The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-05
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CHINCH BUGS
STARTS WITH new OIL

Arrival or the 50 D2rrels OF odiIiei
oil that had been ordered, and its i'm
mediate distribution over the county
Monday morning, enabled the cam
paign agains the chinch bugs to pro-
coed in full strength.
BY the use of this oil, the farmers
of Wayne county will lay barrier lines
that will stop further invasion of the
fields, and make it possible to kill the
greater proportion of the bugs. By
thus preventing many of the bugs
from maturing and raising a second
brood. much damage to the corn Will
be avoided later.
A tour of the county Sunday IN
company with John ]. Davis, head OF
the department of entomology OF Pur-
due and author of the latest bulletin
on the insect in Indiana, reveals the
fact that Wayne is among the worst
infested counties of the state, although
there are a few counties about Fort
Wayne which still have greater num-
hers. The counties in which the sit
uation is as bad or worse than IN
WAYNE, are: Sullivan, Knox, Vigo,
Clay. Green Fountain, Tippecanoe,
Miami, Wabash, Whitley, Warren,
Allen, Blackford, Randolph, with some
in Jay and Henry, though not as oad
as in Wayne.
According to latest advices, bugs
have been found in large numbers in
parts of Fayette county also, and are
being fought there, the farm bureau
having organized for the campaign as
was done in Wayne.
Storm Destroys Insects.
A severe storm in the southwestern
part of the county Monday afternoon
undoubtedly destroyed many OF the
= insects especially the smaller ones
but was a disadvantage in that 1t also
made impracticable the dust barriers
with which farmers in that region anc
about Straughn have been fighting the
bugs Oil lines are now the only ef
fective barriers in that territory.
On the occasion of his visit Sunday
Prof Davis emphasized the fact tina
weather conditions cannot safely be
relied upon, either in summer or II
winter, to control the bugs, and tha
they must be destroyed whenever pos
sible.
In using the sprays. Davis recon
mended the Black Leaf 40 as beinI
harmless to the plant, while kerosene
emulsion will burn the corn unless
thoroughly mixed. When soap i
mixed with the Black Leaf 40, the mix
ture will kill all the bugs, the soal
insuring that the solution will penc
trate beneath the leaves and get tn
bugs under there. Black Leaf 40 i
mixed with water at the rate OF tw'
tablespoons with three and a hal
gallons of water. and a cubic inch
soap is added for each gallon of water
Effective Barrier.
An effective dust barrier was OF
served south of Straughn, Sunday, Of
the farm of r. E. Broadway, operate
by his son-in-law, r E. Henley. Nj
Henley for several days past has main
tanned the barrier by dragging log Il
the furrow which is about eight t
10 inches deep. Once or twice aroun
in the morning serves to renew tn
dust mulch, then when the bugs begL
moving about II O'Clock, the draggln
is started again and maintained unit
about or o'clock, only an occas1ona
lone chinch bug being able to cross l
1t will be necessary TO keep water
ing for the bugs for at least 10 day
vet, according to Mr.. Davis, as NOR
- will be Matching out for that lengt
~ of time. After then, no more can 0
" done, as what are not killed will b
flying and cannot be controlled. Som
damage can be expected to corn yield
this fall, but the severity depend
upon the success various communitle
have in killing this first brood OF tn
bugs. If only a few are allowed
mature and lay eggs in the fields, con
paratively little damage will be dor
by the second brood. 1t will not {
possible to eliminate all the bugs D
fore winter when burning can {
started, according to Davis.