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ARTE OO HY LR AINSIEED ITA Talis ye ie iced llchalleiwctesttrsiatahe ale Niele Won ce eee x En ora 2 
EUG FEER COD AGNI, Ta crete, cotesecasaa otal sone cot sekamsh ane ld ats at enh uc '@letew tha GU UR Ne aU tM gh a 3 
LESH CD MO TSH ASHS am | GINA To). 8 1s vasa le loscee Spee eee ve sae ae be gle ck Ce ak Le a naa 8 
Brier Review of Recent Contributions to our Knowledge of Contagious Dis- 
eases of the Chinch-bug, by Forbes, Lugger, and Webster............. 10 
History of the Practical Application of Chinch-bug Diseases in Kansas by 
the Experimental Station of the University of Kansas................. 16 
EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS by the Kansas Station in 1896: 
1. Experiments restricted to the Sporotrichum or white-fungus disease, 21 
2. No bacterial diseases yet discovered............00.ccc cece ec ce tebe 21 
3. Inefficiency of rains for the destruction of chinch-bugs............. 22 
4. The burning. of chinch-bugs' with stubble... 2.).4. 5.00. lie eee 22 
5. Absence of effect of freezing upon chinch-bugs and Sporotrichum.. 22 
Gualibernation of Chinch-buge yr... a0). eit cece ere acess eae aie ronan 22 
Mid marriers'and post-hole traps. ii. owh lowes ce cee eens On Da ee 22 
Se Observations by iM. Ax Barbers accion tik. foas siew Ota nie eee 23 
o1Observations by. W.. Gi Stevensy sce une ceo a eee eee 26 
Frinat Summary of Results of Experiments for ten years, 1888-1897.......... 33 
DOSCRMEND OVE PEND ITU RES: sera uncuialcis ac Witlelectlnactele esse Meta e alee 35 
Drrections for Obtaining and Applying the Infection....................... 36 
ROT ANT ATI CIN) OF PEATE Ae alloc ict shea row Nh ayaa EAN hy tees RAM 39 
ESTPARTIIORS SRS VNC N Recut ISU A Pg ro a daes ale. Scone an es ane cH CNS al ats NA aan 4] 
