Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1898 — Chinch Bugs at Work. [ARTICLE]

Chinch Bugs at Work.

Chari* stoti. 111., .inly 1. —Alarming reports are coming in daily from the farmers of Coles county regarding the ravages of the chinch hugs. In addition to ruining many wheat fields, they have attacked the young broom corn crop. Many hundred acres have been planted a second time, only to be destroyed by these pests.