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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  perimented 
  among 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  wheat 
  field 
  one-half 
  mile 
  distant, 
  Mr. 
  Williams 
  

   observed 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  his 
  field, 
  dying 
  in 
  numbers, 
  and 
  becoming 
  overgrown 
  with 
  white 
  

   fungus. 
  

  

  No. 
  60. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Beeman, 
  Sherman 
  City, 
  Cherokee 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   16th: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  numerous.'' 
  Infection 
  mailed 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  un- 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  18th: 
  "I 
  received 
  no 
  benefit 
  from 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  

   I 
  gave 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  my 
  neighbor, 
  who 
  also 
  had 
  no 
  success. 
  The 
  

   weather 
  was 
  cold 
  and 
  rainy." 
  

  

  No. 
  61. 
  Jesse 
  Hayden, 
  Hallowell, 
  Cherokee 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d 
  and 
  

   July 
  9th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  30th: 
  "I 
  would 
  say 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  favorable 
  with 
  me. 
  I 
  find 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  

   the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  last 
  bug 
  will 
  die." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  it 
  saved 
  me 
  10 
  

   bushels 
  per 
  acre 
  on 
  30 
  acres 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  62. 
  D. 
  L. 
  Peeby, 
  Baxter 
  Springs, 
  Cherokee 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  5th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  taking 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "We 
  had 
  wheat 
  adjoining 
  corn. 
  The 
  bugs 
  went 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  covered 
  the 
  stalks 
  for 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  rows. 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  bugs 
  as 
  

   directed. 
  Three 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  

   dying, 
  and 
  within 
  10 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  

   corn 
  were 
  dead 
  and 
  gone. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  favorable 
  for 
  bugs 
  — 
  dry 
  and 
  hot. 
  I 
  

   feel 
  certain 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  let 
  them 
  alone." 
  Under 
  

   later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  $200 
  worth 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  63. 
  P. 
  B. 
  Poetee, 
  Galena, 
  Cherokee 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  26th: 
  "No 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  

   amount 
  to 
  anything 
  on 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  

   you 
  sent 
  have 
  done 
  their 
  work, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  Professor 
  Snow 
  is 
  a 
  success." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  probably 
  saved 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection. 
  

   My 
  neighbors 
  refused 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  infection, 
  considering 
  it 
  visionary, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  rea- 
  

   son 
  I 
  had 
  my 
  experience 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Galena 
  Times. 
  

  

  No. 
  64. 
  T. 
  J. 
  Vest, 
  Galena, 
  Cherokee 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  28th: 
  "I 
  had 
  four 
  fields, 
  all 
  separate 
  from 
  

   each 
  other. 
  I 
  operated 
  in 
  all 
  four 
  of 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  three 
  upland 
  fields 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  

   a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  they 
  were 
  

   quite 
  thick, 
  I 
  should 
  think 
  about 
  10 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  ones. 
  Within 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  

   days 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  first 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  

   bugs. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  they 
  all 
  died, 
  but 
  if 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  they 
  left 
  for 
  other 
  quar- 
  

   ters. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  great 
  success." 
  Reported, 
  also, 
  January 
  3d: 
  " 
  I 
  found 
  no 
  bugs 
  

   on 
  my 
  premises 
  after 
  experiment 
  with 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  found 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  

   patches 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  September. 
  I 
  had 
  about 
  55 
  acres 
  of 
  

   oats 
  in 
  three 
  different 
  fields. 
  Bugs 
  began 
  on 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  each. 
  The 
  infection 
  

   killed 
  them 
  within 
  three 
  rods 
  of 
  the 
  edge. 
  I 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  15 
  acres 
  

   of 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  65. 
  M. 
  F. 
  Ayees, 
  Industry, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  28th: 
  "I 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  millet 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  had 
  commenced 
  their 
  work. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  noticed 
  their 
  

   work 
  had 
  been 
  stopped, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  

   My 
  millet 
  was 
  saved. 
  Also, 
  their 
  destruction 
  in 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  millet 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  ceased, 
  for 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  give 
  credit 
  to 
  the 
  infection 
  received 
  from 
  you. 
  I 
  

   believe 
  it 
  was 
  worth 
  more 
  than 
  $200 
  to 
  me." 
  

  

  No. 
  66. 
  John 
  W. 
  Blackwood, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   11th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  away 
  with 
  our 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

  

  