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-oyer, Townend — Entomological Record. Insect Injuries. (Month- 
( W Re Port U. S. Dept. Agric., May and June, 1875.) 
I few chinch bugs in Virginia. They are reported in Arkansas, 
ntucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Kansas. 
omas, Cyrus. Chinch Bug. (Prairie Farmer, June 12, 1875.) 
general article on the history and life history of the insect, with 
ice ot remedies *nd literature. Pass the winter in the winged 
;e; appear m spring between middle of March and first of May 
1, at roots of wheat, deposit eggs, which hatch in about two weeks the 
rs leaching maturity in five or six weeks and depositing the second 
cli of eggs. The insects which hatch from these eggs usually 
co ™> anc h unless destroyed by climatic influences, live till 
l weather and seek winter quarters in which to hibernate. 
• e *; he y be n destroyed by burning the stalks or rubbish 
c afford them shelter. Limited areas which cannot be reached 
fare may be thoroughly and repeatedly drenched with good 
ct. Farmers must act m concert. Refers to cases cited by • 
>aron, Slimier, and Riley, indicating that cold may kill these 
cts, and mentions also an instance in which some were thawed 
a ice m which they had been frozen, and then moved about as 
pi mg. Copious rams at the periods of egg-hatching great 
,k upon multiplication. In a winter following a rainy season 
will be reduced, to a minimum. Two successive favorable 
■s necessary to their fullest development, and they seldom ap- 
. 111 desti uctive numbers without having given warning the 
uous year. ° 
TIVATOR AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 1, 1875, V. 40, p. 405. 
OOTrespoudBiit writes that the “growing of wheat lias been 
hst abandoned m Will Co. because of the chinch bug.” 
riVATOB AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 8, 1875, Y. 40, p. 428. 
^respondent from Bond Co. says that rain has killed off nearly 
he chinch bugs. J 
tlE 17 f 87 5 'y I)eStr0yin = Chinch Bugs. (Western Rural, July 
I rites from Dane Co., Wis,, of saving corn fields by use of 
boards and tar. Boards set up edgewise; dirt put against 
lower edge, and tar poured along the top, it being renewed 
h the buVfeU 78 ' H ° 6S dUg “ front of the boards , into 
tern Rural, Oct. 23, 1875. Insect Injuries. 
tract from a summary by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
ae injuries done by insects during the present year, which 
'ties* the ChmCh bug “ made its P° wer f elt in only a few 
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