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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  every 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  in 
  

   July 
  proved 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  had 
  four 
  acres 
  of 
  millet 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  going 
  through 
  from 
  

   a 
  piece 
  of 
  wheat 
  on 
  adjoining 
  land. 
  I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  millet, 
  and 
  

   in 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  they 
  had 
  stopped; 
  at 
  least 
  no 
  further 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  millet. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  were 
  gathered 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  places 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  a 
  week 
  later 
  and 
  there 
  

   were 
  none 
  left 
  alive. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  watch 
  them 
  as 
  closely 
  as 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  liked, 
  but 
  that 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  became 
  diseased 
  and 
  died 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt. 
  Some 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  came 
  

   and 
  got 
  infected 
  bugs; 
  some 
  were 
  successful 
  and 
  some 
  were 
  not." 
  

  

  No. 
  130. 
  Isaac 
  Shaep, 
  New 
  Chillicothe, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   26th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  away 
  with 
  my 
  grain 
  in 
  short 
  order." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "My 
  son, 
  F. 
  D.Sharp, 
  

   had 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat. 
  The 
  bugs 
  got 
  it 
  about 
  sapped; 
  then 
  we 
  had 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   days 
  of 
  dry, 
  hot 
  wind, 
  and 
  every 
  bug 
  quit 
  and 
  went 
  into 
  his 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  in 
  two 
  

   days 
  the 
  neighbors 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  that 
  40 
  acres. 
  In 
  

   10 
  days 
  I 
  sent 
  to 
  you 
  and 
  got 
  your 
  infection 
  in 
  three 
  days, 
  and 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  work 
  and 
  I 
  

   kept 
  it 
  up 
  diligently. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  days 
  

   I 
  saw 
  piles 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  They 
  only 
  destroyed 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  acres, 
  and 
  we 
  could 
  

   find 
  only 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  occasionally," 
  

  

  No. 
  131. 
  Hiram 
  J. 
  Smith, 
  Herington, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  9th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  the 
  thickest. 
  The 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  gather 
  in 
  piles 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  

   and 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  dead 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  millet, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  

   mould." 
  

  

  No. 
  132. 
  S. 
  T. 
  Stbatton, 
  Stitt, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  

   "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  ravaging 
  our 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  24th: 
  " 
  On 
  Sunday 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  loose, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  following 
  Sunday 
  morning 
  I 
  discovered 
  great 
  quantities 
  of 
  dead 
  and 
  sick 
  or 
  

   slovenly-looking 
  bugs. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  rather 
  dry. 
  The 
  bugs 
  appear 
  to 
  bloat, 
  

   and 
  some 
  turn 
  white 
  before 
  dying. 
  They 
  all 
  go 
  down 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface 
  before 
  

   giving 
  up 
  the 
  ghost. 
  Many 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  are 
  getting 
  them 
  to 
  try 
  the 
  disease 
  in 
  

   other 
  places. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  work 
  like 
  a 
  charm." 
  

  

  No. 
  133. 
  Geo. 
  W. 
  Townsend, 
  Talmage, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   J. 
  I. 
  Watt; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  7th: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  was 
  all 
  

   cut 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  destroying 
  my 
  corn 
  very 
  badly. 
  

   In 
  about 
  five 
  days 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  dying, 
  and 
  my 
  corn 
  averages 
  45 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  

   acre. 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  destroyed 
  the 
  whole 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  used 
  

   your 
  infection, 
  and 
  I 
  estimate 
  the 
  amount 
  saved 
  at 
  1,000 
  bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  134. 
  J. 
  I. 
  Watt, 
  Talmage, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  16th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  hatching. 
  I 
  will 
  not 
  get 
  half 
  

   a 
  crop." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  bugs 
  that 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  did 
  the 
  work. 
  In 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  

   the 
  infection 
  the 
  bugs 
  showed 
  signs 
  of 
  disease. 
  My 
  field 
  was 
  entirely 
  alive 
  with 
  

   them 
  of 
  all 
  sizes, 
  full 
  grown, 
  half 
  grown, 
  and 
  just 
  hatched, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  four 
  weeks 
  

   that 
  field 
  was 
  entirely 
  rid 
  of 
  them. 
  Some 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  came 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  good 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  135. 
  D. 
  Weaves, 
  Herington, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  15th: 
  

   "The 
  country 
  around 
  here 
  overrun 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  14th: 
  " 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  June 
  

   2d. 
  It 
  rained 
  for 
  eight 
  days. 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  twelfth 
  day 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  

   I 
  found 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  neighbors' 
  fields." 
  Further 
  report, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  25th: 
  

  

  