﻿GENERAL 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  RESULTS. 
  15 
  

  

  YOUNG 
  BUGS 
  KILLED. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  after 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  conclusively 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  

   old 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  fields 
  were 
  readily 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  white-fungus 
  infection, 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  laid 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  brood, 
  and 
  great 
  

   anxiety 
  was 
  entertained 
  by 
  the 
  farmers, 
  as 
  w 
  T 
  ell 
  as 
  myself, 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   question 
  whether 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  brood 
  would 
  also 
  succumb 
  to 
  the 
  

   disease. 
  It 
  might 
  easily 
  be 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  old, 
  worn-out 
  individuals 
  would 
  

   be 
  attacked 
  and 
  made 
  victims 
  to 
  disease, 
  but 
  it 
  remained 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  whether 
  

   their 
  offspring 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  resist 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  germs. 
  

   It 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  with 
  the 
  keenest 
  satisfaction 
  that 
  I 
  observed 
  the 
  universal 
  

   communication 
  of 
  disease 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  brood. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  

   would 
  disappear 
  before 
  they 
  had 
  time 
  to 
  accomplish 
  their 
  march 
  to 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   boring 
  corn 
  fields. 
  In 
  other 
  cases, 
  having 
  reached 
  the 
  corn 
  fields 
  and 
  begun 
  

   their 
  work 
  of 
  destruction, 
  they 
  were 
  fatally 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  disease 
  germs 
  

   which 
  they 
  had 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  fields, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  saved 
  from 
  

   harm, 
  although 
  the 
  attack 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  was 
  apparently 
  over- 
  

   whelming. 
  Abundant 
  proof 
  of 
  this 
  statement 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  reference 
  

   to 
  the 
  letters 
  from 
  farmers, 
  as 
  printed 
  in 
  a 
  subsequent 
  jxtrtion 
  of 
  this 
  Report. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  extracts 
  and 
  summaries 
  of 
  these 
  reports 
  bearing 
  on 
  this 
  point 
  

   are 
  given 
  : 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  2. 
  — 
  "Wheat 
  field 
  infected 
  June 
  3 
  and 
  6. 
  Bugs 
  began 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  10th. 
  

   Plenty 
  of 
  young 
  bugs 
  remained, 
  but 
  they 
  disappeared 
  soon 
  after 
  harvest 
  without 
  

   entering 
  corn 
  field 
  adjoining 
  the 
  wheat 
  field." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  12. 
  — 
  "Find 
  the 
  ground 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  around 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  corn 
  hills." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  19. 
  — 
  " 
  Old 
  and 
  young 
  died 
  alike." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  20.— 
  "All 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  died, 
  turning 
  white; 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  bugs, 
  with 
  

   possibly 
  an 
  exception 
  of 
  but 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  100, 
  died." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  25. 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  old 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  very 
  fast, 
  and 
  young 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying, 
  but 
  

   not 
  very 
  fast 
  at 
  this 
  time." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  31. 
  — 
  "Ground 
  white 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  12 
  or 
  14 
  days, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  

   ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  little, 
  red 
  bugs 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  die 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  later 
  

   they 
  also 
  disappeared." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  42. 
  — 
  "Bugs 
  dying 
  by 
  thousands. 
  Red 
  ones 
  are 
  dying." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  51. 
  — 
  " 
  Disease 
  is 
  slaying 
  them, 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  alike." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  57. 
  — 
  "Eight 
  days 
  after 
  infection 
  was 
  introduced, 
  thousands 
  of 
  white, 
  

   dead 
  bugs, 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  corn." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  66. 
  — 
  "Bugs 
  just 
  hatching 
  in 
  wheat; 
  went 
  10 
  rows 
  into 
  corn; 
  one 
  week 
  

   after 
  infection 
  was 
  introduced 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  gone." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  67. 
  — 
  "I 
  noticed 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  harder 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  

   ones." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  101. 
  — 
  "Bugs 
  died 
  by 
  the 
  million, 
  old 
  and 
  young." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  120. 
  — 
  " 
  Young 
  bugs 
  died 
  last 
  in 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  121. 
  — 
  "No 
  young 
  bugs 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  since 
  using 
  your 
  rem- 
  

   edy, 
  while 
  in 
  other 
  fields 
  they 
  are 
  numerous." 
  

  

  