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jtlNOls Crop Prospects. Consolidation of Reoorts returned to 
m ioi Partm eo t ™ Agriculture August 1, 1883. Circular 
iNo. 104, pp. 60, 63. Correspondents’ Remarks. 
Pe, jy f'?' Chinch bugs doing but little damage. Washington 
x Working on corn locally. 
>Rbes, S. A.—[Memoranda with regard to the Contagious 
Diseases ot Insects and the possibility of using the virus 
oi the same for economic purposes. ] (Abstracts more or 
i if S iooi’ Vi.®*' Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press, Aug. 
16, 1883; Minnesota Tribune of same date; Canadian En- 
tomologist Sept.,1883; and in American Naturalist, Nov., 
load, v. 17, p. 1170.) 
Dccurrence of bacterial disease of chinch bug reported, and 
npared with flachene or schlaffsucht of silkworm. Apparently 
ised by a microbe abundantly developed in the alimentary 
lal. Rugs disappeared rapidly in the field where this disease 
s recognized the mortality being chiefly among adults. Disease 
• e oped rapidly in chinch bugs kept in confinement without food, 
c ena seemed identical with those found in gummy substance 
ei sheaths of corn leaves. Cultivated readily in organic in- 
' TN lo ’\drV ie P h f“ ch . Bu 8 “ust go. (Albany Argus, Oct. 
W, 1883. Reprinted in part, with editorial comment, in 
Cultivator and Country Gentleman, Oct. 18, 1883.) 
n Northern New York its work was first discovered in June 
q’ w :f n % f ® w acre ? , of „ timothy ^vere badly damaged. In June! 
3, other fields were infested. Mention of pecuniary losses in 
nois and the Tinted States generally, from ravages of this insect 
■ also of migratory habit. Brief description given and observa- 
is upon the recent attack in New York, of which the range is 
u etgh aides. Invasion threatens to be serious, as, contrary to 
cedent, the insect has thriven far to the north on one of its most 
LSual food plants, and multiplied, contrary to all rule, in face of 
.SS r f ms , of P ast two seasons. Prompt, earnest, and 
ibmed effort against the pest urged,-deep fall plowing; burning 
nrC a T S t I 1 , P - rn l it; h ? aVy rol,in g of infested fields 
p m 0 , also of wheat fields just as they are liable to attack; and 
ot kerosene emulsion as soon as attack is discoverable. 
!A! Fa [ rm' ^ ARGUS ’ ° Ct ' 10 ’ 1883 ’ A New Ellemy to the 
eneral editorial calling attention to Dr. Lintner’s article, ab- 
ctecl above, on appearance of the chinch bug in New York. 
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