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Statistical Keport of the Illinois State Board of Agricult- 

 ure July 1, 1887. Circular 136, pp. 12-23. Correspond- 

 ents' Remarks. 



Bond, Clark, Clay, Jefferson, and Shelby Co's. Corn and oats 

 injured by chinch bug. Coles and Madison Co's. Oats injured. 

 Clinfon, Crawford, Effingham, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, 

 Lawrence, Macoupin, Richland, Wayne, and Williamson Co's. 

 Corn more or less injured. Fayette, Jasper, Perry, St. Clair, 

 Wabash, and Washington Co's. Chinch bugs and drouth have 

 injured corn. 



Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1887. The Chinch Bug. 



Eeports from thirty-three counties in Wisconsin show that crops 

 have been seriously damaged by chinch bugs in ten counties and 

 by chinch bugs and drouth in nine others. 



Forbes, S. A. — [The Chinch Bug.] (A circular letter issued from 

 the office of the State Entomologist of Illinois, July 19, 

 1887.) 



In Southern Illinois thirty counties are said to be infested by 

 the chinch bug, and it is found locally numerous in the northern 

 part of the State in Lake, Winnebago, Stephenson, and Lee 

 counties. Information is requested concerning occurrence and 

 numbers. 



Boas, F., and [Weed, C. M.] — Questions Answered. (Prairie 

 Farmer, July 23, 1887.) 



Writing from Marion county, 111., Mr. Boas says: "The chinch 

 bugs have taken our oats, a great deal of our timothy, and are now 

 ready for the corn. * * * Last year I had a prospect of 1,500 

 bushels of corn, but the chinch bugs reduced it to less than 150." 

 Asks concerning the practicability of killing the bugs with 

 pyrethrum. Mr. Weed replies that it will be difficult to reach 

 those concealed beneath the sheaths of the leaves, and recom- 

 mends the kerosene emulsion as cheaper and more likely to give 

 good results, and gives formula for preparing it. 



[Weed, C. M.] — Chinch Bugs in Northern Illinois. (Prairie 

 Farmer, July 23, 1887.) 



Recent investigations of the State Entomologist show an in- 

 cipient outbreak of chinch bugs in certain counties of Northern 

 Illinois. Considerable damage to corn and oats about Freeport, 

 in Stephenson county. Probability of an overwhelming attack in 

 1888 if the weather should be favorable. 



Farmers' Review, July 27, 1887. Plowing under Chinch Bugs. 



A Kansas farmer who plowed under the outside rows in a corn 

 field which had been attacked when adjoining wheat was cut 

 writes: "My plowing under the chinch bugs was a complete fail- 



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