﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  FIELD 
  AGENT. 
  35 
  

  

  were 
  black 
  for 
  18 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  About 
  20 
  rows 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  across 
  one 
  

   side 
  of 
  a 
  40-acre 
  field 
  had 
  been 
  completely 
  destroyed. 
  On 
  the 
  fourth 
  day 
  after 
  the 
  

   skins 
  and 
  dead 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  distributed, 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  bunch, 
  and 
  only 
  

   skins 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  near 
  the 
  bottom 
  remained. 
  I 
  carefully 
  examined 
  about 
  50 
  

   stalks 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  stripped 
  them 
  of 
  their 
  lower 
  blades, 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  but 
  

   10 
  live 
  bugs 
  to 
  the 
  stalk 
  in 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  one 
  week 
  before 
  my 
  visit 
  the 
  

   live 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  most 
  numerous. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  fair 
  and 
  warm. 
  This 
  field 
  

   is 
  about 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  miles 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  infected 
  field. 
  Bugs 
  are 
  neither 
  

   dead 
  nor 
  dying 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  field 
  near, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  ascertain. 
  

  

  Chas. 
  Phelps, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  A 
  neighbor, 
  Mr. 
  Burbanks, 
  put 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  into 
  Mr. 
  Phelps's 
  field 
  of 
  wheat, 
  several 
  acres 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  considera- 
  

   bly 
  injured. 
  No 
  notice 
  was 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  trial, 
  but 
  when 
  harvesting 
  was 
  done 
  no 
  

   live 
  bugs 
  were 
  seen, 
  although 
  in 
  neighboring 
  uninfected 
  fields 
  at 
  harvest 
  time 
  the 
  

   live 
  bugs 
  would 
  collect 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  canvas 
  of 
  the 
  reaper. 
  

  

  A. 
  Bukbanks, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Experimented 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  adja- 
  

   cent 
  to 
  Chas. 
  Phelps's. 
  In 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  weeks 
  the 
  bugs 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  "Did 
  not 
  

   see 
  what 
  became 
  of 
  them, 
  but 
  know 
  that 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  leave 
  fields 
  near 
  by 
  where 
  no 
  

   trial 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  disease. 
  From 
  my 
  past 
  experience 
  in 
  wheat 
  raising, 
  I 
  

   now 
  think 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  by 
  trying 
  the 
  experiment." 
  

  

  A. 
  B. 
  Fey, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  The 
  bugs 
  threatened 
  to 
  damage 
  the 
  corn 
  

   crop 
  at 
  least 
  one-half. 
  Planted 
  the 
  infection, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  watch 
  for 
  developments. 
  

   In 
  about 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  had 
  disappeared. 
  Does 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  had 
  be- 
  

   come 
  of 
  them. 
  Nearest 
  corn 
  field 
  to 
  Fry's 
  is 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  mile 
  distant; 
  in 
  this 
  

   field 
  live 
  bugs 
  are 
  found, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  alarming 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Moses 
  Longton, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Bugs 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  

   Experiment 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  corn 
  field. 
  In 
  places 
  the 
  bugs 
  bunched 
  and 
  some 
  became 
  

   white. 
  Never 
  examined 
  to 
  see 
  whether 
  the 
  bunches 
  were 
  skins 
  or 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  White- 
  

   fungus 
  bugs 
  were 
  also 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  one 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  The 
  extermination 
  

   was 
  practically 
  a 
  complete 
  one. 
  " 
  Has 
  saved 
  me 
  many 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  Daniel 
  Rosebaugh, 
  Barnes, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  numerous 
  

   that 
  Mr. 
  Rosebaugh 
  was 
  alarmed 
  concerning 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  his 
  crops. 
  Bugs 
  went 
  

   from 
  wheat 
  to 
  corn. 
  Several 
  days 
  after 
  having 
  first 
  put 
  out 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  live 
  

   bugs 
  began 
  to 
  bunch. 
  Several 
  of 
  them 
  became 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  fungus. 
  Nearly 
  

   all 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  are 
  now 
  (July 
  25th) 
  gone. 
  Mr. 
  Rosebaugh 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  farming 
  has 
  

   never 
  noticed 
  bunches 
  of 
  skins. 
  

  

  W. 
  Stolt, 
  Barnes, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Experimented 
  in 
  corn 
  field. 
  In 
  about 
  

   nine 
  days 
  after 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  field, 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  gather 
  in 
  

   small 
  heaps 
  and 
  die; 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  turned 
  white. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Rogers, 
  Barnes, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Experimented 
  in 
  corn 
  field 
  

   where 
  bugs 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  numerous. 
  It 
  was 
  pretty 
  warm 
  weather, 
  but 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  

   not 
  dry 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  experiment 
  was 
  made. 
  "It 
  surely 
  proved 
  successful 
  for 
  others, 
  

   but 
  my 
  test 
  is 
  a 
  complete 
  failure." 
  Mr. 
  Rogers 
  scattered 
  infected 
  bugs 
  several 
  times. 
  

   I 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  good, 
  healthy 
  condition. 
  

  

  At 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  visited 
  during 
  the 
  week, 
  no 
  little 
  interest 
  has 
  been 
  

   shown 
  concerning 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  experiments. 
  Not 
  only 
  have 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  men 
  gone 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  from 
  the 
  towns 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  field 
  work, 
  

   but 
  farmers 
  have 
  come 
  miles 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  

   their 
  own 
  fields. 
  In 
  several 
  fields, 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  dead 
  flies 
  among 
  the 
  

   dead 
  bugs. 
  Bunches 
  of 
  skins 
  and 
  dead 
  bugs 
  together 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  or 
  re- 
  

  

  