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  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  periment 
  successful 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  old 
  bugs, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  11th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  you 
  

   sent 
  have 
  killed 
  off 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  wheat, 
  but 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  no 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  

   young 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  corn." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  July 
  13th; 
  no 
  report. 
  Field 
  visited 
  by 
  

   Station 
  agent 
  July 
  20th, 
  and 
  experiment 
  reported 
  entirely 
  successful. 
  Experiment 
  

   also 
  reported 
  directly 
  as 
  entirely 
  successful, 
  Nov. 
  14th: 
  "When 
  I 
  cut 
  the 
  wheat, 
  the 
  

   young 
  bugs 
  had 
  just 
  hatched, 
  and 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  which 
  was 
  planted 
  beside 
  the 
  

   wheat, 
  and 
  covered 
  the 
  corn 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  three 
  feet, 
  for 
  15 
  rows 
  

   80 
  rods 
  long. 
  I 
  then 
  sent 
  for 
  more 
  bugs, 
  on 
  July 
  13th. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  

   in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  became 
  restless. 
  In 
  a 
  week 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  gone. 
  A 
  

   great 
  many 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  dead. 
  I 
  think 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  your 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  20 
  bushels 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  acre, 
  than 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  used 
  them." 
  

  

  No. 
  67. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Bbown, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th: 
  "They 
  

   are 
  making 
  bad 
  work 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "On 
  July 
  2d, 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   my 
  corn 
  fields, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  come 
  off 
  the 
  corn 
  

   and 
  collect 
  in 
  bunches, 
  being 
  very 
  stupid. 
  They 
  would 
  gather 
  around 
  and 
  under 
  

   clods 
  or 
  anything 
  except 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  more 
  began 
  dying. 
  In 
  one 
  

   field 
  they 
  all 
  died, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  millet 
  they 
  all 
  died; 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  piece 
  of 
  corn, 
  

   they 
  had 
  such 
  a 
  start 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  so 
  busy 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  save 
  any 
  infected 
  ones 
  for 
  the 
  

   second 
  crop, 
  and 
  this 
  piece 
  had 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  it 
  this 
  fall. 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  pleased 
  with 
  

   the 
  experiment 
  and 
  think 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  68. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Clabk, 
  Oak 
  Hill, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  11th; 
  re-sent 
  

   July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  26th: 
  "The 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  any 
  good. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  heavy 
  rain 
  the 
  same 
  evening 
  that 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  outi 
  

   and 
  I 
  thought 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  reason. 
  I 
  then 
  sent 
  for 
  more 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  

   out 
  twice; 
  then 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  traveled 
  to 
  a 
  millet 
  and 
  oats 
  field. 
  In 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   days 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  stop 
  work 
  and 
  pile 
  up 
  and 
  die. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  all 
  die, 
  but 
  

   did 
  not 
  do 
  much 
  harm 
  after." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  saved 
  my 
  oats 
  and 
  corn 
  

   by 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  — 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  69. 
  J. 
  Geo. 
  Dietee, 
  P. 
  M., 
  Oak 
  Hill, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  24th: 
  

   "I 
  find 
  my 
  wheat 
  field 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  8th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  12th: 
  "I 
  have 
  tried 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  

   and 
  am 
  well 
  satisfied 
  with 
  them. 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  field, 
  

   but 
  as 
  rain 
  and 
  bad 
  weather 
  set 
  in 
  immediately, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  successful. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   consider 
  that 
  a 
  fair 
  trial; 
  so 
  I 
  sent 
  for 
  another 
  lot. 
  The 
  wheat 
  was 
  cut 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  corn 
  were 
  almost 
  black 
  when 
  I 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  the 
  second 
  lot. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  scattering 
  the 
  infection 
  

   and 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  nearly 
  clear 
  of 
  them. 
  I 
  

   added 
  more 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  times, 
  and 
  inside 
  of 
  two 
  weeks 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  hard 
  

   matter 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  chinch-bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  that 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  not 
  for 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  my 
  crop 
  of 
  corn; 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  crop. 
  

   Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  proved 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  in 
  my 
  case." 
  

  

  No. 
  70. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Hemphill, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  A. 
  A. 
  

   Newman; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  3d: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  

   thick 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  about 
  three 
  acres 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  heard 
  that 
  A. 
  A. 
  Newman 
  had 
  

   some 
  of 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  followed 
  the 
  directions 
  and 
  

   scattered 
  them 
  all 
  over 
  my 
  fields 
  of 
  corn, 
  wheat, 
  oats, 
  and 
  millet. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  

   found 
  bugs 
  dead 
  in 
  bunches 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  tried 
  to 
  get 
  my 
  neighbors 
  to 
  use 
  

   them 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  faith 
  in 
  such 
  simple 
  things; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  when 
  they 
  saw 
  how 
  

   my 
  corn 
  field 
  was 
  clean 
  of 
  the 
  bugs, 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  try 
  it 
  next 
  year." 
  

  

  No. 
  71. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Johnston, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  ex- 
  

  

  