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Excerpt from The Chinch-Bug: Its History, Characters, and Habits, and the Means of Destroying It or Counteracting Its Injuries

The first notice of it in the State was in 1840, when it appeared in the north western portion, near the Mississippi, and in Tazewell County. There is also reason to believe it appeared this or the following year in Saint Clair County. In 1844 it was somewhat injurious in Sangamon and some other sections. In 1845 it did extensive damage in Knox, Tazewell, Will, and some other counties. In 1846 it was observed in Cass County. In 1847 it appeared in Lyons County, Iowa. In 1848 it was observed in Lake County, Indiana, but there is no mention of it that I can find in Illinois in 1847, 1848, or 1849. But it is more than probable it began to develope in 1849, as it appeared in destructive numbers in 1850 over a large portion of Northern Illinois. Formidable numbers appeared in Illinois and the adjacent portions of Indiana and Wisconsin in 1854 and 1855, especially the latter year. This, according to Mr. Williams, of Geneva, Wis., was its first appearance in that State, coming from the south. In 1855 it did considerable injury in Mercer and dekalb Counties and some portions of Southern Illinois. In 1857 and 1858 it was observed in limited sections of the State. In 1861 and 1862 it was reported by Dr. Shimer as doing considerable injury in the northwestern portion of the State. In 1864 the crops in Iowa and adjoining sections of Illinois suffered largely from its attacks, as did also other portions of the Northwest. It again made its appearance in Illinois in 1865, but the season being wet the insects were destroyed. In 1868 and 1869 it appeared in limited numbers in the southern por tion of the State, but its development was cut short by the wet weather. The year 1871 was marked by its appearance in vast numbers over the Northwestern States; and, as heretofore stated, 187 4 was also another not-cd chinch-bug year.

The following brief notice of its history in other sections is given here, but this we expect to make more complete in our second report.

From Professor Riley's seventh report as State Entomologist of Missouri, we learn that it appeared in that State as early as 1836 that it was more or less injurious in certain sections in 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, and 1859; that in 1866 it was quite destructive, as also in 1870 771 but 187 4 was the year in which it was most injurious in this State.

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