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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Elias 
  Cobekly, 
  Benton, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  early 
  in 
  June. 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  "I 
  tried 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  When 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  

   the 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  afraid 
  they 
  would 
  ruin 
  it 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  check 
  them; 
  but 
  after 
  I 
  

   got 
  them 
  dying 
  they 
  went 
  fast, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  there 
  were 
  but 
  few 
  left. 
  I 
  

   got 
  some 
  cans, 
  and 
  put 
  several 
  hundred 
  in 
  each 
  can 
  till 
  they 
  got 
  sick, 
  and 
  buried 
  them 
  

   in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  corn, 
  about 
  two 
  rods 
  apart. 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  nine 
  days 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  tell 
  

   much 
  about 
  them, 
  but 
  they 
  went 
  fast 
  when 
  they 
  got 
  started. 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  

   success." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  350 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn.'' 
  

  

  No. 
  11. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Coggeshall, 
  Chelsea, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  4th: 
  

   "I 
  am 
  badly 
  troubled 
  with 
  chinch-bugs 
  in 
  my 
  oats." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  15th: 
  "The 
  15 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  were 
  all 
  

   dead 
  upon 
  their 
  arrival 
  here 
  except 
  three. 
  I 
  placed 
  them 
  all 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  glass 
  jar 
  

   in 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  600 
  healthy 
  bugs. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  36 
  hours 
  I 
  took 
  out 
  500 
  bugs 
  and 
  

   distributed 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  field 
  as 
  follows: 
  I 
  commenced 
  about 
  five 
  rods 
  from 
  

   one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  selected 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  wheat 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  numerous, 
  bent 
  

   the 
  wheat 
  over 
  so 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  bugs, 
  (as 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  at 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  wheat,) 
  and 
  

   dropped 
  in 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  went 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  back 
  and 
  forth, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  distributed 
  in 
  lots 
  of 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  every 
  10 
  rods. 
  Bugs 
  

   were 
  thick 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  dry; 
  however, 
  it 
  rained 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  and 
  wet 
  weather 
  continued 
  for 
  some 
  days. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  I 
  

   noticed 
  a 
  commotion 
  among 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  twelfth 
  day 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  had 
  all, 
  or 
  nearly 
  all, 
  disappeared, 
  and 
  no 
  eggs 
  have 
  hatched 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  dis- 
  

   cover. 
  The 
  remaining 
  100 
  bugs 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  infection 
  jar 
  to 
  infect 
  from, 
  and 
  

   the 
  neighbors 
  brought 
  in 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  by 
  the 
  thousands 
  from 
  Chelsea, 
  Sycamore^ 
  

   Lincoln, 
  Prospect, 
  Spring 
  and 
  Murdock 
  townships. 
  One 
  man 
  in 
  Spring 
  township 
  

   reports 
  that 
  it 
  literally 
  killed 
  every 
  bug 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  in 
  eight 
  days. 
  One 
  reports 
  

   from 
  Lincoln 
  that 
  it 
  drove 
  his 
  bugs 
  all 
  away." 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Faenswokth, 
  Numa, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  11th: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  damage 
  the 
  crops 
  hereabouts 
  very 
  much." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   May 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  29th: 
  "I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  

   to 
  inform 
  you 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  few 
  living 
  bugs 
  on 
  my 
  place, 
  compared 
  with 
  what 
  

   there 
  were 
  three 
  weeks 
  ago. 
  We 
  worked 
  hard 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  scattered 
  

   them 
  through 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  field. 
  When 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat 
  a 
  week 
  ago, 
  there 
  

   were 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  old 
  bugs, 
  but 
  red 
  ones 
  by 
  the 
  millions, 
  and 
  I 
  thought 
  they 
  would 
  

   take 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  oats 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  make 
  short 
  work 
  of 
  it; 
  but 
  this 
  morn- 
  

   ing 
  I 
  was 
  out 
  looking 
  the 
  ground 
  over, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  ground 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  of 
  all 
  sizes, 
  around 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  hills. 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  will 
  do 
  but 
  

   little 
  damage 
  from 
  this 
  time. 
  I 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  if 
  we 
  had 
  not 
  tried 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   sent 
  by 
  you, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  taken 
  everything 
  before 
  them. 
  At 
  the 
  first 
  we 
  did 
  

   not 
  have 
  a 
  fair 
  show 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  rain, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  10 
  days 
  we 
  have 
  

   had 
  dry 
  weather, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   ease." 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  F. 
  B. 
  Goukley, 
  White 
  Water, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  my 
  

   corn 
  field, 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  my 
  ripe 
  wheat 
  field. 
  There 
  were 
  so 
  

   many 
  that 
  they 
  killed 
  about 
  one 
  row 
  a 
  day 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  in 
  four 
  places 
  on 
  that 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  In 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  that 
  

   were 
  crowded 
  together 
  on 
  each 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  scattered, 
  and 
  were 
  seen 
  running 
  over 
  

   the 
  ground 
  in 
  every 
  direction, 
  not 
  seeming 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  corn. 
  Shortly 
  after 
  this 
  

   the 
  field 
  nearly 
  swarmed 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  green 
  fly, 
  that 
  appeared 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  something 
  

  

  