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  on 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  or 
  had 
  been 
  the 
  thickest. 
  In 
  a 
  week 
  after 
  the 
  

   sick 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  bugs 
  in 
  any 
  great 
  number 
  on 
  any 
  

   hill 
  of 
  corn. 
  There 
  were 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  

   the 
  corn. 
  There 
  were 
  eight 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  this 
  piece 
  of 
  ground. 
  I 
  had 
  another 
  

   field 
  of 
  80 
  acres, 
  that 
  lay 
  across 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  this 
  field, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  

   from 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  cleared 
  about 
  a 
  half-acre 
  before 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  

   field. 
  When 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  scatter 
  from 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  field 
  where 
  

   the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  were 
  put, 
  they 
  also 
  began 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  field, 
  

   and 
  appeared 
  to 
  do 
  no 
  further 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  that 
  field; 
  but 
  when 
  husking 
  

   in 
  this 
  large 
  field, 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  much 
  better 
  quality 
  than 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   little 
  field. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  neighbor 
  who 
  had 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  about 
  a 
  half-mile 
  from 
  my 
  

   little 
  field, 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs. 
  His 
  field 
  was 
  cleared 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  my 
  large 
  field 
  — 
  without 
  putting 
  any 
  sick 
  bugs 
  in 
  it. 
  All 
  these 
  

   fields 
  were 
  swarming 
  with 
  large 
  green 
  flies. 
  These 
  flies 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  so 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  bugs 
  remained 
  in 
  any 
  number 
  on 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  weather 
  during 
  this 
  time 
  

   was 
  generally 
  clear. 
  

  

  No. 
  14. 
  Db. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Hall, 
  Augusta, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  2d: 
  "There 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  complaint 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  from 
  the 
  farmers 
  along 
  the 
  Walnut 
  and 
  

   White 
  Water 
  bottoms 
  in 
  this 
  ( 
  Butler) 
  county." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  7th, 
  and 
  on 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  other 
  dates, 
  for 
  distribution 
  among 
  farmers; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   October 
  30th: 
  "I 
  have 
  all 
  the 
  confidence 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  chinch-bug 
  infection, 
  and 
  

   deem 
  it 
  entirely 
  scientific. 
  The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  at 
  various 
  times 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  according 
  to 
  directions, 
  in 
  fields 
  containing 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  active 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  healthy 
  bugs. 
  During 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  these 
  experiments 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  wet, 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  cold. 
  In 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  the 
  bugs 
  would 
  begin 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  fields, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  or 
  a 
  

   little 
  before, 
  they 
  would 
  begin 
  to 
  'colonize.' 
  They 
  would 
  collect 
  in 
  bunches 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  thousands, 
  and 
  pile 
  upon 
  each 
  other 
  until 
  the 
  collection 
  would 
  be 
  from 
  one-half 
  

   inch 
  to 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  colonies 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  apart, 
  and 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   spaces 
  would 
  be 
  almost 
  entirely 
  free 
  from 
  bugs. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  they 
  became 
  

   bunched, 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  almost 
  a 
  solid 
  crust 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  that 
  would 
  appear 
  like 
  a 
  

   white 
  mould. 
  The 
  disease 
  would 
  spread 
  to 
  adjacent 
  fields. 
  In 
  one 
  field 
  the 
  infection 
  

   had 
  spread 
  to 
  a 
  field 
  across 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  a 
  field 
  where 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  dis- 
  

   tributed. 
  My 
  experiments 
  with 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  satisfactory 
  

   in 
  every 
  instance." 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Habsh, 
  Sycamore 
  Springs, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "It 
  was 
  surely 
  a 
  success, 
  as 
  

   we 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  had 
  millions 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  it. 
  We 
  gave 
  them 
  just 
  

   a 
  week 
  to 
  finish 
  their 
  work. 
  Surely, 
  no 
  corn 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  left 
  had 
  I 
  not 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  the 
  bugs 
  just 
  when 
  I 
  did. 
  They 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  heaps 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  died. 
  

   Then 
  my 
  brother 
  had 
  a 
  field, 
  and 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  "believe 
  in 
  the 
  bugs;" 
  so, 
  when 
  mine 
  

   died, 
  he 
  took 
  sick 
  bugs 
  from 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  likewise 
  his 
  all 
  died, 
  and 
  he, 
  too, 
  be- 
  

   lieves 
  that 
  they 
  certainly 
  would 
  have 
  destroyed 
  all 
  our 
  corn 
  if 
  we 
  had 
  contin- 
  

   ued 
  not 
  to 
  believe 
  in 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  and 
  not 
  experimented 
  with 
  it. 
  

   I 
  believe 
  all 
  farmers 
  should 
  be 
  compelled 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  infection 
  if 
  they 
  have 
  any 
  bugs 
  

   at 
  all, 
  until 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  exterminated." 
  

  

  No. 
  16. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Haven, 
  Andover, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  7th: 
  " 
  The 
  

   stalks 
  are 
  black 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  

   reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  " 
  The 
  chinch-bugs 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  neighbor's 
  wheat. 
  They 
  

   came 
  through 
  the 
  hedge, 
  and 
  at 
  first 
  occupied 
  a 
  space 
  some 
  10 
  or 
  20 
  rods 
  long 
  on 
  

   one 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  were 
  all 
  sizes, 
  and 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  that 
  the 
  

  

  