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garden and orchard pests. Frequent nse was made of Vernon L. Kellogg's "Injuri- 

 oas Insects of Kansas." The potato beetle, an enemy much dreaded during the 

 past season by the farmer — dreaded both because of the injury it does and of the 

 very tedious method of gathering by hand, by no means an easy or effectual means 

 of riddance — received attention. Pyrethrum generously sprinkled in early morn or 

 late at night upon the dew-dampened vines, or dissolved in water and sprayed upon 

 the green foliage and stems, was rapidly effective. The solution used was two 

 ounces of the fresh powder to an ordinary wooden pail full of water. 



In concluding, I have this to say: In organizing county stations, all infection 

 should be propagated, inspected and sent o^t by the director for said station. The 

 people are ready in the time of need for vigorous work, but they want good infec- 

 tion (in generous quantities, to give them confidence), they want careful supervision 

 and clear instructions. The farming communities of Kansas are ready in the realm 

 of scientific education for anything that touches upon the practical side of farm- 

 ing. Many practical farmers have, at various times, expressed to me the opinion 

 that, should every box of infection sent out from the Dickinson county station 

 have failed in the results hoped for, the station oould not be considered a dead 

 expense, inasmuoh as the people have been thus aroused to what may be done in 

 other lines, and to what they should awaken in the progress of farming. The hon- 

 orable board of commissioners have also expressed themselves as well pleased. 

 Good supplies have been, with their approval, carefully boxed and stored away for fu- 

 ture use, should time and occasion demand another "chinch-bug war" in Dickinson 

 county. The expense of running the station, while I cannot give the exact figures, 

 was about $400 for a period of three months. 



Kate Hutchinson, Onaga. — In answer to yours of the 20th, I would say that I did 

 not succeed very well, because I had not the conveniences to work with and no suit- 

 able place to keep the bugs. I gave bugs to several parties, and to make sure that 

 they had infected bugs afterwards gave the same parties bugs supplied by you. 

 Some of them were successful, and some were not; about 75 per cent, successful. 

 My box worked all right, but required constant watching to keep moist enough. 

 I supplied 15 persons, but can only remember two names, and have lost my list. 

 Something over four weeks was the time devoted to it. Mine could hardly be called 

 a substation, because I did n't really have time to devote to it, being much busier 

 than I anticipated when I requested the bugs of you. Mr. C. 0. Benton made a 

 thorough success of the bugs, and distributed many among his neighbors. I have 

 saved some bugs, and will experiment next year on my own account. I have been 

 successful two years, and saved a corn crop each time. 



W. Knaus, McPherson. — I beg leave to inclose duplicate reports of some 20 

 farmers who used infected bugs supplied from the laboratory stations at this place. 

 The reports are almost uniformly unsatisfactory, owing to the intense hot and dry 

 weather of July and August. 



7. B. Lawyer, Iola. — According to your request, I will try and report some of 

 the chinch-bag expriments. Farmers are so much engaged in their work that it is 

 a hard matter to get them to take time enough to write out a report of their suc- 

 cess or failure, as the case may be, and, in fact, so few of them carry out the direc- 

 tions given them, that success can hardly be expected. One man will come in with 

 an old paint bucket that has never been cleaned, and say he is going to infect his 

 bugs in it; another has a glass fruit can; another a cigar box; and so on; and I 

 might mention many other contrivances they have; whilst some follow directions, 

 and most invariably succeed. 



