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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  peared 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  where 
  

   I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  any 
  infection, 
  they 
  are 
  thick." 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  11th. 
  Further 
  re- 
  

   ported, 
  July 
  31st: 
  "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  did 
  no 
  damage 
  this 
  year 
  to 
  wheat, 
  or 
  corn, 
  or 
  

   anything. 
  When 
  I 
  first 
  sent 
  for 
  infection, 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick; 
  but, 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  so 
  much 
  rain 
  they 
  did 
  no 
  damage, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  My 
  

   experiment 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  have 
  sent 
  me, 
  I 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  say, 
  was 
  a 
  failure. 
  

   Others 
  around 
  here 
  have 
  had 
  good 
  success." 
  Remark: 
  If 
  the 
  rain 
  destroyed 
  the 
  

   bugs, 
  why 
  did 
  it 
  not 
  destroy 
  them 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  instead 
  of 
  on 
  that 
  side 
  

   only 
  in 
  which 
  infection 
  was 
  placed? 
  

  

  No. 
  55. 
  W. 
  I. 
  Sluth, 
  Leeds, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  23d: 
  

   "My 
  wheat 
  field 
  is 
  infested 
  with 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  my 
  early 
  corn 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  

   them." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  5th: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  

   found 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  disappearing, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  nearest 
  to 
  

   mine 
  they 
  are 
  increasing. 
  The 
  young 
  bugs 
  were 
  first 
  noticed 
  May 
  19th, 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  not 
  many 
  in 
  sight 
  now. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  I 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  

   continue 
  the 
  fight 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  my 
  corn 
  crop 
  from 
  the 
  pests." 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  

   June 
  15th. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  24th, 
  correspondent 
  reported: 
  "1 
  think 
  I 
  have 
  saved 
  

   my 
  entire 
  corn 
  crop." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  4th: 
  "I 
  saved, 
  by 
  the 
  infection, 
  

   fully 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  $30 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  56. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Thompson, 
  Wauneta, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   the 
  farm 
  of 
  M. 
  F. 
  Mattocks; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  5th: 
  "Some 
  

   of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  made 
  fun 
  of 
  me 
  when 
  I 
  went 
  after 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  faith 
  in 
  

   it 
  myseif 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  killed 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  thousand. 
  I 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  using 
  

   the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  57. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Vandeventee, 
  Hewins, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  

   30th: 
  "My 
  field 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  is 
  being 
  greatly 
  damaged 
  by 
  them." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  May 
  4th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  May 
  17th: 
  

   "Eight 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  infection 
  was 
  scattered, 
  thousands 
  of 
  white, 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  old 
  

   and 
  young, 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  complete 
  success. 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  

   my 
  entire 
  crop 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  remedy. 
  In 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  where 
  no 
  

   infection 
  was 
  placed, 
  no 
  dead 
  chinch-bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  21st: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  58. 
  Mbs. 
  M. 
  Viers, 
  Cedar 
  Vale, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   13th: 
  "Bugs 
  very 
  thick." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "I 
  received 
  diseased 
  chinch-bugs 
  from 
  you 
  May 
  21st. 
  We 
  kept 
  

   putting 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  and 
  some 
  sluggish 
  ones. 
  They 
  injured 
  the 
  wheat 
  but 
  little, 
  if 
  any. 
  The 
  wheat 
  

   averaged 
  about 
  30 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre 
  in 
  that 
  field. 
  After 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  harvested, 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  went 
  into 
  an 
  adjoining 
  piece 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  we 
  thought 
  the 
  corn 
  would 
  

   be 
  destroyed. 
  We 
  placed 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  when 
  

   we 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after, 
  we 
  were 
  suprised 
  to 
  see 
  so 
  many 
  as 
  a 
  large 
  

   plateful 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  we 
  had 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  live 
  ones 
  

   crawling 
  through 
  the 
  mass. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  we 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  put 
  out 
  more 
  

   diseased 
  bugs, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  neither 
  have 
  we 
  seen 
  any 
  

   since. 
  We 
  feel 
  very 
  thankful 
  for 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  confident 
  that 
  had 
  it 
  

   not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  we 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  had 
  any 
  corn 
  in 
  that 
  field; 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   we 
  had 
  a 
  fair 
  crop." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "We 
  saved 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  or 
  

   about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  crop, 
  and 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  59. 
  John 
  Williams, 
  Hewins, 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  Reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  

   agent 
  June 
  18th. 
  Mr. 
  Williams 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  any 
  source 
  whatever. 
  

   In 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  14 
  days 
  after 
  a 
  neighbor, 
  J. 
  M. 
  Vandeventer, 
  had 
  successfully 
  ex- 
  

  

  