The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-24

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{ The chincl bug has appeared i'll i'll
furious numbers in several localities and
requests are coming daily to the Wiscon~
sin station for information concerning
this pest. For several years past OK
pertinent stations, notably the Kansas
station and that of Illinois, have been
endeavoring to destroy this pest by in
oculating II quantity of chinch bugs with
disease and scattering the infected bugs
about the field where the bugs were
troubling. At one time it was thought
that this means of destruction would
prove satisfactory and Il great deal of
interest has been awakened i'll this treat
ment, hut unfortunately it does not seem
to be sufficiently reliable to recommend
It's use at this time, consequently we
must fall back on other means of de-
struction for the pest.
One Way of Holding the Chinch Bugs in
Check.
Where the bugs are scattered over a
grain field the case is almost hopeless
for there is no way Of reaching them
satisfactorily. When, however. they be-
gin travelling to fresh fields they can he
way to check the migration is to plow a
furrOW between the bugs and the field
they are heading for. If the ground is
dry the sides of the furrow will be dusty
and check their progress. If the ground
is wet narrow strip of tar should be
row. When tar is used the ground
should be smoothed and the line of tar
poured out from watering pot from
which the sprinkler has been removed.
Dig occa sional holes in the bottom of the
plowed furrow or on the hug side of the
tar barrier The bugs will collect in
these holes in enormous numbers and
may be easily killed with Kerosene.
Killing Chinch Bugs with Kerosene
Emulsion.
Many trials have established the fact
that chinch bugs can be prevented from
injuring cornfelds by the use of the
Kerosene emulsion. TO make the emul-
sion slice one-half pound of common bar
soap, put i'll IL kettle with one gallon of
soft water and boil until dissolved; put
two gallons of kerosene in Il churn or
stone jar and to it add the boiling hot
soap solution: churn from twenty, to thir-
creamy. If properly made no oil will
separate out when Il few drops Of the
emulsion are placed on Il piece of glass.
10 each gallon of the emulsion add
eight gallons of water and stir. Apply
with a sprinkling pot.
Every farmer should learn to make
this emulsion, as it is Il most useful i'll
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killing lice OH cattle and hogs. Paris
green will not kill chinch bugs.
The chinch bug that bothers cornfelds
originate in grain fields near by from
which they migrate in great numbers.
The time to use the kerosene emulsion
is Just when they are leaving the grain
fields before they have gotten fairly into
the cornfied. Just as the bugs are
about to enter the corntield pillow Il deep
furrow along the side of the corntield
they will enter, throw into this furrow
some stalk OF green corn which will at
tract the bugs; when they have accumu-
lated OH the corn sprinkle it with kero-
scne emulsion. Put in fresh stalks and
sprinkle whenever the bugs appear. If
probably will, pillow Il second furrow
rod or two back in the field and repeat
the treatment. If the bugs attack stand
ing hills of corn sprinkle these with the
emulsion
If the remedy is tried it should be used
Rersistently. To kill one lot Of bugs and
then stop will accomplish little good
When the bugs threaten to destroy as
much as five or ten acres Of corn it will
certainly pay the farmer to spend few
hours each day for Il week or so to fight
the pest. "A little corn will be lost but
most Of the field can easily BE- saved
Farmers trying this remedy are re-
quested TO report their: experience to the
pertinent station at Madison.
Late Fodder Crops.
There is yet time early i'll July to SOW
millet and Hungarian grass and have
them mature sufficiently to be in hest
condition. The only trouble about late
sowing of these is that by the time they
are fit to cut fall rains may come on
and make curing the hay difficult. But
II the farmer have hay caps. as all farm
and Hungarian may be done in cock. In
fact. at any season this is the best
method of curing these large, coarse and
sappy plants. Not even an August sun
will dry them sufficiently to prevent heat
ing in the NOW unless there has been
previous heating to remove surplus moist
ure. We have sometimes seen corn
does not pay. The corn grew rapidly
but barely got into tassel before frost
nipped it. But millet and Hungarian
will ripen their seed if sown early in
July on land that is fitted for them. 1t
is possible if there are timely rains to
plow the ground from which an early
hay crop has been taken and SOW it with
millet, thus giving two hay crops the
same year. This is sometimes done
where alsike clover has been grown and
the nillet crop after alsike is sure to be
Il large one.--American Cultivator.