 14, n. 

 s.,p. 84.) 



Replying to "Agricola" [see previous page], reiterates belief 

 in efficacy of sowing spring wheat early and thick. Suggests 

 raising winter wheat instead, on account of its being a surer crop. 



Prairie Farmer, Sept. 10, 1864, v. 14, n. s., p. 164. Chinch 

 Bugs — Birds. 



A corrosjK)ndent mentions the appearance of chinch bugs in 

 wheat on sod, ])ut not in nnmbers to do serions damage. Thou- 

 sands of biids about wln^n seed was sown, but they were after 

 tlif' wlicnl. niid iK'CcssilMlcd flio sowing of soinc^ land twice. 



