Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-15

Ster Farmers. also. should watch the
seasons carefully. and when there are
Two dry summers in succession, every
preventive measure should H.. adopted
notably The burning of leaves. dead glass.
ard other rubbish dEr.uc winter ur carly
Snrirc, followed up by .uW., : small p,ais
nj early mil.et. hungarian grass. or
spring wheat, in low damp place IN the
rcidS, with a view Of attracting tuc t,-
males and missing the TUGS. and then
freely applying the fungus in their
midst"
Cnt very effective method Of fighting
ch:OcA-hUeS Is To lay line NJ flesh Vcal-
lar rs barrier bttwvtn a migrating
horde and III, Held Viii = they are adVau-
eng To ATTACK. The line, poured from tho
rozz.., % a wSt-r!nS-rot with .hr S;riuh-
LEI removed. oe''cS "a lie only ,hrc,.-Qudr-
tiers Of an inch wide. and al Intervals
81 twenty fc-i in lis lcnSth are dug holes
in which tin ANS are sunk The Insects
proceed along Tho tar line uEtl they fall
into the cans, where they are easily kali
cs with a little kerosene. In this Way the
bugs are csuSht literally by tn b,.sncl
'hinch-buSS are essentially s-rsaiiCus.
sSIhcrins and .o-~iiug ;OEcthcr in Hooks
On reaching a suitable field Of crain they
co's'eSaie upon the stalks until Tho lal-
ter are literally covered With the insects.
varying in color from the olack-tnd-whi:e
adults In the differ, utlH -lintrd larvae.
Only the winged ADULTS ny away. the
main body ~ leSS DEVELOPED bugs remains
Ing and leaving IL body only when the
plants On which they have consr, gated
have been drained NJ their juices and
nave begun Ia withcr, Then they simply
craw, u the neart>I healthy plants at.d
begin work on them. \ general migration
by Hight takes place ia the autumn.
FSNOri,c articles Of chinch-aus die, ara
ercomcorn, sorghum, Bermuda grass,
hlG" grass. bottle grass and Crap grass.
over the western country the maioI por-
uon Of thu damage done j. 10 fields II
wheat, harley. rTC and corn. Oats are
rarely attacked. The female Chiuch-bus
deposits her eggs about the roots ~
grasses and svTGin-plantS. In early days
the insect doubtless SuhSiStcd on the ma
live grasses, but IL readily acquired a
taste for exotic kinds last summer En-
misunderstanding Howard ~ the IL
pssrtanrnI ~ Agriculture found Chinch-
bugs in the act NJ destroying the lawn in
a brooklyn park In lNs. an assistant Of
Professor Rowapi'S collected chinch- bugs
from coarse grass, incrsStcd with a salty
dopCSit. in the Colorado desert OF Caii-
torn.S. This locality j. considerably below
the ocean level, and repr, MS an ancient
extension Of ihe Calf OF California.
The immunity ~ the Uhinch-huE fpom
attacks by natural enemies is 50 striking
that il has attracted the atleation of all
e'ltunlo.osiSlS who have had a study Of
the sItv,i,.s, and all accept Tins rs iudi-
rating that il is an exotic, not originally
belonging To our insect fauna. Professor
Woo>ter's theory Is that the hug is Of
tropical ScHShoTe origin, and worked its
Nay nortAWS9d centuries ago by way If
she east coast Of Central America. Appar-
emily The Chinch-tOS occupied the most of
the country prior 10 its occupancy by the
white man. and its firSt aeNrSiat'ons
Mere caused by its coming in contact
with the advance Of civilization Not uu-
Ill within the last fifteen years has the
/ chirch-bus been known 10 work serious
and widespread injury east Of the Al
iesheny Mountains, north Of Virginia;
and west Of these mountains they have
done Scancely any damage north ana east
Of a line drawn from Chicago southeast
u Cincinnati. Thousands Of farmers in
Ohio never saw chinch-buS until within
the last four years, and there are thou
sands more in northwestern Chic, south
cTn Michisan and norther Indiana that
even Yet would not he able To recognize
one were they 10 see il among their STOW
ins grain,