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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  59 
  

  

  reported 
  unfavorably. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   June 
  20th: 
  "I 
  guess 
  my 
  report 
  of 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  sent 
  me, 
  that 
  I 
  reported 
  unfavor- 
  

   ably, 
  was 
  not 
  correct, 
  for 
  I 
  cannot 
  find 
  scarcely 
  any 
  old 
  bugs 
  in 
  field, 
  but 
  plenty 
  of 
  

   dead 
  ones 
  and 
  lots 
  of 
  fresh-hatched 
  live 
  ones." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  

   50 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  my 
  oats, 
  and 
  the 
  infection 
  destroyed 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  so 
  thoroughly 
  

   that 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  single 
  one 
  on 
  my 
  corn. 
  My 
  brother 
  in 
  Clay 
  county 
  got 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  from 
  me. 
  He 
  and 
  I 
  distributed 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  corn 
  field; 
  also, 
  in 
  a 
  neighbor's 
  

   corn 
  and 
  millet. 
  Bugs 
  were 
  overwhelming, 
  but 
  in 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  seven 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  

   piled 
  up 
  like 
  windrows, 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  fungus 
  had 
  matted 
  them 
  together. 
  Positive 
  

   that 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  or 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  at 
  time 
  we 
  put 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  those 
  fields. 
  

   E. 
  Derfenbang, 
  I. 
  Derfenbang 
  and 
  a 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  

   my 
  field 
  and 
  inoculated 
  their 
  corn 
  fields 
  and 
  millet 
  patches 
  with 
  equally 
  as 
  good 
  re- 
  

   sults. 
  Think 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  have 
  done 
  a 
  good 
  thing 
  for 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Kansas." 
  

  

  No. 
  126. 
  A. 
  Lewis, 
  Solomon 
  City, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  

   " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  and 
  fly 
  have 
  destroyed 
  50 
  out 
  of 
  150 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  shock. 
  Chinch- 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  now 
  sweeping 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  millet 
  which 
  lies 
  between 
  oats 
  and 
  wheat. 
  Am 
  

   afraid 
  that 
  after 
  destroying 
  the 
  oats 
  they 
  will 
  take 
  my 
  100-acre 
  corn 
  field." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  September 
  12th: 
  "Placed 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  in 
  field 
  of 
  oats 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  line 
  of 
  invasion. 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  field 
  

   on 
  the 
  21st 
  and 
  found 
  bugs 
  by 
  the 
  thousand, 
  but 
  indolent. 
  Again, 
  August 
  5th, 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  great 
  surprise 
  found 
  no 
  live 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  

   covered 
  with 
  dead 
  ones. 
  The 
  corn 
  crop 
  lying 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  oats 
  is 
  now 
  safe." 
  

   Again, 
  correspondent 
  writes: 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  600 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  $50 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops 
  ahead 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  127. 
  Wm. 
  Mitchell, 
  Chapman, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   14th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  taking 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "Five 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  

   sent 
  me, 
  we 
  took 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  in 
  five 
  days 
  after, 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  

   a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  but 
  plenty 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  sticking 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks. 
  I 
  think 
  

   it 
  a 
  success, 
  for 
  my 
  corn 
  was 
  all 
  saved 
  by 
  its 
  use." 
  

  

  No. 
  128. 
  Thomas 
  Niool, 
  Manchester, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  13th: 
  " 
  After 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  first 
  

   batch 
  very 
  heavy 
  rains 
  came, 
  and 
  it 
  continued 
  wet 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  for 
  two 
  weeks. 
  I 
  

   continued 
  putting 
  out 
  bugs 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  get 
  them 
  infected. 
  The 
  young 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  hatching 
  out 
  very 
  rapidly 
  and 
  all 
  seemed 
  perfectly 
  healthy. 
  In 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   the 
  old 
  bugs 
  died 
  off 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  accord 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  any 
  to 
  infect, 
  and 
  

   I 
  thought 
  it 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  failure, 
  but 
  about 
  the 
  25th 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   young 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  in 
  the 
  spots 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  ones. 
  We 
  cut 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   about 
  this 
  time 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  move 
  about 
  and 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  

   corn 
  that 
  adjoined 
  the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  soon 
  noticed 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  getting 
  infected 
  and 
  

   were 
  dying 
  off 
  very 
  rapidly, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  along 
  the 
  hedge 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  to 
  get 
  to 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  

   find 
  dead 
  bugs 
  one-half 
  inch 
  deep 
  in 
  places. 
  They 
  got 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  covered 
  

   the 
  stalks 
  half 
  way 
  up 
  for 
  two 
  rows 
  in, 
  but 
  did 
  no 
  harm 
  at 
  all 
  as 
  they 
  seemed 
  sickly 
  

   and 
  soon 
  died 
  off. 
  I 
  put 
  a 
  notice 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  of 
  the 
  success 
  I 
  was 
  having, 
  and 
  some 
  

   parties 
  came 
  to 
  get 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  about 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  July 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  

   enough 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  to 
  infect 
  anything. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  success 
  with 
  me, 
  

   and 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  applied 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  for 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  saved 
  

   more 
  of 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  very 
  heavy 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  129. 
  Eabl 
  Robinson, 
  Hope, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  4th: 
  

  

  