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Wisconsin.— Aug. 1, 1874, p. 248. Dane Co. (July 20). De- 

 stroy iug wheat aud barley. Worse than for many years before. 

 Green Co. (July 20). Going from wheat to corn by millions. 

 Sept. 19, 1874, p. 304. Doane Co. (8). Greater part of the corn 

 badly damaged. 



J[ohnson], B. F. — [Letters from Champaign County, Illinois, in 

 Cultivator and Country Gentleman.] 



June 11, 1874, v. 39, p. 372. Much talk of the chinch bug, as 

 might have been anticipated from the dry weather in May. Aug. 

 13, 1874, p. 517. Chinch bugs on every farm in Central Illinois. 

 Formerly they were confined to spring wheat and oats, penetrating 

 only a few rods into corn fields on the exposed sides. This year 

 they are everywhere. Aug. 20, 1874, p. 532. Incidental men- 

 tion of chinch-bug damage to corn. Sept. 3, 1874, p, 565. In 

 answer to an inquiry for the reason that farmers cut grain when 

 attacked by chinch bugs, states that it is to secure it for feed. 

 Oct. 15, 1874, p. 659. Cattle and horses injured by eating corn 

 stalks infested by chinch bugs, some deaths being reported. Symp- 

 toms resemble Texas fever.* Suggests sowing insect-killing plants, 

 like tobacco, hemp, nightshade, etc., as barriers. Origin of "chintz" 

 and "chinch." Oct. 29, 1874, p. 692. Chinch bugs are flying in 

 swarms at midday (Oct. 21). Thinks they are migrating. Drift 

 before a light wind, but would probably be driven to earth by a 

 heavy one. 



Foot, Lawrence. — A Way to stop Chinch Bugs. (Prairie Farm- 

 er, July 11, 1874, V. 45, p. 217.) 



If the bugs are on a few outer rows of corn, plow a ditch 

 between them and the remainder of the corn, keeping it dusty by 

 dragging a log along it. Very few bugs can cross this ditch. 



P., S. M. — The Prospect in Central Illinois. (Pl'airie Farmer, 

 Aug. 1, 1874, V. 45, p. 241.) 



"The damage already done to the growing corn in many locali- 

 ties by the chinch bug is beyond repair." 



Prairie FaRxMER, Aug. 8, 1874, v. 45, p. 249. Condition of the 

 Crops. (Extract from Crop Beport. ) 



In the Northwestern States spring wheat suffered especially 

 from the ravages of chinch bugs and other insects. Damage of 

 more or less serious character to this crop by chinch bugs in sec- 

 tions of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. 



Prairie Farmer, Aug. 15, 1874, v. 45, p. 257. 



An Iowa corresjjondent objects to furrow and log-dragging as 

 less effectual against the chinch bug than sowing a peck of winter 

 wheat per acre, with spring wheat. 



-* Rpcent inquiry lias not verified this report. S. A. P. 



