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around on the gronnd; in short, the ground was red. Then I went on to the corn- 

 field to see if they were like the others, and found them all right. The corn was 

 black all through No. 2 part, but No. 3 had no bugs, so I went to fighting on the 

 double dotted line and saved No. 3, but No. 2 part they took slick and clean and 

 not a stalk remained. I had a neighbor go on No. 1 line and he said it was a hum- 

 bug; that it was the sorghum that had killed them. The next day I was riding by a 

 sorghum field three miles from mine and the bugs were taking it. They were in it 

 about 100 yards. I got over into the field and found them lively and well. Sorghum 

 had n't even made them sick. Then I went to work on my corn in dead earnest. Got 

 dead bugs and live bugs from No. 1 line and carried them over to my fighting line,, 

 and as a result I saved my sorghum field and the No. 3 part of my cornfield. 



James Molby, Weltbote, Kas. — Successful. I failed to keep any dates or memo- 

 randa, as I had exhausted my enthusiasm and well nigh my faith working with some 

 bugs given me by a neighbor before receiving those from you. The infection sent 

 by you worked like a charm. I don't think a bug escaped from the field where I 

 placed it. I have a box of dead bugs whioh I shall test on the first handful of bugs. 

 I can capture in the spring. 



A. J. McAllister, Heber, Kas. — Successful. On Monday, July 2, gathered about 

 one pint of bugs, put them in a box, as you described in directions, and placed the 

 box in the cellar. On Friday afternoon Mr. Foster called to see what my bogs were 

 doing. We opened the box out in the dooryard; found quite a number of dead 

 bugs, (we were in the open sunshine,) perhaps one tenth of the amount, and the 

 live ones were scrambling to get out and crawling over each other. We discovered 

 that those that were getting out were dying as fast as exposed to the sun. My eyes- 

 are getting dim, but I could see that all were covered with the white fungus. I 

 have a small field (four acres) back of the orchard that was sown to wheat. The 

 wheat was harvested this same morning. There is a draw crossing diagonally this 

 piece of land, and in the draw is a patch of elders, grown up through the wheat. 

 The wheat was tall, rank, and green. So the boy drove the harvester around this 

 little patch, about two rods long and one rod wide. In a short time the bugs were 

 all gathered in this standing grain and elders. I think it a reasonable statement 

 when I say that there were a bushel of bugs in that patch. I took my box of in- 

 fected bugs right down there, knowing that there was moisture and shade, and in 

 jnst five days I never saw the like here; they were so piled up that I could have 

 scooped them tip with a shovel. They had a disagreeable smell, and their appear- 

 ance was as if they had been oovered over with a thin syrup. Where they lay thin 

 they were covered with white fungus. I had intended calling in my neighbors to 

 witness the destruction, but a heavy rain spoiled that. An idea now struck me: that 

 as soon as the grain is cut, if the field is invaded with bugs, haul some green brash 

 as soon as there is sufficient width cut, and throw a few about 20 rods apart. It is 

 shade the chinch bugs hunt for. First have your infeoted bugs ready, and those 

 that accumulate there will never leave. Across the road Mr. S. E. Smith had 40 

 acres of wheat, and opposite that I had 50 acres of corn. The bugs crossed the 

 road and through the hedge in a single day, until the corn was full for three rows in. 

 Scattered bugs all along. They accumulated around the roots and died, right at 

 the time. The drought set in, and we had but little corn; but it was not destroyed 

 by the chinch bugs. 



Michael Neuhalfen, Doniphan, Hall county, Nebraska. — Successful. Did not fol- 

 low the directions closely; did not have the box in a sunny place; just scattered a 

 few infected bugs in one end of the field, and in a week the field was clear. The re- 

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