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Prairie Farmer. Record of the Season. 
June 25, 1864, v. 13, n. s., p. 443. Henry Co. Reported bad 
in wheat. Never before appeared so early. Marshall Co. (15). 
Numerous. July 2, 1864, p. 5. Bureau Co. (June 22). Spring 
wheat nearly or quite ruined in some sections of the county. 
Knox Co. Likely to destroy most of the wheat, and in oats to 
some extent. Came very early and are very numerous. July 9, 
1864, p. 21. Carroll Co. (June 28). Wheat thin and badly in¬ 
fested. DeKalb Co. (June 30). Barley much hurt and wheat 
damaged. Mercer Co. (June 28). Likely to destroy spring wheat. 
Woodford Co. (June 30). Wheat, oats, and barley are being 
killed. July 16, 1864, p. 37. Carroll Co. Corn, oats, and wheat 
damaged. Hancock Co. (6). Chinch bugs very numerous. Henry 
Co. Spring wheat more than half destroyed. Limngsion Co. (6). 
Oats and wheat nearly ruined by drouth and chinch bugs. Put¬ 
nam Co. (7). Taking everything. Warren Co. More numerous 
and destructive than ever before. Will Co. Wheat, oats, and 
barley are being ruined. Jnly 23, 1864, p. 60. DeKalb Co. 
Hundreds of acres of barley and wheat are being burned on the 
ground to destroy the bugs. La Salle Co. (10). The wheat is 
destroyed, and oats and corn are likely to suffer. Lee Co. (June 
25). Some complaint of chinch bug. Stephenson Co. (12). Wheat 
ruined, and corn and oats being taken. July 30, 1864, p. 69. 
Henry (20) and Lee (25) Co’s. Very destructive to wheat, 
and now on corn or going to it. McHenry Co. (18). heat, 
rye, barley, and late oats a failure, and corn threatened. Early 
in season found extensive deposits of chinch-bug eggs on roots of 
grain. McLean Co. (11). Spring wheat almost entirely ruined. 
Schuyler Co. (18). Wheat (especially spring), oats, and barley 
are injured, and corn is being damaged. Vermilion Co. (15). 
Some pieces of spring wheat infested, and may be injured. Will 
Co. (20). Rained in time to save most of wheat and oats. Aug. 
13, 1864, p. 10. McDonough and Tazewell Co's. Have done little 
damage. Rock Island Co. Much injury; more to barley than to 
wheat. Aug. 20, 1864, p. 117. Schuyler Co. (9). Killed late oats 
and are now in the corn. Aug. 27, 1864, p. 132. Effingham Co. 
(6). “Chinch bugs not as bad as usual. We feed them (on 
Hungarian) until they kill themselves. The middle of July we 
could gather up the dead [cast skins?] by the double handful.” 
Sept. 3, 1864/p. 149. Lee Co. (Aug. 22). Injury to corn less 
than supposed. 
Iowa. —June 25, 1864, p. 443. Cedar Co. (13). Destroying much 
wdieat. Clayton Co. At work in barley and wheat. July 23, 1864, 
p. 60. Cedar Co. (13). More destructive in certain sections of the 
county than ever before. Much wheat destroyed, and fears enter¬ 
tained for corn. Jones Co. (8). “There are enough chinch bugs 
in the wheat, as a genera] thing, to eat it bodily. As bad on 
new land as on old. Also in oats.’ Aug. 6, 1864, p. 85. dSorth- 
