﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  43 
  

  

  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  they 
  all 
  seemed 
  to 
  die 
  and 
  disappear, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  been 
  scarce 
  

   since." 
  

  

  No. 
  31. 
  G. 
  B. 
  M. 
  Tatum, 
  Leon, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  "In 
  12 
  or 
  14 
  days 
  after 
  scattering 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs, 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  white, 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  

   out 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  into 
  my 
  oats 
  and 
  died 
  there, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  little 
  red 
  bugs 
  that 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  die 
  at 
  first; 
  but 
  I 
  kept 
  putting 
  out 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  time, 
  until 
  the 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  disappear 
  and 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  hurting 
  anything 
  now," 
  Under 
  later 
  date 
  correspondent 
  estimates 
  his 
  saving 
  

   through 
  infected 
  bugs 
  at 
  50 
  bushels 
  corn, 
  50 
  bushels 
  oats, 
  25 
  bushels 
  wheat. 
  

  

  No. 
  32. 
  Chas. 
  Thomas, 
  Douglass, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Went 
  to 
  James 
  Martin's 
  field 
  to 
  

   get 
  bugs; 
  reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  3d: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  

   my 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  taking 
  it 
  row 
  by 
  row 
  and 
  several 
  rows 
  each 
  day. 
  On 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  left 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks 
  to 
  wander 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  hours, 
  during 
  which 
  

   time 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  active. 
  Then 
  they 
  collected 
  in 
  bunches 
  and 
  became 
  very 
  slug- 
  

   gish. 
  In 
  neighboring 
  fields, 
  into 
  which 
  infection 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  carried, 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   numerous 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  thriving 
  condition." 
  

  

  No. 
  33. 
  L. 
  J. 
  Tubnek, 
  Brainerd, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  August 
  29th; 
  ex" 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  7th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   where 
  there 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  bugs. 
  The 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  quiet. 
  Eight 
  days 
  after 
  

   that 
  I 
  went 
  back 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  running 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  and 
  some 
  were 
  

   piling 
  up 
  and 
  dying. 
  I 
  then 
  neglected 
  to 
  notice 
  them 
  any 
  more 
  until 
  I 
  received 
  

   your 
  card; 
  then 
  I 
  went 
  out 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  piled 
  up 
  and 
  died 
  and 
  no 
  live 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found." 
  

  

  No. 
  34. 
  M. 
  M. 
  Vandenbebg, 
  Eldorado, 
  Butler 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  26th: 
  

   " 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  wet 
  weather, 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  gone 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  to 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  

   are 
  taking 
  it 
  clean 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  "I 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  

   corn 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick. 
  I 
  watched 
  carefully 
  for 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  

   was 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  them 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  They 
  soon 
  all 
  left 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  whether 
  

   they 
  became 
  diseased 
  or 
  not 
  I 
  cannot 
  say." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   not 
  unfavorably 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  wet 
  weather. 
  

  

  No. 
  35. 
  A. 
  Bbandlet, 
  Bazaar, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  9th. 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  July 
  10th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  " 
  I 
  put 
  

   about 
  10,000 
  infected 
  bug's 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  sorghum, 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  bugs 
  throve 
  won- 
  

   derfully 
  on 
  the 
  infection, 
  and 
  killed 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  10 
  of 
  sorghum." 
  

  

  No. 
  36. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Bbeese, 
  Elmdale, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  3d, 
  stating 
  

   that 
  the 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  were 
  having 
  trouble 
  with 
  the 
  bugs. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th:' 
  "I 
  infected 
  about 
  12 
  or 
  

   15 
  hills 
  of 
  corn. 
  During 
  my 
  trial 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  hard 
  and 
  dry 
  and 
  cracked. 
  I 
  kept 
  

   up 
  my 
  experiment 
  by 
  continued 
  infection 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  week, 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   field 
  east 
  of 
  wheat 
  field, 
  out 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  came 
  when 
  wheat 
  was 
  harvested. 
  At 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  week 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  ceased 
  to 
  show 
  themselves 
  in 
  a 
  solid 
  body 
  along 
  

   the 
  wheat-field 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  field, 
  but 
  were 
  sparsely 
  scattered 
  throughout 
  the 
  field, 
  

   but 
  doing 
  no 
  damage 
  as 
  when 
  condensed; 
  in 
  fact, 
  did 
  no 
  more 
  damage 
  in 
  this 
  field. 
  

   I 
  saw 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  — 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  became 
  of 
  them; 
  the 
  large 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground 
  would 
  afford 
  them 
  all 
  a 
  convenient 
  grave 
  on 
  the 
  military 
  plan, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  

   they 
  may 
  have 
  used 
  them 
  to 
  save 
  funeral 
  expenses. 
  So 
  much 
  for 
  my 
  experience. 
  

   My 
  neighbor's 
  corn 
  field 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  wheat 
  field, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  used 
  no 
  

   infected 
  bugs, 
  was 
  raided 
  by 
  an 
  army 
  of 
  bugs, 
  and.he 
  was 
  forced 
  to 
  cut 
  up 
  his 
  corn 
  

   to 
  save 
  it. 
  Cannot 
  possibly 
  say 
  but 
  the 
  wind 
  might 
  have 
  caused 
  the 
  bugs 
  to 
  move 
  

  

  