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Chinch bugs as numerous as I ever saw them. Materially reduced the yield ol wheat in many 

 fields. Oats and corn injured where they grew by the side of wheat, many fields ot corn being en- 

 tirely destroyed. 



Morgan— Made their appearance in this county just before wheat harvest — about the tenth of 

 June. Injured late wheat and barley to some extent, and then went Into the corn, but have not 

 damaged it to any great degree. 



Moultrie— Scattered pretty generally over the country; but not very numerous except in a 

 few places where they went out of wheat and oat fields and injured the corn considerably. If con- 

 ditions are favorable next year we may expect a full crop of them. 



Pkoria— Find but very few. 



Piatt— Some bugs in southern part of county, but not in the northern. No damage as yet to 

 corn crop. 



Pike— A few chinch bugs are now at work in corn on sides of fields adjoining oats; to be found 

 by stripping down blades. 



Pope — The pest is general over the whole county, but not in quantities sufficient to injure the 

 corn crop except for the drouth. 



Bugs very numerous in thia locality. Doing considerable damage to corn, some of which is 

 black with bugs. 



Pulaski— Has been some complaint of the chinch bug in the neighborhood, but it certainly has 

 not done much harm. 



In northern and ea.stern portions of the county, corn fields adjoining wheat begin to show seri- 

 ous damage, and late corn will certainly be badly hurt. Many farmers burned stubble immedi- 

 ately after harvest and virtually destroyed the bugs 



Small strip of county three miles east of Villa Ridge Infested, but no great damage is as yet 

 discovered. 



Rock Island— Some bugs in almost every corn field, but not in (juantity to do any serious 

 damage. 



Spring whea^ not materially damaged; but few pieces were taken by the bugs. 



Chinch bugs here in multitudes and have done a great deal of damage to wheat and corn. 



The ravages of the chinch bug are not general in this part of the county , but wherever wheat 

 and rye were raised it made its appearance early, and as soon as these were harvested it attacked 

 the adjoining corn fields, daniaszing many acres. 



Has made its appearance in some localities, but not in numbers to do small grain very much 

 damage. Corn has suffered very slightly from it. 



Saline— Quite a lot of bugs all over the county. 



The chinch bug has injured our corn more than the drouth, and it is multiplying rapidly. Has 

 also killed the crab grass and fox-tall in the wheat stubble of many of our fields. 



Sangamon— Chinch bugs are here, but not in suflScient numbers to excite alarm or even attract 

 attention. 



Schuyler— A very few chinch bugs in some localities. No damage from them as yet. 

 Have noticed but very few. Soon after cutting wheat noticed some young ones in the corn. 

 In some localities they damaged oats slightly. 



Scott — Have heard but one complaint, and this is where the corn field was entirely surrounded 

 by small grain. 



Shelby— Have been damaged but very little in this locality by chinch bugs, though in the 

 southern part of the county they have done considerable harm. 



Quite numerous in the wheat fields, and have destroyed corn and oats adjoining wheat and 

 rye The second generation is hatching. 



Went from wheat into corn, and in central and northern townships have done considerable 

 damage. 



Stark —In Goshen township the chinch bugs have made their appearance, but little Is^ said as 

 to the amount of damage done 



Stephenson — In considerable numbers in spring wheat. Plenty to make a full crop by an- 

 other year. 



Were but few chinch bugs in winter wheat, as they came too late for that. They were in 

 spring wheat and barley; mostly confined to timbered districts, there being very few on prairie 

 farms. 



Winter wheat is slightly damaged by chinch bugs in this part of the State and spring wheat 

 and barley suffered much. 



The chinch bug is so generally present that should next season be favorable for its develop- 

 ment, serions harm from them may be expected. They hurt winter wheat nearly or quite as badly 

 as spring wheat. Are now injuring corn, but not to any very great extent. (Hiram Snyder, 

 Lena.) 



Tazkwell — Some in wheat stnbble. Not more abundant than usual in corn No damage so 



far. 



Vekmilion— Chinch bugs numerous in many fields, eating fox-tail and millet, but have done 

 no damage to grain. Some farmers report stubble fields swarming with them. 



Whitkside— About in isolated patches of wheat in small numbers, just to show what they 

 can do 



Chinch bugs have made their appearance in quite large numbers in some parts of this county 

 whfrt- considerable wheat and barley have been raised, but are not so numerous or general as to 

 cause alarm. 



Will Chinch bngs arc numerous, but yet doing no i)erce|)til)le damage. Many of them are 

 on the wing. Are said to he nuiTicrous in slough grass niul wet-land meadows (souiethiag unus- 

 ual ), imd when tlie t::rasH is cnt they take wina. Have not heard of any damage to corn. 



