﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  41 
  

  

  fields 
  were 
  almost 
  a 
  complete 
  failure, 
  because 
  of 
  fly 
  and 
  bug. 
  When 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  

   cut 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  oats 
  by 
  the 
  bushel, 
  and 
  increased 
  rapidly. 
  When 
  we 
  cut 
  

   the 
  oats 
  they 
  would 
  collect 
  on 
  the 
  sickle 
  an 
  inch 
  deep. 
  After 
  the 
  oats 
  were 
  cut, 
  I 
  

   watched 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  adjoining 
  the 
  oats, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  a 
  dozen 
  bugs 
  left 
  

   the 
  oats. 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  oat 
  field 
  to-day, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thickest 
  when 
  

   the 
  oats 
  were 
  cut 
  I 
  found 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  ones 
  — 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  almost 
  decayed." 
  

  

  No. 
  22. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Montgomery, 
  Douglass, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  and 
  corn 
  fields 
  were 
  80 
  

   rods 
  long 
  and 
  only 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  apart. 
  I 
  infected 
  about 
  1,800 
  chinch-bugs 
  and 
  

   placed 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  corn. 
  For 
  about 
  40 
  rods, 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infec- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  scarcely 
  hurt, 
  but 
  the 
  40 
  rods 
  where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  any, 
  it 
  was 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  killed 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  rods 
  into 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  No 
  23. 
  F. 
  B. 
  Palmes, 
  Sycamore 
  Springs, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  i}th 
  : 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  wheat.'" 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  23d: 
  " 
  The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  did 
  a 
  great 
  

   deal 
  of 
  good, 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  save 
  my 
  wheat. 
  I 
  followed 
  the 
  directions 
  

   as 
  closely 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  watched 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  for 
  several 
  days 
  after 
  distributing, 
  

   but 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  stop; 
  I 
  kept 
  turning 
  out 
  a 
  batch 
  

   every 
  48 
  hours 
  for 
  about 
  three 
  weeks, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  second 
  week 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  

   dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  on 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  thousand. 
  I 
  kept 
  up 
  the 
  

   inoculation 
  until 
  it 
  was 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  live 
  bugs. 
  I 
  also 
  gave 
  my 
  neighbors 
  bugs 
  

   to 
  inoculate 
  with, 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  were 
  thorough 
  with 
  them 
  reported 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  I 
  

   have." 
  

  

  No. 
  24. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Ruthebfobd, 
  Augusta, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  12th: 
  "I 
  tried 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  1st 
  

   of 
  June 
  in 
  some 
  wheat 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  oats. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  ones 
  

   for 
  over 
  two 
  weeks; 
  then 
  1 
  found 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  turned 
  white* 
  

   and 
  the 
  others 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  quart 
  at 
  a 
  place, 
  and 
  seemed 
  to 
  eat 
  one 
  another, 
  as 
  there 
  

   was 
  nothing 
  left 
  on 
  them 
  but 
  the 
  outside 
  hull. 
  My 
  corn, 
  that 
  stood 
  within 
  a 
  rod 
  of 
  

   the 
  wheat, 
  was 
  not 
  hurt; 
  oats 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  that 
  I 
  infected 
  were 
  not 
  hurt, 
  but 
  the 
  other 
  

   end, 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  infected, 
  turned 
  white 
  for 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  rods 
  in. 
  My 
  experience 
  is> 
  

   that 
  the 
  bugs 
  should 
  be 
  put 
  out 
  early 
  and 
  well 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  

   get 
  affected 
  so 
  quick. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  they 
  will 
  die 
  in 
  one 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  be 
  all 
  right 
  in 
  another." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  300 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  60 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  25. 
  C. 
  Shaum, 
  Sycamore 
  Springs, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  15th: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  oats 
  and 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  17th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  " 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  grandest 
  thing 
  out. 
  I 
  

   followed 
  the 
  directions, 
  and 
  after 
  five 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  Three 
  

   days 
  later 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  millions 
  of 
  themMead 
  on 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  young 
  clover. 
  They 
  all 
  

   turned 
  white, 
  and 
  later 
  on 
  they 
  commenced 
  to 
  pile 
  up 
  about 
  a 
  handful 
  at 
  a 
  place." 
  

   January 
  5th: 
  " 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  l'.OOO 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $75 
  worth 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  26. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Singlet, 
  Eldorado, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  2d: 
  "Our 
  

   wheat 
  fields 
  are 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  12th; 
  no 
  success 
  with 
  first 
  

   trial, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  2d. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  4th; 
  this 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  June 
  8th: 
  "The 
  old 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  very 
  fast. 
  The 
  young 
  ones 
  are 
  dying, 
  

   but 
  not 
  very 
  fast 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  some 
  fields 
  not 
  infected 
  and 
  could 
  

   not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  — 
  only 
  one 
  specimen 
  in 
  one 
  field, 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  in 
  

   the 
  others, 
  while 
  the 
  live 
  ones 
  were 
  very 
  plentiful. 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  them 
  dead 
  by 
  the 
  

   score 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  make 
  the 
  ground 
  look 
  white 
  in 
  places." 
  Reported 
  

   July 
  26th, 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  My 
  neighbors' 
  fields 
  were 
  damaged 
  30 
  to 
  50 
  per 
  cent. 
  I 
  had 
  

  

  