The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-01-25

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gi6t for Illinois, has Just sent out ~
following recommends atoms tor IL 60
termination Of chinch bugs
~ soon - the ripening Of badly In.
tested zelda Of small grain begins -
compel the chinch bugs to desert them,
strip Of ground six to tan feet Wids
should be deeply plowed, around the
entire field where practicable, or ut
any rate along the side adjoining corn
OK any crop liable to attack. THIS strip
should then be thoroughly and deeply
pulverixed, first with q disc harrow
and then with . brush, until II 10 So
duced % nearly a.. possible, to the con.
.dition Of dust Next, . short log eight
or ten inches In diameter, or trian-
gular trough made by mailing two
boards together and afterward loaded
with stone, should be dragged endwise
back and forth In this strip, the driver
riding the log or trough Ii necessary
until ad eep groove or furrow has been
made across the line Of march Of the
chinch bug host. The sides of the fur.
row should be dressed here. and there
with hoe, ~ may be needful to
make sure that 10 passage way out 10
left for the chinch bugs which win
presently accumulate in the bottom.
II the furrow has been well made,
it, dusty sides will prove impossible
to the bugs which tumble into 1t, e.
pecially Us these move at this time al
most wholly on foot. It 10 20 placed
that It Is directly exposed to the sun,
in very warm weather the. great ma
jority Of the chlnch bugs caught in 1t
1s,l11 H.a crocodile, bf11oA hv hn hnak
the youngest suceumbing first, but
even adults finally perishing. Never
theless, in insure their destruction, .
holes a foot In depth should be made
In the furrow with ap osthole digger
at intervals of about twenty feet to
serve as traps for the bugs. Here they
will accumulate by pints and quarts,
or even by pecks in place according
to the number In travelling horde,
and In these holes they may be easi-
ly killed with q little kerosene or coal
tar poured upon them. The post-hole
digger may be conveniently used for
removing them when dead and for
dressing up the holes again.
AS the myriads Of bugs attempt to
escape from the furrow, climbing its
dusty wall again and again with des-
perate persistence which the farmer
contending with them will do well to
initiate, they will gradually lessen the
slope by dragging down the dust as
they fall back, and may thus, In time.
make their way out. It is, subseQuent-
Unnecessary that the barrier should
be continuously watched and OCCASION
ally rectified here and there with
hoe. After d time 1t will perhaps he
most convenient to make another fur
row parallel with the first, abandoning
the latter or using 1t for the cQal-tar
strip presently to be described.
This furrow and post hole barrier
will work to practical perfection as
long Us the ground can be kept thor
oughly pulverized, but even q slight
shower of rain Is sufficient to destroy
It, releasing the imprisoned chinch
bugs and giving them free passageway
into the threatened field. As q safe
guard against contingency, barrel
of ordinary coal tar should be brought
to the field, together with a watering
pot with q tubular spout and dipper
for dipping out the tar. II a slender
line of coal tar be poured along the
bottom of the furr0w, or ON q harden
ed strip Of ground outside, 1t will
serve as a barrier to the progress
the bugs not less complete than that
above described. When first at ap-
piled it will soak speedily into the
ground, but hardened crust will thus
presently be formed which will hold
the tar until 1t slowly dries out. Along
this strip post holes may be made az
before, in which the chinch bugs will
be caught even though the ground may
be thoroughly wet. 81:
In an this procedGre continual vigil
lance and indomitable persistence are
indispensable. A single man. or boy
will guard from eighty to one hum
dred and fifty rods of the barrier, but
he must he in the field early and late.
This method may seem troublesome
and costly to the reader of this des-
cription, but the actual expenditure Of
labor and money is practically insig-
niflcant as compared with the loss Of
crops which may thus be prevented;
and the hope that the chinch bug can
be mastered without labor, money and
pluck must be dismissed, for the pres
ent at least, as an unrealized dream.