Show WARN OF INJURY BY CHINCH BUGS Spring Flight of Insect Continued d dOver Over Much Longer Period Than Usual HARM HARM TO CORN APPREHENDED Department of Agriculture Urges Steps Be Taken to Check I Infesta Infestation tion Kerosene tion-Kerosene Kerosene Emulsion Will Stop March of Pests Warning messages from Missouri i Indiana and Illinois state that the bul bug Is appearing locally In to the CHINCH BUGS I I f M. M J I 1 wW m 4 rM aS' aS Ildr ab a owe i I 1 Control r ea 7 i S seta n t j portions of or these states and x ome what i hat bat farther north In Indiana II he pring spring t flight of the hug bug continued d E ver r u tt long longer r period than usual and andor or t reason renson the Infestation pas has as asen en pen extended to larger areas The jre renu iu t co of entomology United States of agriculture apprehends ds oe ere rc injury to the corn crops Inter later u unless steps are taken to check the Infestation nf and Is assisting to the ex ex- fent ent of Its Us ability toward putting con con- of 01 measures into effect u Where Bugs Hib Hibernate The bureau bareau of or entomology offers the offers the C g Information The chinch gs spend the winter in clumps clump of rich grass and under dead leaves ad rid d rubbish In the spring spring- they serge nerge and fly to fields of young teat leat where they lay their eggs on onTie ona a Tie he ne root tops and stems When the its Beat commences to ripen and dry u ie e young bugs leave the wheat fields i armies and walk walk for for most ost of th then l Ise IseC C Isei i fi fint nt l t I Ih 1 Chinch Bun Bua I fly fly- fly to to the cornfields where hey do the greatest damage The fact that they make the migra migra- a ion from the wheat to the corn by gives the farmer his to check the Invasion by pour pour- road oil along the bottom of a shallow furrow dug across the line Une of march Deep holes should be dug every 25 feet teet along the furrow on the side nearest the wheat to trap the bugs I Spray Infested Corn Com Corn already Infested may be sprayed with kerosene emulsion alon the first rows to pr prevent vent the bugs from going farther Some corn cornwill willbe will be injured by the spray but the balance bal ban ance will be safe sara from the bug As a preventive measure burn bum all aU trash and dried grasses especially Y such as grow In clumps like broom sedge during early winter or early spring Roadsides and pastures should d receive most thorough treatment o othis of at f this character i i |