Show cloinch ian tho insect enemies but alio chinch bug so fir as his bruu ascertained is almost exempt from iiii tural fobs its offensive odor or socio other equally disgusting property renders it obnoxious alike to almost ever living thing so far as ascertained certa ined three or four species of lady bials and lacewing lacu wing uius alio insidious flower bug and tuo many banded robber all prey upon it the common quail lias long been knowd as an elli chent destroyer of alio blip while prairie chickens and blackbirds black birds leavo also been reported as of this pest although absolute proof lias not wo believe et been furnished clial aul is alio fact ur thoma thomas s says eliat alic frog kiy be added list of enemies according to professor koss but some beacht may accrue from these sources in keeping down in H measure the of chinch bugs their combined aid in some sfa make very little impression upon alie countless myriads of this pest eliat infest growing crops nor has any madu of destroying it or aug its ravages ct been found dutli practical il to recommend itself to public favor alie investigations however of have alicd much light upon alio babila of this insect and ellord much useful knowledge in enabling farmers to ward olt in a measure its disastrous visitations from repeated observations and con testimony the following conclusions arc diton farat 1 hat it is useless to attempt to raise wheat or barley where chinch bugs have been present iu any bumbers the preceding year unless we have reason to believe that they have been killed off by heavy rains second that in case ohp season should bo favorable to tho propagation of the chinch bug we always have it in our power to get rid of these pests by thu abandonment of these two kinds 0 for ono or two years but to anabo this course es estivo there must be a concert of action by farmers over a considerable sid erable section of country third that tho presence of chinch bugs the preceding year will not the raising of corn or any of the winter giacini with regard to oits alio testimony thus far is that if aliis grain bo sown chinch bugs abound and especially if it bo sown exclusively il will bo damaged to a greater or less extent the first year but that the angs probably will not continue to breed in it to any great extent in succeeding years As is well known they hide during winter in cornstalks corn stalks straw rubbish under the bark 0 stump and logs etc when abundant in timbered sections many winter in the bark ot trees andor the leaves and other places in abu forest but so far as I 1 can leardi no ono in this portion of this slate has ever noticed n general proui the fields to tho forest in the fall but on the contrary those who havo noticed them most carefully bear testimony to their aversion to liying whilo the cases given by dr labaron Lo Baron dr shimer and professor kilcy indicate that cold may kill them on tho oilier hand professor kos mentions a caso in winch somo acro thawed from ice in which they had been frozen anil moved about as in spring anil 1 have found eliom in tho coldest weather 0 winter semi torpid but easily revived we must consider those cases aa presenting opposite extremes it is quite probable that the method of harvesting corn by cutting the stalks and in shocks or ricks li one means of preserving ilium leaving piles of sl and other rubbish iu tho liolis them winter quarters from winch to issue the following spring to trouble the fanner and if wo add to these grussy finco and spots in anil around the we need not wonder we sec them abundant in spring where they were hid during tho winter the prairies acro settled and this insect may have existed here but if it did its multiplication was by the annual burnings oi tho Iri iric grass in order eliat this remedy may bo cf fcc tuil it must bo followed oil thoroughly and nil tho farmers in tho infested district anist act in concert otherwise the buo ouo will valueless by the neglect of another aut this need not be duno annually as our knowledge 0 tho habits of tin insect is if properly used to civo us warning of the danger to be apprehended ended 1 do not insects ever appear in vast and destructive numbers without giving indications of their coming the previous season this may bo doubled by some yet several years study of their habits has led me to tins conclusion and alic facts derived from numerous with whom I 1 laivo on tho subject point in alic samo direction how otan do we hear it sud when they ire dc last year but not enough to du any damage warning WAS given but not it moisture has ft tendency to destroy it is evident tint in alic fintor following a rainy season they will be to n minimum in respect to numbers anil although tho follow ing scipion to mant that is dry they cannot increase to alie same extent possible when two favorable seasons come in succession tho second brood may excite somo alarm but it is apparent that four successive broods without any counteracting acus to check them will produce iliin lo 10 wo may therefore safely conclude that so far as alio copious nuns of alie season extended there need bo no fears of alic corn bring attacked and unless the fall is quite dry there need be no so rious apprehensions in rc gard to next season if the season has been dry and an cx ami nilion anil farmers should be careful to mako close and thorough axam in alio llio fall shows ilioiu to be present in considerable number although they kiy have done no mile rial injury nor can attracted attention yet it may be set down as probable in fact almost certain that if the next is dry unless killed by in winter they may be expected in destructive numbers it is truo they sometimes appear in great numbers when no com liis been made alic previous aca son but if i careful examination had licen made tho numbers hidden from the cursory glance would excited surprise chis I 1 know from personal observations made during winters lire ceding visitations if an examination reveals their presence alio work of destruction should commence first some oilier method of corn fihnn cutting it up should be adopted at laist it should not bo allowed to in alic licud alic stalks and rubbish should bo and every hiding place as far as possible should be subjected to alio biery liery ordeal limited areas cannot be readied by liro where it can bo done should be thoroughly and repeatedly drenched in timber sections it would be wise to lire the leaves ol 01 the surrounding forests at soon is possible after they arc gullic n antly dry there must be concert of action on tho part of all alio farmers in cadi neighborhood as soon as tho pests arc noticed byone warning should be given to others ami a systematic fanner |