The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-23

Few insects, and certainly no other
,pecies Of the natural order to which
This one belongs, have caused such
enormous pecuniary losses as has the
,hinch bug. No other insect native to
the western hemisphere has spread
It's devastating hordes over a wider
area Of the country with more fatal
effects to the staple grains Of North
America than has this one. But for
the extreme susceptibility Of the very
young TO destruction by drenching
rains and TO the less though not In
significant destructiyeness during
rainy seasons Of the parasitic fungus,
On both the adults and the young. the
practice Of raising grain year after
year on the same areas. as followed
in the United States. would become
altogether Improbable Some OF this
Insects own habits, emphasizing as
they do the effects Of meteorological
conditions, are the most potent intiu-
ences that serve to hold II within
bounds, BY giving IT'S tendency to ex-
cessive increase a decidedly spasmod-
lc character. The shaded portion OF
the map shows the extent Of territory
affected BY chinch bugs.
For the farmer engaged in attempts
70 check the rayages OF the insect in
his fields the question of origin. or
how It came TO reach him, will at
the time have little interest for him.
1t will sufiice that 1t Is present in
overwhelming numbers. and what he
win most desire viii be to learn how
to rid his premises Of It's most un.
welcome presence in the most sum
mary manner possible
II, however, the farmer happens to
be a thoughtful and observing man
he will sometimes wonder how it Is
that, except in Virginia and the Caro-
linas, a person need not be very aged
la order to remember time wher
the chinch bug was an unknown fac
tor in his profession. with a possible
value far too small to merit considera
ton. If he happens TO reside ii
northeastern Ohio. or in some por
tions Of New York. and has spen
some time In Illinois, Iowa. Kansas
OF Minnesota, he will probably marve
at the striking difference in appear
ance between many OF the chlncl
bugs Of his own locality. and thos'
found Ia any OF the lastmentione'
states, and will probably be able Il
satisfy himself OF their identity onl,
by the similarity OF their vile odoI
Again, he viii probably be equally a
q loss to understand why IT Is tina
his own timothy meadows are over
run by these pestiferous insects an
destroyed. while In other localities
perhaps less than 100 miles away
similar meadows are left untouched
the injury there being confined t
the wheat and corn fields.
It Is not the excessive numbers
but the persistency with which the
will congregate en- masse on Unite
areas, that renders the attack {
chinch bugs SO fruitful Of injur.
With an ample supply Of food h
young develop and leisurely dlffuf
themselves over the adjacent field
and there are neither swarmin
flights nor migration. In 1884.
northern Indiana. a small seld
wheat was severely attacked
chinch bugs. At harvest there WI
every prospect Of a migration fro
the field Of wheat to an adjacent OF
Of corn, and the bugs were presei
in sufficient numbers TO have w0rks
serious injury to the latter; but Il
wheat had grown up thinly on Il
ground, and there had sprung ,
among the grain great deal OF mea
ow foxtall grass, and panic grass, Al
TO these grasses the bugs transfers.
their attention. finishing their devl
opment thereon, and later so far
could be determined. they scatterl
BY flight out over the adjacent field
working no further Injury. Peds
Asiaa aasgratlon may continue for