﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  57 
  

  

  the 
  first 
  lot 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  heavy 
  rain. 
  The 
  bugs 
  stopped 
  working, 
  but 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  

   find 
  any 
  dead 
  ones. 
  But 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  literally 
  alive 
  with 
  them. 
  I 
  

   never 
  saw 
  so 
  many 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  had 
  any 
  rain 
  here 
  for 
  

   the 
  past 
  10 
  weeks 
  to 
  wet 
  the 
  ground 
  two 
  inches 
  deep. 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   previous 
  seasons, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  working 
  on 
  corn, 
  to 
  cease 
  and 
  almost 
  disappear 
  

   after 
  heavy 
  rains." 
  

  

  No. 
  115. 
  T. 
  B. 
  Hemenway, 
  Torrance, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th: 
  

   " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  killing 
  the 
  corn 
  alongside 
  of 
  the 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  22d: 
  " 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  they 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat. 
  It 
  killed 
  them 
  there 
  or 
  

   drove 
  them 
  away." 
  Reported 
  later: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  $100 
  worth 
  of 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  116. 
  A. 
  N. 
  Misnee, 
  New 
  Salem, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  12th 
  and 
  

   June 
  26th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  2d: 
  "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  so 
  

   numerous 
  that 
  they 
  covered 
  the 
  ground. 
  They 
  covered 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  three 
  acres 
  of 
  

   corn 
  from 
  root 
  to 
  blade 
  tips, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  killed 
  10 
  acres 
  for 
  me 
  

   if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  In 
  about 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  using 
  the 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  they 
  went 
  off 
  the 
  corn 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  they 
  died 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  thousands, 
  

   some 
  turning 
  white. 
  They 
  killed 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  all 
  told. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  

   few 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  yet, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  dying. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  

   me 
  has 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  wheat 
  adjoining 
  mine, 
  and 
  they 
  went 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  into 
  his 
  

   and 
  inoculated 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  his 
  wheat, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  went 
  across 
  the 
  railroad 
  into 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  crab-grass 
  where 
  the 
  

   ground 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  hurt 
  the 
  corn 
  to 
  amount 
  to 
  

   anything. 
  I 
  think 
  if 
  the 
  farmers 
  had 
  commenced 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  sooner 
  in 
  

   the 
  season, 
  they 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  nearly 
  all 
  killed 
  before 
  they 
  laid 
  their 
  eggs. 
  It 
  

   was 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  that 
  went 
  into 
  my 
  corn. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  there 
  were 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  bugs 
  ever 
  lived 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  117. 
  Hon. 
  Jacob 
  Nixon, 
  Kellogg, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  29th: 
  

   "I 
  find 
  my 
  wheat 
  infested 
  with 
  chinch-bugs 
  — 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  in 
  every 
  stool 
  of 
  wheat." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  May 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  6th: 
  "I 
  find 
  plenty 
  of 
  

   old 
  and 
  young 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  also 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  (white) 
  bugs." 
  Also, 
  under 
  

   November 
  date: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  one-tenth 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  crop, 
  or 
  

   about 
  two 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre; 
  also 
  90 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  my 
  millet 
  crop. 
  The 
  bugs 
  left 
  in 
  

   the 
  wheat 
  stubble 
  penetrated 
  edge 
  of 
  millet 
  but 
  all 
  died 
  from 
  disease 
  after 
  killing 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  118. 
  John 
  Robekts, 
  Winfield. 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  13th: 
  

   "There 
  are 
  lots 
  of 
  young 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  upon 
  the 
  corn. 
  I 
  

   supposed 
  they 
  would 
  all 
  be 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  rains 
  we 
  had, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  not." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  18th: 
  "In 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  two 
  table- 
  

   spoonfuls 
  of 
  dead 
  ones 
  at 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  one 
  bunch 
  of 
  crab-grass. 
  I 
  tried 
  it 
  again 
  

   when 
  it 
  was 
  wet 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  the 
  same 
  result. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  will 
  work 
  better 
  in 
  dry 
  

   weather 
  than 
  in 
  wet." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  rain 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  119. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Watkins, 
  Arkansas 
  City, 
  Cowley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   11th, 
  re-sent 
  June 
  26th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  26th: 
  "Those 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  disappeared, 
  and 
  I 
  

   diseased 
  some 
  more 
  and 
  let 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  have 
  them. 
  His 
  bugs 
  all 
  died." 
  

   January 
  7th: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  150 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  for 
  myself 
  and 
  150 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  

   for 
  the 
  neighbor." 
  

  

  No. 
  120. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Boenhousek, 
  Green 
  Elm, 
  Crawford 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   L. 
  McCallister; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  11th: 
  " 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  can 
  

  

  