Show DONT DON'T TOLERATE INJURIOUS CHINCH BUGS f y l p 1 v rf hf fa faw w V 4 Sk rf kR we r Two Operations in Preparation of Chinch-Bug Chinch Barriers One Barriers One Plowing of Furrow and Other Dragging of Log or Other Heavy Cylindrical Object of Proper Size Back and Forth in Furrow to Keep Soil Pulverized and Prevent Bugs From Making Their Way Out of Sand Prepared by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- Department ment of at Agriculture Tire The Ideal way to strike at fit chinch bugs hugs Is to burn them In their winter homes but since it Is too late to take this step the next best plan Is to destroy them before they begin their migration from fields of wheat rye or 01 barley about harvest time Into corn Their presence in these crops often Ishar is hard har to detect because the dan damage age r I I 1 I I Adult Chinch Bug of Winged Long-Winged Form Much Enlarged they do in such fields obscure Is or of no apparent importance It Is Important important tant that the bu bugs be discovered ered before they begin to crawl toward the cornfields cornfields corn corn- fields for the corn then can cnn be protected protected pro pro- and the migrating Insects trapped trapped trap trap- ped as follows Plow a deep furrow along the edge of the field running the land side of the plow toward the field to be pro pro- tecte In dry weather the si sides es of ot the furrow can be made so soy smooth and so steep that the bugs hugs will fin find it easier ensler to crawl along the bottom than to climb up the sides Circular holes from 30 to 40 feet apart alart made ninde with a post-hole post digger may then be dug In the bottom of the trench Into these holes the lie bu bugs s will fall In large numbers where the they ma may be killed easily casily by sprinkling kerosene oil over them A log lob dragged rugged back and forth along the furrow is Ie useful in keeping the bottom and sides In good con condition during dr dry weather Spraying for chinch bugs has not proved pro successful except on a small scale and when conducted by an expert expert ex ex- pert the difficulty being that the substances substances substances sub sub- stances which kill the bugs are almost sure to kill the corn also The thing todo todo to todo do Is to discover the bugs before they reach the corn and keep them out of It by the methods described above Additional information regarding the chinch bug is contained In Farmers' Farmers Bulletin No which can cnn be secure secured free from the department of ture |