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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  claimed 
  for 
  them. 
  In 
  about 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  infested 
  with 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  they 
  commenced 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  application 
  they 
  

   all 
  disappeared." 
  Report 
  rendered 
  later: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  about 
  100 
  bushels 
  

   •of 
  corn 
  and 
  half 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  milo-maize 
  and 
  millet, 
  or 
  100 
  bushels 
  and 
  six 
  tons 
  re- 
  

   spectively. 
  Besides 
  making 
  a 
  trial 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  field, 
  I 
  placed 
  infection 
  in 
  a 
  neigh- 
  

   bor's 
  field 
  with 
  good 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  110. 
  C. 
  P. 
  Alling, 
  Cambridge, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  30th: 
  

   "They 
  are 
  swarming 
  in 
  our 
  grain 
  fields." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  un- 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  sent 
  me,were 
  received. 
  I 
  

   followed 
  the 
  instructions 
  but 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  No 
  bugs 
  died 
  or 
  seemed 
  

   in 
  the 
  least 
  affected 
  by 
  those 
  put 
  out. 
  However 
  a 
  rain 
  storm 
  occurred 
  the 
  second 
  

   day, 
  which 
  possibly 
  interfered 
  with 
  the 
  experiment. 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  try 
  it 
  again 
  

   next 
  year." 
  

  

  No. 
  111. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Chenowekth, 
  Udall, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  4th. 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  4th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  1st: 
  "The 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  came 
  

   just 
  at 
  harvest 
  time. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  fair 
  test, 
  but 
  they 
  finally 
  got 
  in 
  their 
  

   work. 
  The 
  ground 
  was 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  little 
  white 
  specks, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  dead 
  

   bug 
  inside. 
  

  

  No. 
  112. 
  Hon. 
  B. 
  H. 
  Cloveb, 
  Cambridge, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  In 
  application 
  of 
  

   June 
  27th, 
  stated 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  with 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  adjoin- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  get 
  off 
  with 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  half 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  corn 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  

   happy." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  

   "On 
  account 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  rain, 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  thorough 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  the 
  bug 
  matter. 
  

   I 
  saw 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  that 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  fungus. 
  There 
  were 
  

   many 
  other 
  bugs, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  ' 
  opportunities,' 
  that 
  seemed 
  in 
  remarkably 
  good 
  

   health. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  upon 
  the 
  whole 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  success, 
  and 
  there 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  very 
  few 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  It 
  was 
  so 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  when 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  that 
  the 
  fields 
  were 
  alive 
  with 
  them. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  give 
  best 
  results, 
  the 
  

   infection 
  should 
  be 
  spread 
  earlier." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "A 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  was 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  destroyed 
  when 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  introduced 
  was 
  damaged 
  but 
  little 
  after- 
  

   ward. 
  I 
  estimate 
  a 
  saving 
  of 
  800 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection, 
  if 
  the 
  

   infection 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  rain 
  killed 
  the 
  bugs." 
  Remark: 
  That 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  not 
  killed 
  

   by 
  the 
  rains 
  is 
  evident 
  from 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Clover's 
  neighbors. 
  See 
  Reports 
  

   110, 
  114, 
  and 
  118. 
  

  

  No. 
  113. 
  D. 
  H. 
  Dix, 
  Winfield, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  13th: 
  "My 
  

   corn 
  is 
  being 
  killed 
  very 
  rapidly." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  29th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  working 
  all 
  right 
  — 
  they 
  are 
  dying 
  very 
  

   fast. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  about 
  nine 
  days 
  since 
  I 
  turned 
  out 
  the 
  first 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  one-fourth 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  I 
  had. 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  it 
  will 
  work 
  all 
  right 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  

   save 
  my 
  corn 
  if 
  nothing 
  more 
  happens 
  to 
  it." 
  Also, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  20: 
  "There 
  

   were 
  bugs 
  enough 
  to 
  kill 
  every 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  two 
  weeks, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  about 
  18 
  inches 
  high 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  blades 
  dead 
  about 
  half 
  

   way 
  up 
  the 
  stalk, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  hills 
  had 
  already 
  fallen 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   But 
  if 
  you 
  were 
  to 
  see 
  my 
  corn 
  now 
  you 
  would 
  think 
  that 
  there 
  had 
  never 
  b 
  yen 
  a 
  bug 
  

   in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  surely 
  is 
  a 
  ' 
  dead 
  shot,' 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  all 
  the 
  doubting 
  

   Thomases 
  will 
  try 
  the 
  experiment 
  and 
  be 
  convinced 
  of 
  the 
  facts. 
  I 
  have 
  furnished 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  one 
  man 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  from 
  me, 
  and 
  he 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  got 
  away 
  

   with 
  the 
  bugs 
  all 
  right 
  in 
  his 
  oats, 
  killing 
  them 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days." 
  

  

  No. 
  114. 
  G. 
  L. 
  Gale, 
  Rock, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  re-sent 
  

   July 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "Soon 
  after 
  distributing 
  

  

  