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reliance. Quotes from recent bulletin of Prof. Forbes some of 

 the commonest causes of discouragement as to measures of de- 

 fence, and recommends the following procedure for 1888: Carry 

 fire into every hidiug place that circumstances will permit. Ke- 

 duce as much as possible the area planted to wheat, rye, barley, 

 and Hungarian, aud, to a less extent, oats, corn, and meadow 

 grass; but where these crops cannot be suspended, sow small grain 

 early and heavily, and plant corn late, and if it is unavoidably 

 planted next to wheat, barley, or Hungarian, sow between the 

 fields strips of some crop not relished by bugs. As far as 

 practicable, make clover, buckwheat, flax, beans, and root crops 

 the main dependence. Strips of wheat or Hungarian may be 

 planted as lures and plowed under as soon as eggs are laid, 

 lying two or three weeks unless the crop to be planted subse- 

 quently is one bugs will not eat. When portions of a field become 

 badly infested before much growth has been made, plow under 

 deep, and, later, plant to some crop bugs will not injure, or, as 

 late as possible, to fodder corn. If crop is far enough along to 

 cut as hay, or ripe enough for early cutting for grain, clear 

 field at once, burn stubble, and plow quickly. Make furrows 

 and pulverize earth to prevent migration from small grain to corn. 

 Straw may be spread along these furrows toward evening and fired 

 in the morning. If bugs reach corn and begin to accumulate, 

 use kerosene emulsion. Process of preparing and applying emul- 

 sion given. Corn fields infested throughout may be cut for fodder. 

 After the crops are cared for, rubbish in places inaccessible to- 

 fire may be raked into heaps, and these will attract the bugs when 

 selecting quarters for hibernation. Here they may be burned in 

 late fall, early winter, or early spring. Also burn over ground 

 covered with grass, leaves, etc. Concert of action urged. 



^KANSAS Farmer, , 1888. [Fighting the Chinch Bug.] 



I (Reprinted in Farmers' Review, Jan. 4, 1888.) 



^ Two plans. 1. With a stirring plow turn one furrow in ad- 

 vance of bugs and away from them. On top of ridge made by 

 plow level off a width of four inches, making smooth and com- 

 pact, and apply coal-tar with any vessel that will give a stream a 

 little larger than a rye straw. For first few days make two ap- 

 plications,— morning and 'noon, — after which one at midday and 

 after rain will suffice by its scent to check any number of bugs 

 that may approach. Knows from two seasons' experience that a 



I continuous tar-line, free from sticks, weeds, or stalks, will protect 

 any crop from the bugs until they can fly. Coal-tar, $2.50 to $4 

 per barrel, according to freight charges. After practice, fifteen 

 minutes will suffice to renew a line of tar ninety to one hundred 

 rods long. After the ground has become well-saturated and hard 

 the stream may be diminished. 



2. In fall sow half acre of rye on highest land on farm, cov- 

 ering in winter with sufficient hay or straw to secure its burning 

 well. The eggs will be deposited on the rye, and when they have 



