. The chinch bug. (Blissus leucopterus Say.). Chinch-bugs; Insect pests Control. 15 This can be accomplished by burning all dried grass, leaves, or other rubbish during winter or early spring. The burning of all such grass will destroy thousands of bugs in their winter quarters; but sometimes the matted bluegrass remains green in winter, or the weather is not sufficiently dry to enable the farmer to burn oyer such places. In such cases a flock of sheep, if given the freedom of the fields during winter and spring, will eat off all living vegetation and trample the ground with their small feet,
. The chinch bug. (Blissus leucopterus Say.). Chinch-bugs; Insect pests Control. 15 This can be accomplished by burning all dried grass, leaves, or other rubbish during winter or early spring. The burning of all such grass will destroy thousands of bugs in their winter quarters; but sometimes the matted bluegrass remains green in winter, or the weather is not sufficiently dry to enable the farmer to burn oyer such places. In such cases a flock of sheep, if given the freedom of the fields during winter and spring, will eat off all living vegetation and trample the ground with their small feet, so that not only is all covering for the bugs removed, but also the bugs are crushed to death. So it is with the matted grass along roadsides and fences,. Fig. 8.—Poorly kept roadside with rail fence overgrown with brambles, thus affording protection for large numbers of destructive insects during winter. (Author's illustration.) especially the Virginia worm rail fence (fig. 8). The ease with which the narrow strip of grass land along a post-and-wire fence can be kept free of matted grass and leaves, as compared with that along a hedge or rail fence, indicates that there may be an entomological factor connected with the modern fence that has been overlooked, giving it, in this respect, an advantage over the more ancient form. A good illustration of the fact that large numbers of chinch bugs may be in hiding among fallen leaves in woods and other places and escape detection is shown by the fact that a quantity of dried leaves from about a vineyard located on a narrow neck of land about a quarter of a mile from the Bay of Sandusky on the one side, and about 1J [Cir. 118]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Webster, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1849-1916; United States. Bureau of Entomology; United St
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