﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  45 
  

  

  ered 
  with 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  growing 
  barley 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  condition, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  week 
  

   after 
  we 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  we 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  living 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field; 
  so 
  we 
  

   can 
  truly 
  say 
  that 
  with 
  us 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  decided 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  44. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Cardin, 
  Bradley, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  the 
  infection 
  from 
  

   T. 
  W. 
  Newman; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  30th: 
  "I 
  experi- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  live, 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  in 
  one 
  bottle 
  without 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sult 
  of 
  that 
  experiment 
  was 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  five 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  as 
  healthy 
  as 
  

   when 
  first 
  put 
  in. 
  I 
  also 
  experimented 
  with 
  healthy 
  and 
  infected 
  bugs 
  enclosed 
  in 
  

   a 
  bottle 
  together, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  were 
  sick 
  and 
  dying 
  in 
  40 
  

   hours. 
  Then 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  every 
  24 
  hours 
  for 
  about 
  10 
  days, 
  when 
  the 
  

   field 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  more 
  days 
  the 
  experiment 
  became 
  so 
  effectual 
  

   that 
  the 
  damage 
  to 
  my 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  ceased. 
  I 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  

   $30 
  worth 
  of 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  45. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Edgekton, 
  Sedan, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  22d: 
  

   "The 
  chinch 
  bugs 
  are 
  hatching 
  out 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  thousands." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   June 
  24th; 
  experiment 
  successful: 
  "I 
  followed 
  your 
  directions 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  then 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field. 
  I 
  was 
  away 
  from 
  

   home 
  for 
  about 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  returned 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  green 
  

   flies 
  resembling 
  the 
  blow 
  fly, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  chinch-bug 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  When 
  I 
  

   put 
  out 
  the 
  infection 
  I 
  know 
  there 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  pint 
  of 
  bugs 
  . 
  on 
  every 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  

   around 
  the 
  edges 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  wheat 
  field. 
  In 
  another 
  place 
  I 
  had 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  

   the 
  wheat 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  any 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  bugs 
  there 
  yet- 
  

   I 
  let 
  two 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  have 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  says 
  the 
  flies 
  

   ate 
  his 
  bugs 
  up! 
  The 
  other 
  one 
  says 
  they 
  all 
  died 
  for 
  him, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  

   completely 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  he 
  turned 
  them 
  out." 
  

  

  No. 
  46. 
  Geobge 
  Ebiokson, 
  Cedar 
  Vale, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  first 
  sent 
  

   May 
  11th; 
  reported 
  unfavorably 
  June3d. 
  Sent 
  more 
  infection 
  June 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  30th: 
  "My 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  now, 
  quite 
  fast. 
  Some 
  turn 
  

   white, 
  and 
  some 
  are 
  mere 
  hulls. 
  Cannot 
  see 
  them 
  without 
  looking 
  close. 
  I 
  have 
  

   used 
  bottles, 
  glass 
  fruit 
  jars, 
  and 
  wooden 
  boxes, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  boxes 
  the 
  best 
  to 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  with, 
  as 
  glass 
  sweats 
  too 
  much, 
  and 
  makes 
  the 
  bugs 
  stick 
  to 
  the 
  jars. 
  At 
  first 
  

   my 
  bugs 
  traveled 
  southeast. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  travel 
  much 
  now, 
  but 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  piles." 
  

   Reported 
  December 
  12th: 
  "To 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  my 
  knowledge, 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  

   me 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  — 
  about 
  $240 
  worth, 
  all 
  together. 
  

   Five 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  my 
  field 
  and 
  used 
  it 
  successfully." 
  

  

  No. 
  47. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Henderson, 
  Niotaze, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  June 
  1st, 
  

   and 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  till 
  July 
  2d, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  hard 
  rains 
  and 
  floods 
  of 
  

   water. 
  On 
  bank 
  land, 
  where 
  the 
  land 
  was 
  black 
  and 
  gummy 
  and 
  cold, 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  

   dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  corn 
  was 
  badly 
  damaged 
  with 
  chinch-bugs. 
  The 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  on 
  upland 
  made 
  the 
  corn, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion. 
  They 
  died 
  just 
  as 
  

   if 
  they 
  had 
  an 
  epidemic 
  of 
  some 
  kind. 
  To 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  my 
  knowledge 
  they 
  were 
  

   of 
  great 
  good." 
  Reported 
  later: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  $50." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  

   that 
  "hard 
  rains 
  and 
  floods 
  of 
  water" 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  48. 
  Chas. 
  Howell, 
  Cedar 
  Vale, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Received 
  infection 
  

   from 
  Jno. 
  Bellus; 
  experiment 
  reported 
  successful, 
  to 
  field 
  agent, 
  June 
  12th: 
  "Bugs 
  

   began 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  about 
  one 
  week 
  after 
  infection 
  was 
  scattered 
  among 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   wheat 
  field. 
  Dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  fungus." 
  

  

  No. 
  49. 
  Luther 
  Huston, 
  Bradley, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   26th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  saved 
  

   my 
  crop 
  of 
  broom 
  corn 
  and 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  besides. 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

  

  