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helped it. Small grains did not suffer much. Serious injury occurred 
in several northeastern counties and particularly in Geauga County, 
where for many years previous the insect has not "been a pest. Bugs 
began moving out of the wheat in central counties about June 20 and in 
northeastern Ohio about. July 1. Some re-oorts were received of injury 
to lawns. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 28): Mature bugs are -plentiful and a few re- 
cently hatched bugs are common in most cornfields. Yesterday in De 
Kalb County we observed several that had just changed to adults. They 
wore apparently so'ne of the last of the first generation to mature. 
Weather conditions have been favorable to the bug. 
Illinois. W. ?. Flint (July IS): The first-brood chinch bu°.;s have nearly 
all matured, except in the extreme northern part of the State. General 
flights have "been occurring daily during July and the hugs are now 
very thoroughly distributed over the cornfields. Since the first of 
July showers have occurred at frequent intervals in most sections of 
the State. The rainfall has not "boon sufficiently heavy to cause the 
death of any of the hugs, but has greatly improved the condition of the 
corn. The dampge from the hugs will not he as heavy as was believed 
last month, hut may still ran to ~$0 or ^0 percent of the corn crop. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July l6) : The most northern chinch bug infestation 
is at Morrice in Shiawassee County. (July 23): The chinch hug is 
very abundant. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July J>0): Chinch bugs have been showing up in 
large numbers in Buffalo, fierce, Pepin, Kenosha, and Racine Counties, 
and have been very destructive in small patches of corn and Sudan grass, 
and have done serious injury to small grains that were beginning to 
head. They did not develop in destructive nucbors until after the 
middle of July, when most of them appeared in the winged form; conse- 
quently, very few barriers wore attempted. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (July 28): The chinch bug is very abundant and 
is doing considerable damage in Goodhue County. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk. (July 15.) : The infestation in southeastern Ne- 
braska did not expand in extent after June 20. Tho migration of the 
young bugs was at its height by June 10 and continued heavily until 
about June 20, when it gradually began to fall off. Within less than 
a week large numbers of adult winged bugs were noted, flying from 
the small grain into the corn; and the creosote barriers then began 
to diminish steadily in effectiveness. Nevertheless, over 100,000 
gallons of creosote was distributed to the farmers in lU southwestern 
Nebraska counties, and it is reported that a very largo acres ;e of corn 
has been saved. There are numbers of the adults- in the cornfields at 
this time, however, and the results of the attack by the second brood 
aro still to bo learned. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 25): Chinch bugs are only moderately abundant 
at Manhattan. Cera, sorghums, and grassod-in fields, which furnish 
