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Cultivator and Countky Gentleman, Oct. 26, 1871, v. 36, p. 

 680. 



Note that a "Missouri Republican" correspondent had success- 

 fully [?] used salt to prevent pro.^ress of hu^s in corn field. 

 Sprinkled row of corn just ahead of bugs, and earth between it 

 and the infested corn with strong brine. 



Prairie Farmer, Nov. 11, 1871. Straw Injured by Chinch Bugs. 



In reply to a query on the subject, a correspondent says that 

 he feeds straw and corn damaged by chinch bugs to stock with- 

 out injury. In regard to getting rid of the insect by raising no 

 spring wheat he says, "In this region [Kinmundy, Marion Co.] 

 we raise no spring wheat nor barley, but oats, winter wheat, 

 and plenty of chinch bugs, and they breed in the wheat first." 



[LeBaron, Wm.] — Introduction. (Prairie Farmer, , 1871.) 



Chinch bugs w^ere sufiiciently numerous in localities, to start 

 destructive colonies in June. The most important preventive 

 measure against them is to sow spring wheat as early as possible. 

 It is not the hibernating bugs but their summer progeny that do 

 the mischief. These do not appear until about the middle of 

 June, and if we can get spring wheat well matured by that time 

 it will escape their ravages. For this reason the earlier winter 

 wheat is not often injured by them. 



[LeBaron, Wm.] — The Chinch Bug once more. (Prairie Farmer, 

 , 1871.) 



In reply to questions, says that the absence of cold drenching 

 rains, and the slight check by birds and parasitic insects, indicate 

 excessive prevalence of chinch bug in 1872; but as it feeds but 

 little in the fall, winter wheat, maturing early in the spring, will 

 escape serious damage ; and the chances for winter wheat are very 

 much better than for spring wheat where chinch bugs have pre- 

 vailed this season. 



1872. ' 



Beiiiune, C. J. S. — Insects affecting the Wheat Crops. 3. The 

 Chinch Bug {Micropus Icucopicrus, Say). (Kept. Ent. Soc. 

 Ontario, 1871, pp. 55-57.) 



A compiled account of the history, natural history, injuries, and 

 enemies of the insect, with notice of remedies. 



Glover, Townend. — Report of the Entomologist. (Rept. [U. S.] 

 Comniiss. Agric, 1871, p. 84, fig. 17.) 



States that the chinch bug has been very destructive in Iowa, 

 KansaH, and tlie Nortliwcstern States. Quotes a correspondent who 

 finds salt a successful barrier to progress of chinch bug. Stirs half 

 A gallon of salt into a pail of water and sprinkles ground and row 

 of corn just ahead of the bugs. He says they go from row to row 

 "with almost as much precision as a man plowing the corn. 



