Show SOME HINTS OrT CHINCH BUG experience of illinois agricultural experiment peri ment station may be of interest to farmers the experience of the illinois agricultural ri experiment station with wah chinch bugs discovered in the spring of 1912 may prove ot of great value to farmers who may be ba troubled by the post pest this year last spring the illinois station found that the chinch bugs survived the winter la in excellent condition and on april 25 were scattering on the wing to lay their digs eggs the escape of the bugs on foot out of fields ot at small grain at harvest time la Is thought to be best prevented by surrounding each field with a line ot of thick v viscid road oil with post holes beside it some 36 feet apart such a line can be made and kept effective long enough to catch virtually all the bugs in a field at a minimum expense of 35 cents a mile per day coal tar may bo be used tor for the purpose i where here road oil can be obtained but it must be much more frequently renewed to keep it effective A well made dusty furrow with post holes in the bottom may servo serve a temporary purpose in very dry weather but Is made useless b by rain chinch bugs may be ba killed hilled on corn without injury to the plant by it tobacco preparation black leaf 40 greatly diluted with weak soapsuds |