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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  field 
  every 
  other 
  day, 
  until 
  I 
  had 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  four 
  times; 
  then 
  they 
  

   began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  but 
  few 
  live 
  bugs. 
  I 
  looked 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  white 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  They 
  killed 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  acre. 
  When 
  

   I 
  cut 
  my 
  broom 
  corn, 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  bugs 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  field. 
  The 
  corn 
  was 
  not 
  

   hurt 
  to 
  amount 
  to 
  anything." 
  

  

  No. 
  50. 
  D. 
  G. 
  Kenesson, 
  Bradley, 
  Chatauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  "It 
  was 
  late 
  when 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  gone 
  into 
  my 
  corn, 
  after 
  cutting 
  the 
  wheat, 
  in 
  great 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  stalks 
  were 
  completely 
  covered 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  two 
  feet 
  up 
  

   the 
  stalks. 
  I 
  followed 
  your 
  directions, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  to 
  gradually 
  leave 
  the 
  stalks, 
  and 
  where 
  a 
  stalk 
  was 
  broken 
  

   and 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  they 
  lay 
  in 
  piles 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  stalk 
  — 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  half 
  an 
  

   inch 
  deep. 
  Some 
  were 
  dead; 
  others 
  apparently 
  very 
  sick, 
  and 
  others 
  very 
  lively; 
  

   and 
  I 
  think 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August 
  they 
  had 
  almost 
  entirely 
  disappeared, 
  leaving 
  the 
  

   ground 
  completely 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  some 
  places. 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  damaged 
  

   my 
  corn 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  acres 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  about 
  five 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  At 
  present 
  

   writing, 
  can 
  find 
  no 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  place." 
  

  

  No. 
  51. 
  M. 
  F. 
  Mattocks, 
  Wauneta, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  22d 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  May 
  22d: 
  " 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  

   dying 
  by 
  the 
  wholesale. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  success. 
  Am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  

   prove 
  a 
  grand 
  boon 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  this 
  State." 
  June 
  4th: 
  " 
  The 
  wheat 
  is 
  fine 
  

   and 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  not 
  doing 
  anything." 
  June 
  6th: 
  " 
  The 
  disease 
  is 
  slaying 
  them, 
  

   old 
  and 
  young 
  alike. 
  I 
  am 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  way 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  working. 
  I 
  am 
  think- 
  

   ing 
  I 
  can 
  save 
  my 
  corn 
  after 
  the 
  wheat 
  is 
  harvested." 
  Mr. 
  Mattocks 
  appeared 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  D. 
  G. 
  Hahn, 
  notary 
  public, 
  November 
  2d, 
  and 
  acknowledged 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  

   the 
  following 
  statement: 
  " 
  The 
  diseased 
  chinch 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  saved 
  2,000 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  wheat 
  and 
  $500 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops; 
  also, 
  eight 
  neighboring 
  farmers 
  were 
  ben- 
  

   efited 
  by 
  using 
  infection 
  from 
  my 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  52. 
  T. 
  M.Newman, 
  Hewins, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  16th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  20th: 
  " 
  The 
  wet 
  weather 
  set 
  in 
  about 
  

   the 
  time 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  labored 
  under 
  extreme 
  difficulties, 
  but 
  I 
  

   stuck 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  was 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  result. 
  I 
  had 
  four 
  fields 
  infested 
  with 
  chinch 
  

   bugs. 
  One 
  of 
  oats 
  — 
  10 
  acres 
  — 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  before 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection. 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  on 
  a 
  20-acre 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  gathered 
  about 
  20 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  gathered 
  about 
  10 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre 
  on 
  a 
  five-acre 
  field 
  

   where 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  used 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  because 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  wet, 
  and 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  continued 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  it 
  all 
  summer. 
  The 
  bugs 
  worked 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  spots 
  in 
  

   my 
  12-acre 
  field, 
  but 
  nearly 
  took 
  the 
  corn. 
  If 
  I 
  had 
  had 
  both 
  kinds 
  of 
  bugs 
  three 
  

   weeks 
  sooner, 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  saved 
  my 
  oats 
  and 
  corn. 
  I, 
  however, 
  consider 
  that 
  I 
  

   saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  53. 
  Isaac 
  Richardson, 
  Hewins, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  15th: 
  "I 
  turned 
  loose 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field. 
  On 
  the 
  ninth 
  day, 
  I 
  discovered 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  dying 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  The 
  old 
  bugs 
  all 
  died 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  ones; 
  

   then 
  the 
  disease 
  spread 
  to 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  field 
  80 
  rods 
  distant, 
  and 
  their 
  bugs 
  also 
  

   died." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved, 
  I 
  think, 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  54. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Shiner, 
  Cloverdale, 
  Chatauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  27th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  checked 
  they 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   crop." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  3d, 
  not- 
  

   withstanding 
  correspondent's 
  opinion 
  to 
  the 
  contrary: 
  "I 
  never 
  found 
  any 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  introduced 
  them 
  or 
  any 
  where 
  else, 
  but 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  disap- 
  

  

  