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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  find 
  more 
  benefit 
  in 
  it 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  teachings 
  of 
  Copernicus." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  

   saved 
  $500 
  worth 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  84. 
  James 
  H. 
  Walkee, 
  Green, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  used 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  as 
  you 
  directed 
  

   and 
  I 
  could 
  never 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  any 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  85. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Wallace, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  14th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  destroying 
  the 
  corn 
  for 
  me 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  July 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  4th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   you 
  sent 
  me 
  in 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  sowed 
  corn 
  and 
  on 
  sorghum 
  cane 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   fast 
  destroying. 
  In 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  they 
  commenced 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  

   were 
  nearly 
  all 
  dead. 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  saved 
  my 
  corn. 
  The 
  weather 
  

   was 
  rather 
  dry, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  light 
  rains." 
  

  

  No. 
  86. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Watts, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  26th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  25th: 
  "We 
  could 
  continue 
  the 
  disease 
  

   in 
  the 
  jars 
  with 
  good 
  success 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  observe 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  dying 
  in 
  

   the 
  field. 
  They 
  seemed 
  to 
  increase 
  more 
  rapidly 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  

   any 
  piled 
  up 
  this 
  season, 
  as 
  two 
  years 
  ago." 
  

  

  No. 
  87. 
  Benjamin 
  Way, 
  Clay 
  Center, 
  Clay 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  25th: 
  

   "My 
  corn 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "On 
  June 
  28th 
  I 
  received 
  some 
  bugs 
  from 
  you. 
  I 
  will 
  

   say 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  somewhat 
  disappointed 
  when 
  I 
  opened 
  the 
  box 
  and 
  found 
  so 
  few 
  bugs. 
  

   My 
  corn 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs. 
  The 
  field 
  was 
  80 
  rods 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  10 
  rods 
  wide. 
  I 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  your 
  directions. 
  The 
  first 
  lot 
  I 
  turned 
  loose 
  by 
  dropping 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  on 
  each 
  

   hill 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  a 
  row 
  across 
  the 
  field. 
  In 
  48 
  hours 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  I 
  had 
  another 
  

   lot 
  ready. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  light 
  rain 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  were 
  let 
  out. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  had 
  let 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  

   collected 
  in 
  bunches 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  all 
  dead. 
  They 
  looked 
  like 
  a 
  

   white 
  mould. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  this 
  fall. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  success 
  if 
  your 
  di- 
  

   rections 
  are 
  followed." 
  

  

  No. 
  88. 
  Feed. 
  Bobk, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st 
  and 
  July 
  

   18th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "I 
  received 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  

   bugs 
  from 
  you, 
  one 
  June 
  1st, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  July 
  13th. 
  I 
  put 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  out 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  directions, 
  and 
  both 
  were 
  a 
  failure; 
  not 
  one 
  dead 
  bug 
  could 
  I 
  find." 
  

  

  No. 
  89. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Bbown, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  4th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "I 
  handed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  a 
  

   young 
  Frenchman, 
  who 
  was 
  a 
  tenant 
  on 
  my 
  farm. 
  They 
  were 
  distributed 
  on 
  the 
  

   farm, 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  fall 
  wheat 
  where 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  doing 
  

   much 
  damage. 
  After 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  cut 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  but 
  soon 
  

   sickened 
  and 
  died, 
  doing 
  no 
  further 
  damage. 
  We 
  feel 
  quite 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  

   spread 
  amongst 
  them 
  and 
  destroyed 
  them." 
  Reported 
  December 
  31st: 
  "The 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  saved, 
  approximately, 
  400 
  bushels 
  wheat 
  and 
  600 
  bushels 
  corn 
  on 
  my 
  farm." 
  

  

  No. 
  90. 
  Jas. 
  H. 
  Buebanks, 
  Miltonvale, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  12th: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  here 
  in 
  great 
  numbers." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful. 
  

   Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  2d; 
  this 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  26th: 
  "It 
  did 
  the 
  

   work, 
  for 
  the 
  bugs 
  all 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time." 
  " 
  The 
  infection, 
  I 
  think, 
  has 
  saved 
  me 
  at 
  

   least 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  about 
  my 
  other 
  crops. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  glorious 
  

   discovery 
  for 
  Kansas." 
  Reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  made 
  164 
  bushels 
  per 
  

   acre, 
  while 
  others 
  got 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  12 
  per 
  acre 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  I 
  have 
  sowed 
  75 
  acres 
  

   this 
  fall 
  while 
  last 
  fall 
  only 
  35." 
  

  

  No. 
  91. 
  T. 
  Day, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  experi- 
  

  

  