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  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  so 
  thick 
  in 
  under 
  the 
  leaves 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  stalk 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  tablespoonful 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  from 
  under 
  one 
  leaf, 
  and 
  could 
  find 
  

   lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  harder 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  

   than 
  the 
  old 
  ones. 
  I 
  could 
  very 
  plainly 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  destruction 
  began 
  first 
  at 
  the 
  

   stalks 
  where 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed." 
  

  

  No. 
  78. 
  Henet 
  Smith, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  17th: 
  "I 
  

   have 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  small 
  grain 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  hatching 
  by 
  the 
  millions." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  3d: 
  "Bugs 
  

   ceased 
  their 
  ravages 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  Dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  white, 
  and 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  bunches 
  of 
  different 
  sizes." 
  Under 
  later 
  date, 
  reported 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  

   infection 
  saved 
  me 
  250 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  100 
  of 
  rye, 
  and 
  35 
  acres 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  79. 
  Jos. 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Green, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  13th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  30th: 
  "Infected 
  bugs 
  received 
  July 
  15, 
  1891. 
  

   Were 
  treated 
  as 
  per 
  printed 
  instructions. 
  Infected 
  bugs 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  on 
  the 
  

   17th". 
  Bugs 
  in 
  field, 
  especially 
  in 
  millet, 
  were 
  very 
  numerous. 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  among 
  the 
  bugs 
  until 
  the 
  eighth 
  day, 
  when 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  dying 
  rapidly. 
  They 
  

   continued 
  to 
  die 
  until 
  about 
  August 
  11th, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  they 
  were 
  nearly 
  all 
  dead 
  

   or 
  gone. 
  I 
  could 
  never 
  find 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn, 
  but 
  they 
  gradually 
  disap- 
  

   peared 
  until 
  there 
  were 
  almost 
  none 
  at 
  all 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  there. 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  were 
  

   millions 
  of 
  them 
  died 
  in 
  the 
  millet; 
  in 
  fact, 
  I 
  believe 
  [they 
  all 
  died. 
  The 
  weather 
  

   during 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  hot, 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  rain. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  infection 
  

   saved 
  my 
  millet 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  my 
  corn. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  hear 
  of 
  any 
  bugs 
  dying 
  

   on 
  any 
  farm 
  where 
  the 
  infection 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  placed." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  

   about 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $40 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  80. 
  T. 
  K. 
  Tikpin, 
  Charity, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  (5th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  24th: 
  " 
  After 
  trying 
  to 
  do 
  as 
  you 
  required, 
  I 
  found 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  disappeared 
  and 
  soon 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  A 
  neighbor, 
  Mr 
  Law- 
  

   son, 
  came 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  says 
  they 
  did 
  wonderful 
  things 
  in 
  

   his 
  millet. 
  Seemed 
  more 
  than 
  pleased 
  with 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  81. 
  Jonathan 
  Todd, 
  Exeter, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  9th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  31st: 
  First 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  seventh 
  or 
  eighth 
  day 
  of 
  experiment. 
  Later, 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  white 
  with 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  where 
  live 
  ones 
  had 
  been 
  most 
  numerous. 
  Reported 
  directly 
  November 
  loth, 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  in 
  my 
  fields 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  18 
  acres 
  of 
  

   corn, 
  12 
  acres 
  of 
  rye, 
  besides 
  other 
  crops 
  amounting 
  to 
  $100 
  in 
  value." 
  

  

  No. 
  82. 
  Wm. 
  Todd, 
  Exeter, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  

   17th 
  by 
  Jonathan 
  Todd, 
  from 
  whom 
  infection 
  was 
  obtained. 
  Live 
  bugs 
  were 
  threat- 
  

   ening 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  crop. 
  At 
  first 
  the 
  prospects 
  of 
  extermina- 
  

   tion 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  promising. 
  In 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  weeks, 
  a 
  gentle 
  rain 
  having 
  

   fallen, 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  noticed 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  These 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  white, 
  being 
  

   covered 
  with 
  Sporotrichum. 
  

  

  No. 
  83. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Vogelmann, 
  Broughton, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  

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

   as 
  reported 
  August 
  1st: 
  "In 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  experiment 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  note 
  any 
  difference, 
  

   except 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  make 
  the 
  same 
  progress 
  as 
  before 
  and 
  kept 
  more 
  in 
  hiding 
  

   under 
  leaves 
  or 
  ground. 
  The 
  tenth 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs 
  hanging 
  on 
  the 
  

   dry 
  blade. 
  After 
  15 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  many 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  and 
  what 
  I 
  found 
  

   were 
  mixed 
  with 
  dead 
  ones. 
  After 
  20 
  days 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  detect 
  a 
  nest 
  full 
  of 
  

   live 
  bugs 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  in 
  growing 
  condition 
  again. 
  Many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  stalks 
  or 
  leaves, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  there 
  are 
  far 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  Your 
  

   invention 
  is 
  an 
  assured 
  success, 
  and 
  for 
  Kansas 
  alone 
  worth 
  millions. 
  I 
  for 
  my 
  part 
  

  

  