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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  stalks 
  looked 
  black. 
  I 
  sent 
  to 
  you 
  and 
  received 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  got 
  fresh 
  bugs 
  

   and 
  followed 
  directions. 
  It 
  rained, 
  and 
  I 
  gathered 
  fresh 
  bugs 
  and 
  tried 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  manner. 
  By 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  scattered 
  some. 
  I 
  again 
  gathered 
  fresh 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  scattered 
  everywhere 
  — 
  not 
  

   thick, 
  but 
  enough 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  corn 
  to 
  seven 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre, 
  which 
  would 
  have 
  made 
  

   20 
  if 
  not 
  disturbed 
  by 
  the 
  bugs. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  told 
  by 
  men 
  living 
  south 
  of 
  Wichita 
  

   that 
  it 
  worked 
  all 
  right. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  if 
  one 
  man 
  in 
  each 
  township 
  was 
  appointed 
  

   to 
  look 
  after 
  that 
  matter, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  should 
  keep 
  on 
  hand 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  infected 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  do 
  nothing 
  but 
  go 
  around 
  to 
  each 
  farm 
  and 
  see 
  that 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   placed 
  on 
  them, 
  that 
  we 
  might 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  them. 
  Some 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  years 
  ago 
  we 
  

   were 
  very 
  much 
  disturbed 
  by 
  bugs, 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  cause 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  they 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  

   large 
  piles 
  and 
  died. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  told 
  me 
  by 
  men 
  who 
  have 
  lived 
  here 
  many 
  years. 
  

   There 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  bugs 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  locality." 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  Wm. 
  Hiseb, 
  White 
  Water, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  had 
  good 
  success 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  went 
  with 
  them. 
  I 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  with 
  them. 
  In 
  a 
  week's 
  time, 
  it 
  

   stopped 
  their 
  work. 
  I 
  am 
  well 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  they 
  did 
  for 
  me, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   heard 
  all 
  others 
  who 
  have 
  used 
  them 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  did 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   a 
  good 
  thing 
  for 
  the 
  farmer." 
  Reported 
  November 
  9th: 
  "I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  saved 
  30 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  for 
  me." 
  

  

  No. 
  18. 
  John 
  A. 
  Hopkins, 
  Potwin, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  3d: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick, 
  and 
  unless 
  something 
  is 
  done 
  they 
  will 
  take 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  

   oats." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  in 
  quantity 
  for 
  distribution 
  May 
  5th; 
  experiments 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  June 
  23d: 
  "I 
  got 
  the 
  bugs 
  pretty 
  well 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  country, 
  but 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  wet 
  weather 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  hard 
  to 
  tell 
  the 
  result, 
  as 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  

   thought 
  that 
  the 
  rains 
  would 
  get 
  away 
  with 
  them,' 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  watch 
  closely. 
  I 
  find 
  

   lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  looked, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  out 
  any 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  having 
  trouble 
  with 
  the 
  young 
  bugs. 
  The 
  rain 
  has 
  not 
  affected 
  them. 
  I 
  am 
  

   satisfied 
  the 
  infection 
  will 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  all 
  right, 
  and 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  tried 
  it 
  are 
  satis- 
  

   fied 
  they 
  can 
  rid 
  their 
  fields 
  of 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  19. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Johnson, 
  Douglass, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  " 
  Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  worked 
  exactly 
  

   as 
  you 
  said 
  they 
  would. 
  The 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  bugs 
  covered 
  the 
  corn 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  looked 
  

   black. 
  They 
  destroyed 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  acres 
  of 
  the 
  14 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  sure 
  

   that 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  received 
  no 
  bugs 
  the 
  whole 
  field 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  After 
  

   they 
  became 
  sick 
  they 
  huddled 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  under 
  corn 
  leaves 
  or 
  among 
  the 
  crab 
  

   grass 
  roots. 
  Old 
  and 
  young 
  died 
  just 
  the 
  same." 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Kinzkt, 
  Douglass, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  11th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  13th; 
  July 
  3d, 
  correspondent 
  made 
  following 
  re- 
  

   port 
  to 
  field 
  agent: 
  "When 
  application 
  for 
  infection 
  was 
  made, 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  

   numerous 
  in 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  had 
  damaged 
  the 
  yield 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  

   never 
  saw 
  bugs 
  more 
  numerous. 
  They 
  commenced 
  to 
  die 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  after 
  in- 
  

   troducing 
  the 
  infection. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  died, 
  turning 
  white, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  young 
  

   ones, 
  with 
  the 
  possible 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  hundred, 
  died 
  also. 
  The 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  

   bugs 
  died 
  bunched 
  and 
  matted 
  together, 
  while 
  those 
  that 
  died 
  later 
  were 
  scattered 
  

   here 
  and 
  there. 
  The 
  bugs 
  that 
  were 
  hatched 
  after 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  cut 
  did 
  very 
  little 
  

   damage 
  to 
  the 
  oats, 
  and 
  none 
  whatever 
  to 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  near 
  by." 
  Under 
  November 
  

   date: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  100 
  bushels 
  wheat, 
  200 
  bushels 
  corn, 
  300 
  bushels 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  21. 
  C.L.Keaok, 
  Andover, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  28th; 
  "Bugs 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  my 
  13 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat, 
  

   and 
  just 
  before 
  cutting 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  hatched 
  by 
  the 
  thousand. 
  Some 
  neighbors' 
  

  

  