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—deep plowing immediately after harvest, rolling, ditching, fenc¬ 
ing, and the use of insecticides. Ditches into which water can 
be turned form complete barriers to their creeping migrations, 
and in regions that depend entirely upon irrigation for moisture, 
or'such as are easily flooded, there need never be loss from this 
insect. Favorite food plants are mentioned, wild buckwheat being 
quoted as a delicacy. Weedy or grassy fields of small grain or 
corn are sometimes relatively little damaged. 
Prairie Farmer, May 12, 1888. 
Pope Co., Ill., April 21. Chinch bugs and cutworms very nu¬ 
merous. 
Farmers’ Review. Crop Reports and F. R. Club Record. 
May 23, 1888. Bond, Edwards, Jackson, Jasper, and Saline 
Co's. General mention of chinch-bug injury except from Saline 
<county, where wheat is said to be poor on account of drouth and 
chinch bugs. May 30, 1888. Clark Co. Winter wheat killed by 
chinch bugs. Coles Co. Small grain will be killed if the year is 
dry. Crawford, Wabash, and Wayne Co's. Chinch bugs doing 
enormous damage. June 6, 1888. Christian Co. Small grain 
injured. Wabash Co. Wheat and some meadows damaged. 
Washington Co. Some chinch bugs. Wayne Co. Winter wheat 
destroyed. June 13, 1888. Edgar, Effingham, Hamilton, Ran¬ 
dolph, and Shelby Co's. More or less damage from chinch bugs. 
June 20, 1888. Clark, Edwards, and Jasper Co's. More or less 
damage done by chinch bugs, or expected. Jefferson Co. Small 
grain is being destroyed. Richland Co. Winter wheat eaten up. 
June 27, 1888. Cumberland, Henry, Lawrence, and Macoupin 
Co's. Chinch bugs reported as more or less injurious. Clinton Co. 
Small grain injured. Franklin Co. Wheat and oats badly 
damaged. July 4, 1888. Coles, Crawford, Shelby, Wabash, and 
Williamson Co's. Small grain more or less injured. DuPcige, 
and Madison Co's. Chinch bugs present. Washington Co. 
Wheat injured. July 11, 1888. Calhoun, Edgar, Gallatin, 
Knox, Pope , and Shelby Co's. Grain injured more or less. 
Hamilton Co. Wheat almost destroyed. Livingston Co. Chinch 
bugs killed by heavy rain. Richland Co. Wheat and corn badly 
injured. July 18, 1888. Clark and Edwards Co's. Grain in¬ 
jured by chinch bugs. Jackson Co. Some damage. Jefferson 
Co. ‘Wheat, oats, and timothy injured. July 25, 1888, p. 467. 
Franklin Co. Oats good, but damaged by bugs. Aug. 15, 1888, 
p. 515. Edwards Co. Chinch bugs killing corn. Aug. 22, 1888, 
p. 531. Carroll Co. Spring wheat damaged. Massac Co. Corn 
hurt by bugs and drouth. 
Iowa. —June 20, 1888. Boone Co. Spring wheat injured. Iowa 
Co. Small grain injured. July 4, 1888. Warren Co. Wheat 
nearly all ruined by chinch bugs last year. July 18, 1888, pp. 451, 
j 458. Benton, Iowa, and Keokuk Co's. Grain injured by chinch 
bugs. Howard Co. Barley damaged. Aug. 1, 1888, v. 19, p. 488. 
