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  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  bors, 
  and 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  scattered 
  with 
  good 
  effect. 
  We 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  great 
  

   discovery, 
  and 
  its 
  good 
  cannot 
  be 
  estimated." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  40 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  10 
  tons 
  of 
  millet, 
  valued 
  at 
  $20, 
  and 
  

   20 
  bushels 
  of 
  millet 
  seed." 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Lesteb, 
  Hazelton, 
  Barber 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  12th; 
  

   experiment 
  partially 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "I 
  infected 
  other 
  

   bugs 
  as 
  directed, 
  and 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  different 
  places 
  and 
  examined 
  the 
  

   results. 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  when 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  ones 
  out, 
  but 
  I 
  also 
  

   noticed 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  died 
  and 
  disappeared 
  more 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  

   where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  than 
  they 
  did 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  50 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  but 
  not 
  many 
  remain 
  now. 
  I 
  can- 
  

   not 
  call 
  this 
  a 
  fair 
  test, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  cool, 
  and 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  did 
  not 
  mix 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  in 
  midsummer 
  when 
  they 
  have 
  more 
  life 
  and 
  warmth, 
  

   yet 
  I 
  believe 
  many 
  bugs 
  were 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Hon. 
  Chester 
  I. 
  Long, 
  Medicine 
  Lodge, 
  Barber 
  county. 
  One 
  dozen 
  

   boxes 
  of 
  infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th, 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  Barber 
  county 
  

   farmers; 
  results 
  satisfactory, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  "I 
  sent 
  to 
  you 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  times 
  for 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  gave 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  different 
  farmers 
  in 
  this 
  

   county, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  results 
  that 
  are 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  indeed. 
  In 
  

   a 
  few 
  instances, 
  where 
  your 
  directions 
  were 
  not 
  properly 
  followed, 
  in 
  my 
  judgment, 
  

   the 
  results 
  were 
  unsatisfactory, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  instances 
  they 
  report 
  that 
  

   the 
  fields 
  were 
  cleared 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  turning 
  loose 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs. 
  From 
  the 
  result 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  your 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  

   of 
  great 
  advantage 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  to 
  agriculture 
  generally." 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  T. 
  R. 
  Maetin, 
  Hazelton, 
  Barber 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  J. 
  A. 
  

   Lester; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "I 
  had 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  sod 
  

   corn 
  that 
  was 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  got 
  a 
  few 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  

   J. 
  A. 
  Lester, 
  and 
  I 
  treated 
  them 
  as 
  you 
  directed 
  in 
  your 
  instructions 
  to 
  him. 
  I 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  them 
  over 
  one-half 
  of 
  my 
  field 
  — 
  10 
  acres 
  — 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  or 
  two 
  weeks 
  there 
  

   were 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  half 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  put 
  no 
  bugs, 
  there 
  were 
  

   very 
  few 
  dead 
  ones 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  later 
  on, 
  when 
  the 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  all 
  gone 
  

   on 
  the 
  side 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  other 
  side, 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  put 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Cissna, 
  Glendale, 
  Bourbon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  30th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  devastate 
  my 
  corn." 
  Sent 
  infection 
  July 
  9th 
  and 
  15th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  4th: 
  " 
  I 
  send 
  you 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  which 
  I 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  infected 
  ones 
  were 
  placed. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  altogether 
  satisfied 
  as 
  

   to 
  cause 
  of 
  death. 
  I 
  would 
  find 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  ones 
  on 
  a 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  probably 
  a 
  

   much 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  live 
  ones. 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  dead 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   by 
  some. 
  The 
  bugs 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  so 
  numerous 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  first." 
  Re-sent 
  infec- 
  

   tion, 
  August 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  15th: 
  "I 
  did 
  not 
  

   use 
  the 
  last 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs, 
  as 
  the 
  former 
  lot 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  communicated 
  the 
  disease 
  

   and 
  almost 
  exterminated 
  the 
  pests. 
  I 
  am 
  led 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  your 
  method 
  is 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  and 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  a 
  great 
  blessing 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  the 
  land." 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  T. 
  M. 
  Axfoed, 
  Latham, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Sent 
  for 
  infection 
  in 
  May, 
  stating 
  

   that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous. 
  May 
  29th, 
  Sporotrichum 
  infection 
  was 
  sent 
  

   him; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  20th: 
  "My 
  wheat, 
  18 
  acres, 
  was 
  the 
  

   only 
  crop 
  threatened 
  by 
  the 
  bugs. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  I 
  was 
  damaged 
  five 
  bushels 
  in 
  

   the 
  whole 
  field. 
  In 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  infection 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  bugs 
  to 
  

   speak 
  of, 
  while 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  bad 
  way." 
  

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