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Clark, J. A.—Destroying Chinch Bugs. (Cultivator and Country 
Gentleman, Aug. 20, 1874, v. 39, p. 531.) 
Writing from Jefferson Co., Wis., reports the gathering of the 
bugs under oat bundles in field, and suggests destroying them 
there. [Mistakes cast pupal skins for dead bugs.] 
Jackson, Wm. —-What of the Crops. (Prairie Farmer, Sept. 19, 
1874, v. 45, p. 297.) 
Here [Godfrey, Madison Co.?] we had no rain, he says, from 
June 25 to Aug. 21, except enough to lay the dust once or 
twice. Oats, from drought and chinch bugs, only about half a crop, 
and corn still less. 
Harrison, Randolph, [and Editors].— The Chinch Bug. (Cul¬ 
tivator and Country Gentleman, Oct. 15, 1874, v. 39, p. 659.) 
Harrison writes from Cumberland Co., Va., that chinch bugs 
have done serious damage. Especially fond of broom corn. Edi¬ 
tors summarize observations of Harris, Packard, Shinier, and 
others, and advocate burning, sowing strips for bait, and trenches. 
Usually injurious only in hot, dry seasons. 
Cultivator and Counry Gentleman, Oct. 15, 1874, v. 39, p. 668. 
Record of the Times. 
Montgomery Co. (5). Chinch bugs and dry weather chief 
causes of failure of corn. 
1875. 
J[ohnson], B. F. —[Letters from Champaign County, Illinois, in 
Cultivator and Country Gentleman.] 
Jan. 7, 1875, v. 40, p. 5. Replying to inquiry, “If there is 
danger that chinch bugs will be propagated by sowing oats from 
a crop injured by them,” he says: “This insect lays its eggs in the 
earth about the foot of stalks of grain plants. It might be well 
to examine the seed carefully, and if chinches are there sift them 
out if possible, then scald in hot water (but not sufficiently 
to kill the oat germ), and then roll in dry salt or some other 
pungent pickle before sowing.” Apr. 8, 1875, p. 213. “It is so 
warm to-day [Mar. 30] that chinch bugs are collecting and coming 
to the surface in masses, under and about every piece of board, 
bunch of straw, and pile of corn stalks, and they are swarming 
through the whole of last year’s weeds and rubbish that encum¬ 
ber grain, grass, and corn fields.” 
M., E. H.—The Chinch Bug Pest. (Prairie Farmer, May 22, 1875.) 
Mentions enormous loss by chinch bugs in Kansas, and enumer¬ 
ates other states subject to the pest. Notes a petition to the last 
Congress from the Cherokee territory praying for loan of money 
because of damage from chinch bugs. Mention of habits and 
description of “scoop shears” which gather bugs as the outer rows 
of corn are cut,—which rows should be close planted. 
