﻿REPORTS 
  PROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  61 
  

  

  "I 
  think 
  about 
  20 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  was 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs. 
  The 
  

   young 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  my 
  corn, 
  and 
  stalks 
  were 
  covered 
  for 
  about 
  six 
  inches. 
  Kept 
  

   putting 
  infection 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  until 
  they 
  all 
  disappeared. 
  The 
  infection 
  got 
  away 
  

   with 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  old. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  10 
  men 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  infected 
  

   chinch-bugs; 
  some 
  from 
  farms 
  15 
  miles 
  distant. 
  I 
  have 
  supplied 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  with 
  

   infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  heard, 
  they 
  all 
  say 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  disappeared." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date, 
  correspondent 
  gives 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  five 
  neighbors 
  who 
  have 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  infection 
  from 
  his 
  field 
  and 
  used 
  it 
  successfully, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  fields 
  saved 
  50 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  barley 
  $25 
  

   in 
  value; 
  oats, 
  value 
  unknown. 
  

  

  No. 
  136. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Weight, 
  Hope, 
  Dickinson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  5th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick 
  on 
  my 
  farm." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  20th: 
  "When 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  gather 
  bugs 
  to 
  

   put 
  with 
  the 
  ones 
  you 
  sent 
  me, 
  I 
  found 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  working. 
  I 
  then 
  commenced 
  

   to 
  look 
  for 
  the 
  cause, 
  and 
  found 
  about 
  one-half 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   white 
  mould 
  — 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  — 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  six 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  

   or 
  gone. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  as 
  I 
  had 
  none 
  to 
  try 
  them 
  on. 
  They 
  all 
  

   died 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  in 
  my 
  neighborhood." 
  Remark: 
  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  

   Mr. 
  D. 
  Weaver, 
  of 
  Herington, 
  had 
  scattered 
  the 
  infection 
  over 
  nearly 
  a 
  whole 
  town- 
  

   ship, 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wright's 
  farm, 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  had 
  apparently 
  

   become 
  epidemic 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood. 
  

  

  No. 
  137. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Labgent, 
  Hesper, 
  Douglas 
  county. 
  Experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  November 
  6th: 
  "Put 
  out 
  infection 
  August 
  20th 
  in 
  corn 
  field 
  where 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   thick. 
  In 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  noticed 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  the 
  

   majority 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  stalk, 
  under 
  the 
  sheath. 
  I 
  am 
  well 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment." 
  Reported 
  under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  50 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  138. 
  J. 
  K. 
  Miller, 
  Kinsley, 
  Edwards 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  11th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  10th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  gradually 
  disap- 
  

   peared. 
  I 
  thought 
  at 
  first 
  the 
  experiment 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  failure, 
  for 
  the 
  reason, 
  I 
  

   thought, 
  that 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  enough, 
  and 
  what 
  I 
  did 
  receive 
  were 
  all 
  

   dead 
  but 
  one. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  that 
  your 
  system 
  is 
  a 
  success, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that, 
  

   on 
  my 
  ground 
  and 
  adjacent 
  to 
  it, 
  the 
  bugs 
  disappeared, 
  while 
  such 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  

   with 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  ground." 
  

  

  No. 
  139. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Weese, 
  Fellsburgh, 
  Edwards 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  14th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  bad 
  on 
  my 
  farm." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  30th: 
  "About 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  it 
  was 
  cool, 
  wet 
  weather, 
  

   and 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  try 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  I 
  tried 
  it 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  times 
  after. 
  It 
  killed 
  them. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  had 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  along 
  

   side 
  of 
  his 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  his 
  corn. 
  I 
  let 
  him 
  have 
  some 
  infected 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  he 
  tried 
  them 
  and 
  said 
  it 
  saved 
  his 
  corn. 
  It 
  killed 
  them 
  fast. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  thing 
  for 
  Kansas." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  150 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  

   and 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  140. 
  Thomas 
  M. 
  Carter, 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  7th: 
  

   "My 
  place 
  is 
  literally 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  9th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  but 
  reported 
  as 
  unsuccessful 
  through 
  misapprehension. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  

   4th, 
  and 
  report 
  was 
  made 
  as 
  follows 
  on 
  June 
  13th: 
  "The 
  first 
  statement 
  reported 
  

   failure. 
  The 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  of 
  you 
  first 
  were 
  all 
  right; 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  examine 
  closely. 
  

   I 
  went 
  to 
  my 
  field 
  to 
  get 
  fresh 
  bugs 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  box 
  of 
  bugs 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  

   ones 
  by 
  the 
  thousands, 
  and 
  some 
  in 
  a 
  morbid 
  condition; 
  and 
  now 
  they 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   dead." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "I 
  am 
  better 
  off 
  for 
  using 
  the 
  infection 
  by 
  about 
  

   150 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  $25 
  in 
  value. 
  

  

  