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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Station 
  which 
  were 
  

   picked 
  up 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Day's 
  field. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  agent's 
  report 
  : 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  corn 
  field. 
  In 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  got 
  sick, 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  sluggish 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks 
  to 
  crawl 
  upon 
  the 
  ground. 
  Dead 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  bunches 
  small 
  in 
  size. 
  Occasionally 
  Sporotrichum 
  was 
  found. 
  Many 
  

   shells 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  his 
  millet 
  field. 
  Shells 
  in 
  bunches 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  a 
  quar- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  distant. 
  Into 
  this 
  field 
  no 
  infection 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  

   by 
  any 
  person. 
  Bugs 
  have 
  entirely 
  disappeared 
  in 
  corn, 
  where 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  

   infection 
  was 
  used 
  they 
  were 
  doing 
  much 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  crop." 
  

  

  No. 
  92. 
  W.J. 
  Finkenbindeb, 
  Jamestown, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  " 
  My 
  corn 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs 
  f 
  

   and 
  they 
  were 
  destroying 
  my 
  millet 
  very 
  fast 
  when 
  we 
  began 
  using 
  infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  

   directed. 
  In 
  a 
  week 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  nearly 
  all 
  left, 
  and 
  my 
  grain 
  was 
  saved. 
  I 
  am 
  

   perfectly 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  would 
  advise 
  all 
  farmers 
  

   to 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  thorough 
  trial. 
  Several 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  came 
  and 
  got 
  bugs 
  from 
  

   my 
  field 
  with 
  good 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  93. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Hanntjm, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Stated 
  in 
  application 
  for 
  aid 
  

   of 
  June 
  1st 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  wheat; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  "I 
  spread 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  upon 
  examination 
  

   to-day 
  I 
  find 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  bugs 
  loose. 
  I 
  

   find 
  them 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  under 
  corn 
  blades, 
  on 
  the 
  damp 
  ground, 
  and 
  in 
  cracks 
  

   under 
  clods 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  damp." 
  Under 
  later 
  date, 
  correspondent 
  estimates 
  

   amount 
  of 
  corn 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  infection 
  on 
  his 
  field 
  at 
  2,500 
  bushels. 
  

  

  No. 
  94. 
  H. 
  G. 
  Johnson, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  13th: 
  "I 
  

   have 
  25 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  that 
  is 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  31st: 
  "I 
  tested 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   every 
  particular 
  as 
  you 
  directed, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  or 
  destroy 
  one 
  bug 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  of. 
  

   They 
  destroyed 
  my 
  crop." 
  

  

  No. 
  95. 
  C. 
  Lundblade, 
  Jamestown, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "I 
  am 
  very 
  much 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  

   result 
  of 
  the 
  experiment. 
  Killed 
  every 
  bug 
  on 
  the 
  place. 
  Cannot 
  speak 
  too 
  highly 
  

   of 
  your 
  experiment, 
  and 
  would 
  recommend 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  every 
  tiller 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  who 
  

   may 
  be 
  pestered 
  with 
  the 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  2,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  

   and 
  $100 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  96. 
  S. 
  E. 
  Mallette, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  21st: 
  

   "My 
  wheat 
  is 
  done 
  for 
  if 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  get 
  help 
  soon." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  followed 
  directions, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  

   get 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  results. 
  Do 
  not 
  know 
  why, 
  unless 
  the 
  rains 
  interfered. 
  Have 
  

   heard 
  that 
  others 
  here 
  experimented 
  with 
  success." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  neither 
  rain 
  

   nor 
  infection 
  killed 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  97. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Molthop, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  11th: 
  "I 
  

   have 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  broom 
  corn 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  pests." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th, 
  and 
  re- 
  

   sent 
  July 
  11th 
  and 
  July 
  24th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  

   6ent 
  to 
  you 
  for 
  infected 
  bugs; 
  the 
  first 
  batch 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  good, 
  but 
  the 
  

   second 
  seemed 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  well. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  wrote 
  you 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  I 
  was 
  afraid 
  I 
  would 
  lose 
  at 
  least 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  broom 
  corn. 
  But 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  saved 
  about 
  35 
  acres 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  some 
  experience 
  with 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  

   think 
  I 
  know 
  something 
  of 
  what 
  they 
  can 
  do 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  We 
  have 
  lost 
  three 
  

   crops 
  in 
  succession, 
  caused 
  by 
  dry 
  weather 
  and 
  chinch 
  bugs. 
  But 
  if 
  your 
  experiment 
  

   will 
  work 
  every 
  year 
  as 
  it 
  did 
  this 
  year 
  with 
  me, 
  then 
  I 
  will 
  have 
  no 
  more 
  dread 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  