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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  141. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Chaffin, 
  Moline, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  

   June 
  22d. 
  Obtained 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Colton: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  was 
  thin, 
  and 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  numerous 
  enough 
  to 
  have 
  destroyed 
  it. 
  The 
  disease 
  spread, 
  and 
  no 
  old 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  left 
  alive 
  and 
  but 
  few 
  young 
  ones. 
  In 
  two 
  fields 
  near 
  by, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  

   infection 
  was 
  not 
  carried, 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  have 
  increased 
  in 
  numbers, 
  and 
  almost 
  cover 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  

  

  No. 
  142. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Dobyns, 
  P. 
  M., 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  27th: 
  

   "I 
  have 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  eating 
  it 
  up." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  2d: 
  "I 
  don't 
  see 
  the 
  least 
  effect, 
  and 
  have 
  

   seen 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  yet. 
  My 
  wheat 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  damaged 
  it 
  more 
  

   than 
  one-third. 
  They 
  are 
  now 
  hatching 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  wheat 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  little 
  red 
  bugs. 
  Lots 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  are 
  out 
  on 
  my 
  corn 
  for 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  rows. 
  I 
  

   took 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  spoonful 
  off 
  one 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  4th; 
  second 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  11th: 
  "I 
  received 
  your 
  second 
  batch 
  of 
  bugs, 
  

   and 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  almost 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  They 
  are 
  certainly 
  a 
  

   success. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  wheat, 
  corn, 
  oats, 
  flax, 
  

   and 
  also 
  in 
  my 
  clover 
  and 
  timothy. 
  Before 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  infection 
  to 
  work 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  

   think 
  the 
  whole 
  thing 
  a 
  fraud, 
  but 
  seeing 
  is 
  believing, 
  and 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  anyone 
  that 
  

   does 
  not 
  believe, 
  let 
  him 
  come 
  and 
  see 
  my 
  240 
  acres 
  and 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  

   sure 
  he 
  will 
  be 
  convinced." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  8th, 
  correspondent 
  states 
  that 
  

   he 
  estimates 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  saved 
  him 
  all 
  of 
  his 
  wheat 
  crop, 
  or 
  412 
  bushels: 
  "I 
  

   don't 
  think 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  any 
  wheat 
  had 
  I 
  not 
  gotten 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  also 
  

   saved 
  40 
  out 
  of 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  143. 
  - 
  — 
  , 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  8th 
  and 
  June 
  29th; 
  

  

  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  

  

  "F 
  H 
  Snow 
  Dr 
  Sir 
  In 
  answer 
  to 
  Yours 
  I 
  will 
  State 
  I 
  am 
  Badley 
  Humbuged 
  by 
  

   your 
  Bug. 
  Busness 
  I 
  Spnt 
  more 
  time 
  to 
  nurrse 
  the 
  Hum 
  Bug 
  Busness 
  than 
  woudd 
  

   Baught 
  me 
  a 
  good 
  Crop 
  First 
  Bugs 
  in 
  glass 
  jar 
  34 
  days 
  came 
  out 
  helthe 
  & 
  nice 
  & 
  

   determed 
  to 
  publish 
  the 
  Result 
  but 
  Your 
  Boss 
  man 
  Stopt 
  in 
  Howard 
  & 
  Sent 
  me 
  

   word 
  to 
  Come 
  & 
  see 
  him 
  I 
  did 
  & 
  tried 
  to 
  Purswade 
  him 
  to 
  Come 
  & 
  seethem 
  but 
  Said 
  

   no 
  Use 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  Making 
  Bug 
  Busness 
  a 
  success 
  & 
  he 
  woul 
  send 
  some 
  

   More 
  they 
  come 
  & 
  same 
  result 
  as 
  first 
  <fe 
  Now 
  my 
  crop 
  was 
  a 
  failer 
  & 
  my 
  Stone 
  fence 
  

   in 
  Places 
  are 
  ful 
  of 
  Bugs 
  for 
  nex 
  year 
  oil 
  Helther 
  <fe 
  nice 
  no 
  Excuse 
  no 
  more 
  of 
  

   your 
  HumBug 
  Busness. 
  I 
  am 
  Sir 
  ." 
  

  

  No. 
  144. 
  John 
  F. 
  Eabnheabt, 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  29th: 
  

   "My 
  place 
  is 
  alive 
  with 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  unsuc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  2d. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  field 
  agent: 
  "Mr. 
  Earnheart 
  reported 
  unfavorably 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  had 
  good 
  

   reasons 
  for 
  changing 
  his 
  mind. 
  Rains 
  came 
  on 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  after 
  infection 
  was 
  

   introduced, 
  and 
  no 
  dead 
  ones 
  were 
  seen, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  many 
  live 
  ones 
  as 
  before. 
  In 
  

   another 
  day's 
  time 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  dead, 
  white 
  ones 
  were 
  found 
  scattered 
  about. 
  Now 
  

   the 
  young 
  brood, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  old 
  brood, 
  have 
  been 
  completely 
  exterminated. 
  In 
  

   Mr. 
  Earnheart's 
  words: 
  'The 
  infection 
  was 
  worth 
  at 
  least 
  $100 
  to 
  me.'" 
  

  

  No. 
  145. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Fishee, 
  Grenola, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  4th: 
  "I 
  am 
  

   troubled 
  with 
  chinch-bugs; 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  bad 
  on 
  the 
  corn." 
  Experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  8th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  gather 
  up 
  in 
  bunches, 
  but 
  

   I 
  never 
  see 
  any 
  dead 
  ones. 
  The 
  old 
  ones 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  plenty 
  as 
  formerly." 
  Mr. 
  

   Hickey 
  reports 
  as 
  follows, 
  from 
  his 
  visit 
  June 
  29th: 
  "Mr. 
  Fisher 
  experimented 
  in 
  

   his 
  wheat 
  field. 
  The 
  wheat 
  had 
  begun 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  spots, 
  turning 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  heads 
  

   would 
  not 
  fill 
  out. 
  He 
  first 
  noticed 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  after 
  the 
  infected 
  

   ones 
  had 
  been 
  scattered. 
  On 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  the 
  bugs 
  became 
  very 
  active, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  