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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  55 
  

  

  fected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field) 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  they 
  were 
  successful 
  or 
  not. 
  I 
  distributed 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  in 
  a 
  place, 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  thick- 
  

   est; 
  however, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  rain, 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  running 
  about 
  and 
  

   very 
  uneasy, 
  and 
  wheat 
  very 
  much 
  improved 
  in 
  color. 
  On 
  May 
  28th 
  I 
  examined 
  

   the 
  field 
  at 
  places 
  where 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  

   but 
  later 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  changed 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  working 
  

   where 
  I 
  had 
  first 
  discovered 
  them. 
  In 
  June 
  I 
  received 
  another 
  lot 
  of 
  infected, 
  dead 
  

   (white-fungus) 
  bugs. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  were 
  hatching 
  by 
  the 
  millions, 
  

   and 
  going 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  into 
  the 
  growing 
  corn, 
  and 
  were 
  accumulating 
  on 
  

   the 
  corn 
  stalks 
  in 
  bunches 
  almost 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  tea-cup. 
  They 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  piling 
  

   up 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  corn, 
  and 
  they 
  ranged 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  the 
  merest 
  red 
  speck 
  to 
  nearly 
  a 
  

   full-grown 
  bug. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  I 
  procured 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  these 
  young 
  bugs, 
  and 
  

   followed 
  the 
  directions 
  explicitly 
  in 
  infecting 
  them. 
  After 
  the 
  time 
  allowed 
  for 
  the 
  

   infection, 
  I 
  distributed 
  these 
  bugs 
  carefully 
  through 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  doing 
  

   the 
  most 
  damage, 
  being 
  careful 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  distributed 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  

   among 
  those 
  that 
  were 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  

   were 
  doing 
  any 
  damage. 
  The 
  weather 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  was 
  hot, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  

   after 
  distributing 
  the 
  bugs 
  there 
  came 
  a 
  very 
  heavy 
  rain. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  examine 
  the 
  

   corn 
  field 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  after 
  distributing 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  then 
  found 
  that 
  

   they 
  had 
  all 
  or 
  nearly 
  all 
  disappeared 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  injuring 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  any 
  way, 
  

   and 
  the 
  corn 
  recovered 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  will 
  average 
  45 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  

   to 
  determine, 
  in 
  this 
  last 
  case, 
  whether 
  the 
  rain 
  or 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  destroyed 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  field." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  probably 
  500 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat." 
  Remark: 
  As 
  the 
  rains 
  during 
  the 
  May 
  

   experiment 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  June 
  rains 
  destroyed 
  

   them. 
  The 
  May 
  rains 
  were 
  very 
  heavy. 
  

  

  No. 
  106. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Willabs, 
  Glasco, 
  Cloud 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  4th 
  : 
  " 
  Chinch- 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th 
  and 
  June 
  

   15th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  5th: 
  "I 
  received 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  

   twice, 
  and 
  followed 
  directions 
  each 
  time, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  failure. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  

   killed 
  any 
  bugs. 
  I 
  gave 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  neighbor 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  the 
  same. 
  I 
  

   have 
  some 
  faith 
  yet." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  this 
  case. 
  

   It 
  is 
  therefore 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Whipp's 
  farm 
  (see 
  preceding 
  report) 
  

   were 
  not 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  rains 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  infection. 
  The 
  two 
  farms 
  are 
  about 
  20 
  

   miles 
  apart, 
  and 
  the 
  rains. 
  were 
  general. 
  

  

  No. 
  107. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Cox, 
  Crandall, 
  Coffey 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  7th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  fields 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  have 
  

   been 
  damaged 
  seriously 
  already. 
  Eggs 
  are 
  being 
  deposited 
  now 
  in 
  great 
  quantities." 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  9th 
  and 
  June 
  4th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  

   13th: 
  " 
  Although 
  it 
  rained 
  almost 
  constantly 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  carry 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  away 
  before 
  live 
  ones 
  were 
  properly 
  exposed, 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  could 
  

   be 
  seen 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  mould 
  on 
  them. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  experiment 
  a 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  108. 
  PEKBy 
  Jewett, 
  Sharpe, 
  Coffey 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  22d 
  and 
  

   30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  " 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  death 
  was 
  

   satisfactory. 
  We 
  had 
  so 
  much 
  rain 
  that 
  it 
  washed 
  the 
  bugs 
  and 
  dirt 
  together 
  so 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  find 
  them. 
  The 
  infection 
  turned 
  them 
  white. 
  They 
  were 
  

   completely 
  cleaned 
  out." 
  Reported 
  later: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   corn 
  and 
  $400 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  109. 
  Coe 
  Merrill, 
  Coldwater, 
  Comanche 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   30th: 
  " 
  They 
  are 
  thick 
  in|my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  " 
  The 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  did 
  all 
  you 
  

  

  