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Wisconsin.— Aug. 1, 1874, p. 248. Dane Co. (July 20). De¬ 
stroying wheat and barley.. Worse than for many years before. 
Green Co. (July 20). Going from wheat to corn by millions. 
Sept. 19, 1874, p. 304. Doane Co. (8). Greater part of the corn 
badly damaged. 
J[ohnson], B. F.—[Letters from Champaign County, Illinois, in 
Cultivator and Country Gentleman.] 
i June 11, 1874, v. 39, p. 372. Much talk of the chinch bug, as 
might have been anticipated from the dry weather in May. Aug. 
13, 1874, p. 517. Chinch bugs on every farm in Central Illinois. 
Formerly they were confined to spring wheat and oats, penetrating 
only a few rods into corn fields on the exposed sides. This year 
they are everywhere. Aug. 20, 1874, p. 532. Incidental men¬ 
tion of chinch-bug damage to corn. Sept. 3, 1874, p, 565. In 
answer to an inquiry for the reason that farmers cut grain when 
attacked by chinch bugs, states that it is to secure it for feed. 
i Oct. 15, 1874, p. 659. Cattle and horses injured by eating corn 
stalks infested by chinch bugs, some deaths being reported. Symp¬ 
toms resemble Texas fever.* Suggests sowing insect-killing plants, 
like tobacco, hemp, nightshade, etc., as barriers. Origin of “chintz” 
and “chinch.” Oct. 29, 1874, p. 692. Chinch bugs are flying in 
swarms at midday (Oct. 21). Thinks they are migrating/ Drift 
before a light wind, but would probably be driven to earth by a 
heavy one. 
Foot, Lawrence.—A Way to stop Chinch Bugs. (Prairie Farm- 
I er, July 11, 1874, v. 45, p. 217.) 
If the bugs are on a few outer rows of corn, plow a ditch 
between them and the remainder of the corn, keeping it dusty by 
dragging a log along it. Yery few bugs can cross this ditch. 
[iP., S. M.—The Prospect in Central Illinois. (Prairie Farmer, 
Aug. 1, 1874, v. 45, p. 241. ) 
| * “The damage already done to the growing corn in many locali¬ 
ties by the chinch bug is beyond repair.” 
Prairie Farmer, Aug. 8, 1874, v. 45, p. 249. Condition of the 
Crops. (Extract from Crop Keport.) 
■l. In the Northwestern States spring wheat suffered especially 
from the ravages of chinch bugs and other insects. Damage of 
more or less serious character to this crop by chinch bugs in sec¬ 
tions of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. 
Prairie Farmer, Aug. 15, 1874, v. 45, p. 257. 
An Iowa correspondent objects to furrow and log-dragging as 
-less effectual against the chinch bug than sowing a peck of winter 
wheat per acre, with spring wheat. 
* Recent inquiry lias not verified this report. S. A. F. 
