﻿GENERAL 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  RESULTS. 
  19 
  

  

  See, 
  also, 
  statements 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  import 
  from 
  reports 
  Nos. 
  150, 
  163, 
  168, 
  

   171, 
  173, 
  175, 
  183, 
  184, 
  188, 
  189, 
  202, 
  205, 
  209, 
  210, 
  222, 
  225, 
  233, 
  235, 
  236, 
  

   238, 
  239, 
  240, 
  244, 
  275, 
  292, 
  297, 
  298, 
  300, 
  306, 
  320, 
  321, 
  326, 
  342, 
  353, 
  356, 
  

   359, 
  360, 
  368, 
  373, 
  375, 
  397, 
  398, 
  403, 
  406, 
  407, 
  410, 
  415, 
  419, 
  434, 
  435, 
  438, 
  

   439, 
  445, 
  457, 
  462, 
  476, 
  477, 
  480, 
  484, 
  494. 
  

  

  As 
  additional 
  evidence 
  in 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  statements 
  that 
  disease 
  was 
  not 
  

   naturally 
  present, 
  and 
  that 
  no 
  general 
  epidemic 
  resulted 
  from 
  the 
  introduc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  infection 
  from 
  my 
  laboratory, 
  the 
  following 
  extracts 
  from 
  the 
  farmers' 
  

   reports 
  are 
  given. 
  These 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  died 
  more 
  rapidly 
  upon 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  field 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  that 
  field. 
  This 
  was 
  so 
  univers- 
  

   ally 
  the 
  case 
  that, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  farm, 
  it 
  was 
  

   often 
  necessary 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  infection 
  at 
  intervals 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  area. 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  45. 
  — 
  "There 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  pint 
  of 
  bugs 
  on 
  every 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  around 
  

   the 
  edges 
  next 
  the 
  wheat 
  held. 
  Ten 
  days 
  after, 
  not 
  a 
  live 
  chinch-bug 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   here; 
  blow-flies 
  were 
  swarming 
  here 
  [attracted 
  by 
  the 
  bodies 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs]. 
  In 
  

   another 
  place 
  I 
  had 
  corn, 
  adjoining 
  wheat, 
  where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  place 
  infection, 
  and 
  there 
  

   are 
  bugs 
  there 
  yet." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  54. 
  — 
  "Bugs 
  have 
  disappeared 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  infection 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   held, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  where 
  no 
  infection 
  was 
  put, 
  bugs 
  are 
  thick." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  77. 
  — 
  "Could 
  plainly 
  see 
  that 
  infection 
  began 
  first 
  where 
  sick 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  placed." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  169. 
  — 
  " 
  From 
  90 
  to 
  95 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  infected 
  portion 
  of 
  field, 
  

   live 
  bugs 
  remaining 
  only 
  in 
  an 
  uninfected 
  corner." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  394. 
  — 
  "Infected 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  field 
  first; 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  fast 
  on 
  this 
  

   side. 
  In 
  about 
  nine 
  days 
  after, 
  put 
  infected 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  and 
  bugs 
  began 
  

   dying 
  there." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  414. 
  — 
  "Wherever 
  I 
  put 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  there 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  white." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  431. 
  — 
  "Could 
  find 
  dead 
  bugs 
  earlier 
  and 
  more 
  plentiful 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  in- 
  

   fection. 
  About 
  15 
  days 
  after 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  adjoining 
  fields." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  435. 
  — 
  "In 
  about 
  10 
  days, 
  found 
  bugs 
  dead 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection. 
  

   Where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  the 
  infection, 
  they 
  hurt 
  the 
  corn; 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection, 
  corn 
  

   is 
  all 
  right." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  464. 
  — 
  "In 
  eight 
  days, 
  found 
  small, 
  red 
  bugs 
  had 
  disappeared 
  from 
  that 
  

   part 
  of 
  field 
  where 
  infection 
  was 
  put. 
  In 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  field, 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  second 
  

   lot 
  of 
  infection, 
  found 
  nearly 
  all 
  small 
  ones 
  gone 
  and 
  numerous 
  old 
  ones 
  dead. 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  477. 
  — 
  "The 
  infected 
  part 
  of 
  field 
  was 
  soon 
  free 
  of 
  live 
  bugs; 
  in 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  field, 
  bugs 
  continued 
  to 
  flourish 
  for 
  16 
  or 
  18 
  days, 
  when 
  they 
  commenced 
  

   to 
  die 
  off 
  rapidly. 
  Bugs 
  died 
  more 
  rapidly 
  on 
  infected 
  side 
  than 
  on 
  other 
  side." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  478. 
  — 
  " 
  Bugs 
  died 
  on 
  infected 
  side 
  of 
  field 
  ; 
  on 
  opposite 
  side 
  bugs 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  numerous 
  until 
  the 
  corn 
  dried 
  up." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  487. 
  — 
  "Bugs 
  all 
  dead 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  infection. 
  Twenty 
  rods 
  away 
  found 
  

   some 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  others 
  sluggish." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  490. 
  — 
  "Bunches 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  where 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed, 
  and 
  

   the 
  dead 
  patches 
  are 
  getting 
  larger." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  493. 
  — 
  "Neighbor's 
  wheat 
  field 
  adjoining 
  mine 
  has 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   bordering 
  my 
  field, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  field 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  dead 
  bug." 
  

  

  