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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  OHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  ported 
  in 
  but 
  one 
  field 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  infection 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   carried 
  by 
  some 
  one. 
  However, 
  this 
  field 
  is 
  but 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  an 
  

   infected 
  field, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  altogether 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  traveled 
  from 
  

   one 
  farm 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  bunches 
  of 
  skins 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   open 
  ground 
  is 
  something 
  entirely 
  new 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  farmers 
  whose 
  names 
  are 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  report. 
  Respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

  

  ERNEST 
  C. 
  HICKEY. 
  

  

  IV.— 
  REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  

  

  I 
  next 
  present 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  495 
  farmers 
  and 
  other 
  experimenters. 
  Those 
  

   reports 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  from 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  1,399 
  reports, 
  which 
  are 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  definite 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  direct 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  various 
  points 
  involved 
  

   in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  of 
  the 
  chinch-bug. 
  

   Both 
  favorable 
  and 
  unfavorable 
  reports 
  are 
  included, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  given, 
  not 
  

   as 
  scientific 
  statements 
  of 
  work 
  accomplished, 
  but 
  as, 
  in 
  the 
  main, 
  common- 
  

   sense 
  straightforward 
  accounts 
  of 
  honest 
  observations. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Chas. 
  Babth, 
  Iola, 
  Allen 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  8th: 
  "There 
  are 
  

   not 
  many 
  chinch 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  yet." 
  Infection 
  mailed 
  June 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  15th: 
  " 
  I 
  hunted 
  in 
  field 
  for 
  some 
  bugs 
  to 
  inoculate 
  but 
  

   found 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  few. 
  They 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  disappeared, 
  or 
  died. 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  number 
  

   dead 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white, 
  fungoid 
  growth." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  am 
  

   confident 
  the 
  infection 
  stopped 
  the 
  ravages 
  of" 
  the 
  bugs. 
  As 
  the 
  bugs 
  perished, 
  

   there 
  were 
  none 
  left 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  corn 
  or 
  oats. 
  I 
  have 
  lived 
  here 
  24 
  years, 
  and 
  

   must 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  freer 
  from 
  chinch-bugs 
  than 
  any 
  year 
  before, 
  and 
  hope 
  your 
  

   good 
  work 
  will 
  continue 
  until 
  there 
  are 
  none 
  left." 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  J. 
  M. 
  McDonald, 
  Iola, 
  Allen 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  24th: 
  "Bugs 
  

   are 
  numerous 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  13th: 
  " 
  On 
  June 
  3d 
  I 
  scattered 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  

   wheat, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  and 
  10th. 
  About 
  the 
  12th 
  I 
  could 
  discover 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  16th 
  I 
  could 
  hardly 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  except 
  the 
  

   young 
  ones 
  that 
  had 
  just 
  hatched 
  out. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  discover 
  that 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  died. 
  

   They 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  until 
  after 
  harvest, 
  doing 
  quite 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  damage, 
  

   but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  harvest 
  they 
  disappeared. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  on 
  one 
  

   side 
  of 
  my 
  wheat, 
  but 
  they 
  never 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  corn. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  if 
  I 
  could 
  

   have 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May, 
  my 
  wheat 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  

   been 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  E. 
  F. 
  Beooks, 
  Westphalia, 
  Anderson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  1st: 
  

   " 
  My 
  wheat 
  field 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  10th: 
  "The 
  result 
  was 
  very 
  favorable, 
  and 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  send 
  for 
  them 
  quite 
  soon 
  enough, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  hurt 
  my 
  crops 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  before 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  But 
  I 
  followed 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  that 
  they 
  all 
  died." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  infection 
  

   saved 
  my 
  three-acre 
  field 
  of 
  wheat, 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $50 
  worth 
  of 
  oats. 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Coby, 
  Sharon, 
  Barber 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  6th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  

   last 
  June 
  I 
  handled 
  as 
  you 
  directed, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  good. 
  I 
  informed 
  my 
  neigh- 
  

  

  