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Williamson— Chinch bugs are all over the county ; more numerous than ever before. Killed a 
good deal of Sm when they first went into it, at harvest, and the second brood is now hatching 
on corn. 
WiNNEBAGO-We have the chinch bug in great numbers; first in barley, now in corn and oats. 
Woodford— Find a good many in edges of corn fields, and the weather being so very dry, they 
«« »■. -°t in sufficient numbers to do dam- 
age worthy of notice. 
Other correspondents from the comities above mentioned ie- 
ported no chinch bugs apparent in their vicinities, as follows. 
From Adams county, t; Cook, 1; Douglas, 2; Edgar 1 : Ford 1; Kankakee, 1; Kendall, 1; 
Knox, 2: Lee, 1; Peoria, 1; Rock Island, 1; Sangamon, 1, Staik, 1, will, 1. 
Those from the following additional counties report no damage 
in their vicinities: 
Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, DeWitt, Iroquois, Livingston, Macon, McHenry, McLean, Mason, Ogle, 
Putnam, and Warren. 
One from Bureau county says: “There has been very little wheat sown here for many years 
past, and farmers think that this accounts for the absence of the chinch bugs. 
Mr Douffhertv of Otterville, Jersey county, writes that the bugs in his neighborhood are not 
n „™ 8 enough'todo^rious injury;'and that he practices burning stubble to destroy them as 
much as possible. 
Air Seelev writes from Oswego, Kendall county, that he has been told by some of tke neigh- 
hors that a very few chinch bugs have been seen. Has been but little wheat or barley raised there 
for some time until the last two or three years. Is afraid that if this is continued the chinch bugs 
will return. 
Air. Samuel Frost, of Macomb, McDonough county, says: “We have no chinch bugs m our 
county. There is very little spring wheat raised here, which may account for their absence. 
Mr Wm M. Duffee, San Jose, Mason county, says: “There are no chinch bugs in our fields 
in this county. We have had none here since we quit raising spring wheat. 
Mr J H Anthony writes from West Jersey, Stark county: “Little or no damage done in 
southwestern Stark. Very little spring wheat or rye, raised in this county for several years, conse¬ 
quently the chinch bugs are somewhat held in check.’’ 
LIFE HISTORY. 
The life history of this insect has been often rehearsed, but will 
still bear brief repetition. 
The chinch bug.passes the winter in the adult, winged state (a 
few black wingless individuals occasionally occurring), under rub¬ 
bish or around the fields, in corn shocks and straw piles, under 
boards and among dead leaves in the woods, most abundant, usually, 
around the edges of fields and in thickets and the borders of 
woods. From these lurking places, such as survive the winter 
emerge in April and May (possibly sooner, if the ©eason opens 
early j, and, after pairing, lay their eggs in May and June in fields 
of spring and winter wheat, barley, rye, oats, and corn—chieny m 
wheat and barley,—most of the eggs being deposited m or near 
the ground on the lower parts of the plants. Many ot those 
hibernating around fields sown to wheat and barley make their 
way in on foot, thus attacking the outer edges first, but otheis 
take wing and scatter freely wherever suitable food invites them. 
Rarelv these Avinged, hibernating individuals will concentrate m a 
field of grain in numbers sufficient to damage the young plants at 
once, even before the eggs are laid; but commonly no marked in¬ 
jury appears until the young of the succeeding generation begin 
to feed. 
