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1863, p. 41. Rock Co. Weather dry and chinch bugs seriously 
injunug the wheat. Aug. 22, 1863, p. 117. La Crosse Co. (12 1 
opring wheat injured. v 
Wilson, Wm. Duane -Iowa Farmers’ College, Crops, etc. (Prairie 
Farmer, July 4, 1863, v. 12, n. s., p. 4.) 
Writing from Des Moines, says that owing to the lack of rain 
and to chinch bugs the prospect for wheat is poor. 
L ' ww° w| Vle f S Count y- Condition of Crops, Insect Foes, 
Winter Wheat, etc. (Prairie Farmer, Aug. 22, 1863, v. 12, 
n. s., p. 114.) 
Says wheat crop will range from five to thirty bushels per acre, 
the unusual variation being due to the chinch bug. 
Illinois Farmer, Aug., 1863, v. 8, p. 247. The Way to Prevent 
the Ravages of the Chintz Bug. (Quotation from “Bureau 
County .Republican with editorial comment.) 
The writer of the quoted article thinks chinch bugs are due to 
fi°n elt f of .| tll . e „, s ° l1 ’ as l 106 on cattle indicate half feeding. In 
the held of a thrifty experimenting farmer he thought he saw 
wh3 1S fromThe tha h' h L aV T mamlri fS and plowing in August saved 
wheat horn the chinch bugs and secured a good crop since a 
part of the same field plowed at the same time but not manured 
bore poor wheat and little of it. Advises farmers follow in 
August or early September. The editor of the “Illinois Farmer” 
grants that good culture is a remedy for the chinch bug, but em¬ 
phasizes early sowing as a means of getting the crop out of the 
nsect s way. Thinks that in the field referred to, the manure mav 
ia\e been put on the drier, better drained part, where the wheat 
>f course, matured rapidly, and was deserted by the bugs in favor 
>f the greener, more succulent grain adjoining. Thinks that in a 
let season manure, by promoting heavy growth of straw might 
>rove more disastrous to the crop than the chinch bugs, since be- 
ween lodging and rust it must succumb entirely.” Endorses 
bigust plowing. Proper soil, early and thick seeding, and thorough 
arrowing and rolling, he considers effectual against material chinch- 
>ug damage to spring wheat. 
tonsil CURTJS-Crops in McHenry County. (Prairie Farmer, 
bept. 12, 1863, v. 12, n. s., p. 163.) 
Reports winter, rye “injured by chinch bugs, and spring wheat 
ut half a crop. Says, “I observed portions of several fields 
hicli had been manured, where chinch bugs did no damage and a 
eavy crop of good quality was the result/’ 8 ’ ‘ a 
itch, Asa. A Brief Account of the most Important Injurious 
Rural S A°ffairs e j Unlted StateS ' (Fr ° m Tllustl ' ated Annual of 
Among insects injurious to grain crops mentions the chinch 
a to . l^Sot seen. See 1st Rept. State Ent., N. Y., p. 316.] 
