The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-07-19
THE CHINCH BUG
Working Their Way Westward and
Ravaging Fields of Ripen-
ing Grain.
Col. Frank Walters Establishes an
lnoCulating Agency at
Morton.

lnoculating Agency at
Morton.
Jerry Patten, a Renville county
farmer, residing near Morton, visited
New Ulm one day last week, in the
interests of farmers residing in his
neighborhood in Renyille county, as
we'll as those residing in the towns of
Sherman, Paxton and adjacent towns
in this county, who have been suffer-
ing from the ravages of the deadly
chincb bugs, which haye been sweep
ing everything before them, even to
the wheat, oats and corn. Aside from
Mr.. Patten farmers residing in the
town of Sherman have also visited
New Ulm, or the chinch bug region of
Brown county. All of them have Sc
cured large number of the diseased
bugs, which are fixed by incubation
by Prof. Lugger, the terror to chinch
bugs, who has recently established a
station at New Ulm. Mr.. Patten alone
brought back with him dozen quarts
of the diseased bugs, since which time
a distributing agency has been estab-
lished at the mill owned by Col. Frank
Waters in that town, and all farmers
who are bothered with the trouble
some bugs are requested to bring in
the healthy bugs from their farm and
get them exchanged for those diseased
or infected. The request applies to
farmers of both Redwood and Rem
vile counties, or from any other coun-
ty where the little pirate has made an
appearance.
The time to take this matter in hand
is just as soon as the bug appears on
the farm. Don't wait until the bugs
have ruined your corn, wheat and oats,
but the first one discovered should be
the danger signal to at once call for
the diseased bugs and put them to
work spreading the disease among the
healthy ones that'w appear. It is
estimated that one diseased bug will
spread the disease to whole acre of
healthy insects, and that after bug
becomes inoculated his chances on life
last but three days, after which he
succumbs to the deadly poison. They
can be easily exterminated by proper
ly distributing quantity of diseased
bugs at once. The application caus-
es the diseased bug to swell up and
covers them with blisters.
As before stated this mode of wag
ing war against the insect has been
tested recently at New Ulm, and at
various points along the line of the
Northwestern and St. Louis oads,and
all farmers in the neighborhood, even
the most skeptical, enthusiastically ly
testify that the scheme is a success.
Damp weather is the best for spread
ing the disease, but dry weather is not
entirely adverse to it.
The bugs crossed the Brown coun-
ty line into Redwood county, in the
town of Sherman, about two weeks
ago, and they have been committing
terrible depredations ever since, fields
of grain that looked nice when the
farmer retired at night, we're practic-
ally ruined upon his arising in the
morning. Corn along the st. Louis
road has been hewn to the ground as
though a cyclone or strong wind
had passed over it, but upon close ex-
animation it is easy to see that the
chinch bugs have been getting IN their
deadly work.
Farmers are earnestly requested to
call and get some of the diseased bugs,
and thus materially assist in prevent
ing the insect from going any further
west than can be avoided. Col. Wat
ters will furnish all the instructions
necessary.