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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH- 
  BUG. 
  

  

  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  $400 
  worth 
  of 
  broom 
  corn 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  98. 
  L. 
  W. 
  Mason, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  J. 
  F. 
  Han- 
  

   num; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  4th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   a 
  40-acre 
  field; 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  week 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  and 
  

   gone. 
  The 
  corn 
  made 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  50 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  had 
  another 
  field 
  one-half 
  

   mile 
  away, 
  and 
  I 
  put 
  no 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  only 
  made 
  30 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  

   I 
  estimate 
  a 
  saving 
  of 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  99. 
  Christopher 
  Nelson, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Experiment 
  successful; 
  

   infection 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  Hon. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Wheeler, 
  Oneonta, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Re- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  field 
  agent: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  were 
  threatening 
  serious 
  damage 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Nel- 
  

   son's 
  corn 
  crop. 
  Bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  on 
  fourth 
  day 
  after 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  first 
  

   distributed. 
  They 
  died 
  in 
  bunches. 
  White-fungus-covered 
  bugs 
  were 
  seldom 
  seen." 
  

  

  No. 
  100. 
  Davis 
  Onstadt, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  21st: 
  "Experimented 
  in 
  corn 
  

   field. 
  The 
  corn 
  for 
  15 
  rows 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs. 
  Bugs 
  sickened 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   days, 
  and 
  died 
  and 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  small 
  bunches. 
  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  wonderful 
  thing, 
  and 
  

   a 
  profitable 
  thing 
  for 
  Kansas." 
  

  

  No. 
  101. 
  L. 
  G. 
  Pearson, 
  Sulphur 
  Springs, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   13th; 
  first 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful. 
  Infection 
  re-sent 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  27th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  good 
  for 
  

   me. 
  The 
  bugs 
  died 
  by 
  the 
  million, 
  both 
  old 
  and 
  young. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  ad- 
  

   joining 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  more 
  than 
  100 
  stalks 
  of 
  corn, 
  while 
  some 
  

   of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  try 
  the 
  experiment 
  had 
  their 
  corn 
  killed 
  for 
  rods; 
  this 
  

   shows 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  are 
  a 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  102. 
  R. 
  Reeves, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  undoubtedly 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  15th: 
  "We 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  It 
  was 
  either 
  the 
  medicine 
  or 
  the 
  rain 
  that 
  caused 
  them 
  to 
  

   leave. 
  The 
  neighbors' 
  corn 
  was 
  taken." 
  Remark: 
  If 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  rain 
  rather 
  than 
  

   the 
  infection 
  that 
  killed 
  the 
  bugs, 
  the 
  neighbors' 
  bugs, 
  also, 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  killed. 
  

  

  No. 
  103. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Rodgers, 
  Aurora, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  18th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  sad 
  work 
  for 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  1st 
  and 
  June 
  

   16th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  8th: 
  "The 
  second 
  experiment 
  

   was 
  a 
  success 
  in 
  every 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  word. 
  It 
  killed 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  short 
  order, 
  while 
  on 
  

   the 
  farm 
  adjoining 
  mine 
  they 
  did 
  great 
  damage. 
  Its 
  owner 
  said 
  Snow's 
  remedy 
  was 
  

   no 
  good 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  try 
  the 
  experiment. 
  Think 
  it 
  a 
  great 
  thing 
  for 
  the 
  farmer." 
  

  

  No. 
  104. 
  Hon. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Wheeler, 
  Oneonta, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  2d: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  becoming 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  15th: 
  " 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  receive 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  until 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  harvested 
  my 
  small 
  grain. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  looked 
  as 
  

   though 
  my 
  whole 
  crop 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  sorghum 
  would 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  bugs, 
  but 
  

   your 
  medicine 
  cooked 
  them, 
  and 
  my 
  loss 
  by 
  bugs 
  was 
  very 
  small. 
  The 
  experiment 
  

   saved 
  me 
  at 
  least 
  $200 
  on 
  my 
  crop 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  sorghum." 
  Correspondent 
  gives 
  

   names 
  of 
  four 
  neighbors 
  that 
  used 
  the 
  infection 
  with 
  success. 
  

  

  No. 
  105. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Whipp, 
  Concordia, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  14th: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  at 
  work 
  very 
  lively 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  arrested 
  they 
  will 
  

   undoubtedly 
  hatch 
  enough 
  young 
  to 
  devour 
  the 
  entire 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   15th 
  and 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "The 
  first 
  

   sample 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  received, 
  on 
  May 
  16th, 
  was 
  not 
  successful; 
  and 
  those 
  I 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  later, 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  (on 
  account 
  of 
  heavy 
  rains 
  immediately 
  after 
  putting 
  in- 
  

  

  