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Show Explains Plan to toFoil toFoil toFoil Foil Chinch BugsI BugsEntomologist BugsEntomologist Bugs BugsEntomologist I Entomologist Advises Crops CropsThat CropsThat CropsThat That Do Not Appeal Appealto to the Pest . . By fly Chief Chlof Entomoloeitt Entomologist of tho the Illlnol IlIlnol Iliinol * . ' 'atur- 'atur atur 'aturAI " ' Mtur-al Mtur al , atur- atur atural - AI al History SurveyW"IU Survey-WNU Survey WNU Survey -W"IU W"IU WIU - WNU " , ServiceAdjusting ServiceAdjusting Service ServiceAdjusting Adjusting the acreage a'Creage ' of ot wheat un under under under der the government overnment plan Qts fits In well wellwith wellwith wellwith with the cropping system which farm tarm farmers . ers should follow tollow next spring In order orderto orderto orderto to copevtth cope \ with \vtth vtth chinch bugs , which this thissea'3on thisseason thisseason sea'3on sea3on season ' were the worst that they have havebeen havebeen havebeen been for tor fifty years In this stateThe stateThe state stateThe The cropping system which will w11J en- en enable enable en enable - able farmers to handle the chinch bugs bugsIn bugsin bugsIn In the tM cheapest way possible and at atthe atthe atthe the same time permit them to grow growthe growthe growthe the maximum acreage of ot crops which whichthe whichthe whichthe the chinch bugs will wlll not Infest Intest , Is as astollo asfollows asfollows tollo\\ tollo tollos follows \ s : 1 Reduce neduce the acreage or enUrel entirely entirelystop entirelystop ) ' stop gro\\ gro grow growing groIng \ Ing lag barley barlE'Y ' or spring wheat . . . 2 Plant the normal norma1 acreage of oats oatsand oatsand oatsand and a little llttlc less thin th'1n th1n than ' the normal acre acro acre- acreage acreage . - age ftge of ot winter wheat , being careful caretul that thatwinter thatwinter thatwinter winter winterheat ' \ wheat \\heat heat Is planted p1anted on good goodstrong , strong ground and that a good grade gradeof gradpof radp radpot ot of seed Is used 3 Plant all an the legumes possIble possIbleby possibleby possibleby by themselves or In small grain It If Itthe Ifthe Itthe the bugs threaten In the spring at corn cornplanting cornplanting cornplanting planting time Ume . , plant soybeans In the thecorn thecorn thecorn corn hills hIUs In as much of ot the corn acre acre- acreage acreage acreage - - age as possible . . . There are several severa1 reasons why It Is Isadvisable isadvisable Isadvisable advisable to "low low pow " < < ow some wheat In chinch chinchbug chinchbug chinchbug bug years vears , but the crop should be re restrlcted restricted restrlcted strlcted stricted to good ground and only good goodseed goodseed goodseed seed ; should chould be used . . . At the time ot of otwheat ofwheat ofwheat wheat seeding In the fall fnll , . the chInch chInchbugs chinchbugs chinchbugs bugs are practically all an In 1n the corn , . and andv v \ ery shortly will wl1l fly to the usual usu'll usull usir11 ' phces places placeswhere phces"here placeswhere "here here where " they shelter during the WID win WIDter winter winter ter Eighty to 90 00 per cent of ot the bUg9 bUg9wl1l bug9will bugwill ? wl1l will be sheltering along the south and andwest andwest andwest west edges of ot woodlands , the south and and"est andnest andwest "est est nest " edges of ot hcd hedges es , . fence rows and andgrassy andgrassy andgrassy grassy , bushv bushy roadsides Unless burned burnedout burnedout burnedout out during durmg the winter , the bugs remaIn remainIn In this shelter until spring Then they theyfly theyfly theyfly fly out , usually to fields of ot small smaU graInThey grainThey grain grainThey They seem to prefer preter the small sman graIns graInsIn grainsIn In about the order of ot barley , spnng spring spnngwheat springwheat springwheat wheat , winter wheat , rye and oats oatsOnce oatsOnce oatsOnce Once settled In spring wheat or barley barleythe , the bugs may feed teed on It to such an anextent anextent anextent extent as to kill the plants They then thenmove thenmove thenmove move on to cornfields long before the thegrain thegrain thegrain grain Is ripe |
