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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  raise 
  wheat 
  now 
  and 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  afraid 
  of 
  bugs 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  get 
  the 
  remedy 
  

   from 
  you. 
  The 
  infection 
  has 
  done 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  perfection. 
  Young 
  bugs 
  died 
  last 
  

   in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  estimate 
  my 
  saving 
  from 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  at 
  200 
  bushels 
  

   wheat 
  and 
  250 
  bushels 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  121. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Bodenhoffek, 
  Cherokee, 
  Crawford 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  the 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  August 
  from 
  Postmaster 
  J. 
  Lucas, 
  Cherokee; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  per 
  

   report 
  of 
  September 
  8th: 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  22d 
  of 
  August 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  

   where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thick 
  and 
  bunched 
  on 
  the 
  corn. 
  It 
  had 
  rained 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  

   of 
  the 
  21st, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  then. 
  I 
  shook 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  scattered 
  

   bugs. 
  They 
  were 
  thick 
  and 
  killing 
  the 
  corn, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  ear. 
  On 
  Sunday, 
  the 
  

   30th, 
  two 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  went 
  with 
  me 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  found 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground; 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  corn. 
  Their 
  exclamations 
  were, 
  'See 
  this 
  one 
  die! 
  There 
  is 
  

   one 
  that 
  died 
  a 
  moment 
  ago!' 
  etc. 
  They 
  took 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  home 
  with 
  

   them, 
  thinking 
  it 
  a 
  grand 
  success. 
  At 
  date 
  of 
  writing, 
  bugs 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  dead 
  yet. 
  

   No 
  young 
  bugs 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  since 
  using 
  your 
  remedy, 
  while 
  in 
  other 
  

   fields 
  they 
  are 
  numerous." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me, 
  

   perhaps 
  4 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  my 
  corn; 
  moreover, 
  the 
  corn 
  has 
  more 
  solidity 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  

   better 
  quality 
  than 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  without 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  122. 
  J. 
  Lucas, 
  P. 
  M., 
  Cherbkee, 
  Crawford 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "1 
  gave 
  the 
  infection 
  to 
  three 
  

   neighbors. 
  They 
  say 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  they 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  they 
  could 
  find 
  only 
  

   dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  bad 
  two 
  miles 
  away." 
  

  

  No. 
  123. 
  Alfbed 
  Doidge, 
  Solomon 
  City, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   8th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  27th: 
  "I 
  experimented 
  with 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  last 
  May. 
  They 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  out, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  wet 
  weather. 
  After 
  I 
  infected 
  them, 
  I 
  turned 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  25-acre 
  

   field 
  of 
  wheat. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  and 
  hatching. 
  The 
  old 
  

   ones 
  soon 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  became 
  white 
  with 
  them. 
  Very 
  shortly 
  after 
  

   there 
  were 
  no 
  old 
  bugs 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  but 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  red 
  with 
  young 
  ones. 
  It 
  

   did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  take 
  hold 
  upon 
  them. 
  After 
  cutting 
  the 
  wheat, 
  they 
  went 
  into 
  five 
  

   acres 
  of 
  oats. 
  I 
  concluded 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  pay 
  to 
  harvest 
  the 
  oats. 
  They 
  were 
  

   black 
  and 
  red 
  with 
  bugs 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom. 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  the 
  like 
  before. 
  About 
  

   one 
  week 
  from 
  then 
  I 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  oats, 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  surprise 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  white 
  

   with 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  were 
  sluggish. 
  In 
  eight 
  inches 
  square, 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  

   could 
  have 
  picked 
  up 
  1,000 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  in 
  bunches. 
  My 
  five 
  acres 
  of 
  

   oats 
  were 
  saved 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  infection. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  I 
  lost 
  two 
  bushels 
  in 
  the 
  

   whole 
  crop. 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  is 
  a 
  success 
  in 
  all 
  that 
  you 
  claim 
  for 
  it." 
  

   Under 
  November 
  date, 
  reported 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  50 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  wheat, 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  124. 
  John 
  D. 
  Fisher, 
  Navarre, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   15th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  sucking 
  the 
  sap 
  all 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  barley, 
  oats, 
  and 
  corn." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  June 
  17th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  7th: 
  "Two 
  weeks 
  ago 
  

   to-day 
  I 
  put 
  some 
  bugs 
  into 
  my 
  12-acre 
  lot 
  of 
  corn 
  (after 
  treating 
  them 
  according 
  

   to 
  your 
  directions), 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  happy 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  on 
  last 
  Sunday 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  dead 
  or 
  very 
  stupid, 
  and 
  my 
  corn 
  is 
  doing 
  first 
  rate. 
  I 
  am 
  fully 
  convinced 
  that 
  

   the 
  corn 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  all 
  destroyed 
  if 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  intro- 
  

   duced. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  putting 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  

   with 
  good 
  results. 
  The 
  bugs 
  become 
  very 
  stupid, 
  and 
  finally 
  die. 
  After 
  they 
  are 
  

   dead 
  they 
  resemble 
  the 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "lean 
  safely 
  say 
  

   that 
  25 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  my 
  corn 
  was 
  saved 
  by 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  125. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Ketseb, 
  Manchester, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  11th; 
  

  

  