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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  as 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  field 
  was 
  uninjured 
  by 
  the 
  

   bugs. 
  In 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  chinch-bug 
  raid 
  next 
  year, 
  I 
  want 
  another 
  supply." 
  

  

  No. 
  37. 
  G. 
  S. 
  Housee, 
  Matfield 
  Green, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  20th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  "I 
  placed 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   as 
  fast 
  as 
  infected 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  weeks, 
  but 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  no 
  material 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  their 
  numbers. 
  Owing 
  to 
  sickness 
  in 
  my 
  family 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  give 
  them 
  

   my 
  personal 
  attention 
  toward 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  not 
  as 
  thorough 
  as 
  I 
  

   would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  made 
  it." 
  

  

  No. 
  38. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Kuhl, 
  Cottonwood 
  Falls, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid, 
  July 
  1st: 
  

   "My 
  field 
  is 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d 
  and 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  14th: 
  "In 
  48 
  hours 
  after 
  receiving 
  batch 
  from 
  you, 
  I 
  put 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  at 
  certain 
  places 
  and 
  started 
  a 
  new 
  lot, 
  and 
  last 
  lot 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  field 
  

   July 
  8th, 
  and 
  the 
  11th, 
  Sunday 
  evening, 
  went 
  to. 
  field 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  new 
  lot 
  and 
  made 
  

   investigation, 
  and 
  found 
  at 
  all 
  places 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  of 
  a 
  

   white 
  color, 
  resembling 
  mould; 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  blades 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  oats 
  they 
  were 
  thick, 
  

   as 
  you 
  see 
  on 
  enclosed 
  sample. 
  I 
  am 
  still 
  keeping 
  it 
  up 
  on 
  my 
  oats, 
  next 
  to 
  where 
  

   wheat 
  field 
  was. 
  The 
  oats 
  were 
  black 
  with 
  bugs, 
  and 
  now 
  but 
  few 
  remain. 
  I 
  have 
  

   given 
  some 
  to 
  farmers. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  success." 
  

  

  I 
  |No. 
  39. 
  W. 
  N. 
  Oles, 
  Bazaar, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  

   unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  14th: 
  "Placed 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  small 
  rye 
  field 
  that 
  

   was 
  headed; 
  also, 
  oat 
  field 
  of 
  about 
  4-J- 
  acres. 
  The 
  weather 
  had 
  been 
  dry, 
  and 
  the 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  thick 
  and 
  active 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  time, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  

   bugs, 
  the 
  weather 
  had 
  become 
  wet, 
  yet 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  just 
  as 
  thick, 
  though 
  less 
  

   active. 
  The 
  bugs" 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  ever 
  until 
  after 
  the 
  grain 
  was 
  har- 
  

   vested 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  have 
  wings 
  and 
  fly 
  away. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  

   neighbors 
  got 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  of 
  me 
  and 
  experimented 
  with 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  wheat 
  

   field, 
  and 
  when 
  he 
  cut 
  his 
  wheat 
  one 
  could 
  scoop 
  up 
  live 
  red 
  chinch-bugs 
  off 
  the 
  cut- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  the 
  harvester 
  by 
  the 
  pint. 
  

  

  No. 
  40. 
  Feed. 
  Staekey, 
  Elmdale, 
  Chase 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  18th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  on 
  June 
  

   23d 
  worked 
  very 
  favorably. 
  My 
  wheat 
  was 
  damaged 
  before 
  I 
  wrote 
  you 
  for 
  bugs. 
  

   It 
  looked 
  as 
  though 
  they 
  would 
  take 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  my 
  crop. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  I 
  had 
  oats; 
  the 
  bugs 
  never 
  hurt 
  the 
  oats, 
  but 
  died 
  in 
  piles 
  alongside, 
  by 
  the 
  

   handful. 
  I 
  have 
  some 
  bugs 
  this 
  fall; 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  my 
  neighbors." 
  Un- 
  

   der 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats. 
  The 
  remedy 
  did 
  splendidly." 
  

  

  No. 
  41. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Appleby, 
  Leeds, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  W. 
  J. 
  

   Sluth; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  14th: 
  "I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  save 
  any 
  crops, 
  so 
  I 
  scattered 
  a 
  few 
  in 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  millet, 
  and 
  

   the 
  few 
  that 
  were 
  in 
  there 
  died 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  some 
  in 
  wheat 
  stubble. 
  The 
  

   bugs 
  all 
  died 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  in 
  the 
  worst 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  drouth. 
  On 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  

   of 
  my 
  farm 
  from 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  living 
  bugs 
  

   at 
  frost." 
  

  

  No. 
  42. 
  John 
  Bellus, 
  Cedar 
  Vale, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  in 
  May. 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  23d: 
  "Bugs 
  

   dying 
  by 
  thousands." 
  Further 
  report, 
  June 
  12th: 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  raining 
  a 
  great 
  deal. 
  

   I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  while 
  it 
  was 
  raining, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  dying 
  fast 
  now. 
  

   The 
  red 
  ones 
  are 
  dying. 
  Mr. 
  Donohue's 
  bugs 
  have 
  been 
  dying 
  now 
  for 
  two 
  weeks, 
  

   and 
  every 
  one 
  that 
  got 
  the 
  white-fungus 
  bugs 
  of 
  me 
  is 
  having 
  good 
  success." 
  

   3 
  8 
  N 
  o. 
  43. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Beadfoed, 
  Sedan, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  21st: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  sent 
  us 
  by 
  

   you 
  did 
  thorough 
  and 
  most 
  satisfactory 
  work. 
  Our 
  corn 
  stalks 
  were 
  literally 
  cov- 
  

  

  