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— deep plowing immediately after harvest, rolling, ditching, fenc- 

 ing, and the use of insecticides. Ditches into which water can 

 be turned form complete barriers to their creeping migrations, 

 and in regions that depend entirely upon irrigation for moisture, 

 -or such as are easily flooded, there need never be loss from this 

 insect. Favorite food plants are mentioned, wild buckwheat being 

 quoted as a delicacy. Weedy or grassy fields of small grain or 

 corn are sometimes relatively little damaged. 



Praieie Farmer, May 12, 1888. 



Pope Co., 111., April 21. Chinch bugs and cutworms very nu- 

 merous. 



Farmers' Eeview. Crop Eeports and F. E. Club Eecord. 



May 23, 1888. Bond, Edwards, Jackson, Jasper, and Saline 

 Co's. General mention of chinch-bug injury except from Saline 

 county, where wheat is said to be poor on account of drouth and 

 chinch bugs. May 30, 1888. Clark Co. Winter wheat killed by 

 chinch bugs. Coles Co. Small grain will be killed if the year is 

 dry. Craioford, Wabash, and Wayne Co's. Chinch bugs doing 

 enormous damage. June 6, 1888. Christian Co. Small grain 

 injured. Wabash Co. Wheat and some meadows damaged. 

 Washington Co. Some chinch bugs. Wayne Co. Winter wheat 

 destroyed. June 13, 1888. Edgar, Effingham, HamiUon, Ran- 

 dolph, and Shelby Co's. More or less damage from chinch bugs. 

 June 20, 1888. Clark, Edicards, and Jasper Co's. More or less 

 damage done by chinch bugs, or expected. Jefferson Co. Small 

 grain is being destroyed. Richland Co. Winter wheat eaten up. 

 June 27, 1888. Cumberland, Henry, Lawrence, and Macoupin 

 Co's. Chinch bugs reported as more or less injurious. Clinton Co. 

 Small grain injured. Frayiklin Co. Wheat and oats badly 

 damaged. July 4, 1888. Coles, Craioford, Shelby, Wabash, and 

 Williamson Co's. Small grain more or less injured. DuPage, 

 and Madisoyi Co's. Chinch bugs present. Washington Co. 

 Wheat injured. July 11, 1888. Calhoun, Edgar, Gallatin, 

 Knox, Pope, and Shelby Co's. Grain injured more or less, 

 Hamilton Co. Wheat almost destroyed. Livingston Co. Chinch 

 bugs killed by heavy rain. Richland Co. Wheat and corn badly 

 injured. July 18, 1888. Clark and Edwards Co's. Grain in- 

 jured by chinch bugs. Jackson Co. Some damage. Jefferson 

 Co. Wheat, oats, and timothy injured. July 25, 1888, p. 467. 

 Franklin Co. Oats good, but damaged by bugs. Aug. 15, 1888, 

 p. 515. Edwards Co. Chinch bugs killing corn. Aug. 22, 1888, 

 p. 531. Carroll Co. Spring wheat damaged. Massac Co. Corn 

 hurt by bugs and drouth. 



Iowa. — June 20, 188S. Boone Co. Spring wheat injured. Iowa 

 Co. Small grain injured. July 4, 1888. Warren Co. Wheat 

 nearly all ruined by chinch bugs last year. July 18, 1888, pp. 451, 

 458. Benton, loiva, and Keokuk Co's. Grain injured by chinch 

 bugs. Howard Co. Barley damaged. Aug. 1, 1888, v. 19, p. 488. 



