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July 5, 1839
Cheraw Gazette And Pee Dee Farmer
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Chinch bugs ravage wheat crops in Chatham, Orange, Granville, and Franklin counties, destroying fields and threatening corn. Farmers dig ditches with straw to burn the insects. Similar damage reported in Mecklenburg and Anson counties.
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CHINCH BUGS.
These mischievous little insects have we regret to learn, committed great ravages upon the wheat crops in the adjoining counties of Chatham, Orange, Granville and Franklin. In some instances, whole fields have been entirely destroyed, and great fears are entertained that they will next attack the corn, to which they also are very destructive. They cluster around the stalk in incredible numbers, suck out its substance, and it soon withers and falls to the ground. In some places, to prevent their reaching the corn, for which they are marching in clouds, the farmers dig little ditches and fill them with straw, in which the bugs make a temporary halt, and are burnt—the operation of burning being frequently repeated, during the day. Although the bugs have wings they travel on the ground. They are natives of the forest; and it is said that where the woods are occasionally burnt, they never become troublesome.
Raleigh Star.
* This they have already done to a considerable extent, it is said, in Mecklenburg and Anson counties.
These mischievous little insects have we regret to learn, committed great ravages upon the wheat crops in the adjoining counties of Chatham, Orange, Granville and Franklin. In some instances, whole fields have been entirely destroyed, and great fears are entertained that they will next attack the corn, to which they also are very destructive. They cluster around the stalk in incredible numbers, suck out its substance, and it soon withers and falls to the ground. In some places, to prevent their reaching the corn, for which they are marching in clouds, the farmers dig little ditches and fill them with straw, in which the bugs make a temporary halt, and are burnt—the operation of burning being frequently repeated, during the day. Although the bugs have wings they travel on the ground. They are natives of the forest; and it is said that where the woods are occasionally burnt, they never become troublesome.
Raleigh Star.
* This they have already done to a considerable extent, it is said, in Mecklenburg and Anson counties.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Chinch Bugs
Wheat Destruction
Corn Threat
Farmers Ditches
Burning Insects
Crop Ravages
Where did it happen?
Chatham, Orange, Granville And Franklin Counties; Mecklenburg And Anson Counties
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Location
Chatham, Orange, Granville And Franklin Counties; Mecklenburg And Anson Counties
Story Details
Chinch bugs destroy wheat crops by clustering on stalks and sucking substance, causing withering; farmers burn them in straw-filled ditches to protect corn; natives of forest, less troublesome where woods are burnt.