6 Contagious Diseases of the Chinch-bug. 
Because of the accomplishment of these two things — the thor- 
ough dissemination of the disease germs over the state and the 
dissemination of knowledge concerning them among the farmers 
of the state —it seems now to be less incumbent upon the state 
to put itself to the expense of maintaining, for the present at 
least, a central distributing station. Instead, let each field 
where Sporotrichum flourishes be a distributing point for its 
own immediate locality. This will be a saving of time to the 
farmer and money to the state. . 
The University, through its departments of botany and en- 
tomology, will continue laboratory and field investigations. 
There is yet very much to be learned toward gaining control over 
insect diseases. These departments of the State University 
will always be ready to advise or instruct farmers as to the best 
ways of circumventing chinch-bugs and other noxious insects, 
as well as noxious plants. 
Idesire to acknowledge gratefully my indedtedness to Prof. 
W. C. Stevens, of the department of botany of this University, 
for his invaluable assistance, during this year as in every pre- 
vious year of the existence of this Station. The successful con- 
duct of the work of the Station—in the laboratory, the field, 
and the office—is largely due to his conscientious services. 
My thanks are also due to M. A. Barber, assistant professor 
.of botany, to F. E. Marcy, laboratory assistant, and to W. A. 
Snow, now of the faculty of Stanford University. 
The following is the text of the act of the legislature of 1895 
making appropriations for the continuation of the chinch-bug 
experiments : 
UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENTAL STATION. 
Aw Act making appropriation for maintaining the Experimental Station at the 
University of Kansas, at Lawrence, established to promote and conduct ex- 
periments for the destruction of chinch-bugs by contagion or infection. 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: 
Section 1. That the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars be and the 
same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of maintaining and conducting the 
Experimental Station at the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, to propagate the 
disease-fungi destructive to chinch-bugs, and to furnish the same to citizens of 
Kansas free of charge, under the direction and supervision of the chancellor of 
said University, Francis H. Snow, as hereinafter provided. 
Sec. 2. Of the sum hereby appropriated, one thousand seven hundred and > 
fifty dollars shall be available during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1896; and 
one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars shall be available during the fiscal 
year ending June 30th, 1897. The said sums to be applied to defraying the neces- 
Sary expenses for assistants, experimental apparatus, expressage, telegraphing, — 
