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Washington. — Nashville, July 8. “Very destructive to corn in places.’ 7 
Dec. 7. Bugs generally diffused in limited numbers. Ashley, Dec. 7. Bugs 
generally diffused. Injury to wheat slight; corn more hurt. 
Clinton. — Carlyle, April 8 and 9. Hibernating in rail fences, corn shocks, 
etc. Second year here. Corn and wheat suffered some in 1890. Dec. 11. 
A few bugs. No harm done. 
Marion. — Vernon, July 1. “Leaving wheat for corn. Threaten injury.” 
Salem, Dec. 9. A few bugs in corn. Odin, Sept. 27. In large quantities 
in one field of corn. Dec. 10. Locally abundant. 
Bond. — Greenville, June 27. “Corn alive with them.” Dec. 3. Reported 
present in limited numbers last season. Effects seen mostly on corn; 
some wheat light weight. Smithboro, July 10. “Destroying corn.” Dec. 4. 
Report similar to that at Greenville. Chief injury to corn. 
Montgomery.— Litchfield, May 27. Found bugs in most wheat fields 
along the road for four miles south of town. Wheat damaged most on 
corn ground and in the vicinity of places where corn shocks had stood 
over winter. Eggs abundant; a few young bugs. June 2. Few eggs seen; 
young bugs very numerous. From ten to fifteen per cent, of wheat in 
vicinity where corn shocks stood is ruined. July .18. Chinch bugs very 
abundant in and near woodlands on grav soil. Scarce on black lands 
north of them. Several rows of corn killed in many fields adjoining small 
grains. Scattered traces of insect disease, but not sufficient to promise 
any important aid. Sept. 23. Bugs collected in corn fields. Every field 
entered contained bugs enough to excite apprehension for next year. 
Shelby.— Herrick, Aug. 24. Second brood of chinch bugs will seriously 
damage corn; many stalks completely covered. Shelbyville, Nov. 15. Bugs 
present in considerable numbers. Injuries mostly confined to corn. 
Christian.— Morrisonville, July 4. “Leaving wheat for corn. Threaten 
great damage.” Taylorville, Nov. 17. General diffusion of bugs reported. 
Some wheat reduced to light weight; corn next wheat fields injured. 
Macon. — Blue Mound, May 25. Corn and wheat infested by chinch bugs. 
June 27. Bugs of all ages, mostly young, present. A quart can nearly 
full of them sent to the office. 
In addition to the above list, a general diffusion of chinch 
bugs was also reported, at this time, with little or no injury, 
from the counties of Brown, Champaign, Coles, Macon, Sanga¬ 
mon, Effingham, Macoupin, St. Clair, Jefferson, Wayne, Clark, 
Lawrence, Edwards, White, Hamilton, Randolph, Pope, and 
Johnson. 
St. Clair, Washington, Clinton, and Montgomery counties re¬ 
ported the bugs as being present in small numbers in 1890 also. 
A noticeable feature of the injury to wheat in this part of the 
State is that it suffered greater damage in the immediate vicin¬ 
ity of corn shocks, where the shocks were permitted to remain 
over winter. 
In northern Illinois trips of investigation made late in 1891 
showed the bugs to have been destructive locally in some nine 
counties for two years, and in a few places for three. Spring 
wheat, rye, and barley have afforded them the most acceptable 
breeding places. Destruction of these grains in areas varying 
from a fraction of an acre up to two, three, or more, acres was 
common all through the infested region; and spring wheat was 
frequently light in weight because of the attacks of the bugs. 
Oats were quite generally infested, but did not suffer so severely 
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