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  next 
  day 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  bunch 
  up 
  and 
  die. 
  They 
  were 
  completely 
  exterminated. 
  

   His 
  oats 
  and 
  corn 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  bugs 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  were 
  increasing 
  instead 
  of 
  dying, 
  and 
  were 
  doing 
  no 
  little 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  

   crops." 
  Mr. 
  Fisher 
  writes, 
  under 
  later 
  date: 
  "Had 
  it 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  chinch 
  bug 
  

   remedy 
  my 
  wheat 
  crop 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  total 
  loss; 
  while, 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  yield 
  of 
  

   from 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  thing 
  for 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  Kansas." 
  

  

  No. 
  146. 
  E. 
  E. 
  Glasscock, 
  Moline, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  30th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  6th: 
  "Hard 
  rains 
  ensued, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  thin 
  

   out 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  13th; 
  second 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  in 
  November: 
  "Saved 
  perhaps 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fection." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  hard 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  147. 
  ■ 
  , 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st 
  and 
  again 
  June 
  

  

  24th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  18th: 
  

  

  "Mr 
  Snoe 
  dear 
  sir 
  as 
  to 
  chinch 
  bugs 
  asto 
  dis 
  stroy 
  them 
  ithink 
  there 
  is 
  ten 
  to 
  

   evrey 
  one 
  here 
  now 
  where 
  there 
  wassent 
  one 
  in 
  in 
  ju 
  ne 
  ithink 
  ite 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  worste 
  

   hum 
  buggs 
  iever 
  new 
  mi 
  farm 
  is 
  literyley 
  coverd 
  wih 
  them 
  no 
  w 
  yours 
  re 
  Specfuley 
  

  

  No. 
  148. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Habt, 
  Grenola, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  24th: 
  "I 
  have 
  

   a 
  nice 
  piece 
  of 
  wheat, 
  which 
  commenced 
  to 
  turn 
  yellow 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  two 
  ago. 
  I 
  find 
  it 
  

   is 
  full 
  of 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  reported 
  unfavorably. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  

   June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  8th: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  through 
  my 
  wheat, 
  marking 
  many 
  places, 
  but 
  from 
  that 
  day 
  to 
  this 
  I 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  a 
  live 
  chinch-bug 
  in 
  the 
  wheat, 
  oats, 
  millet, 
  or 
  corn. 
  It 
  worked 
  like 
  a 
  

   charm, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  perfection." 
  Again, 
  under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  threshed 
  143 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats, 
  which 
  I 
  presume 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  

   if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs. 
  I 
  had 
  35 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  millet, 
  

   which 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  greatly 
  damaged 
  if 
  not 
  ruined. 
  The 
  corn 
  was 
  good 
  and 
  

   sound, 
  and 
  averaged 
  35 
  bushels, 
  almost 
  double 
  that 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors." 
  

  

  No. 
  149. 
  Mrs. 
  Helen 
  M. 
  Hugg, 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Experiment 
  reported 
  un- 
  

   successful 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  June 
  22d: 
  " 
  Experiment 
  probably 
  obscured 
  by 
  rain. 
  Bugs 
  

   placed 
  in 
  infection 
  jars 
  became 
  sluggish 
  and 
  died 
  within 
  48 
  hours. 
  For 
  several 
  

   days 
  after 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  it 
  rained 
  at 
  times 
  very 
  hard. 
  The 
  

   hard 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  affect 
  either 
  old 
  or 
  young 
  bugs." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  

   hard 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  150. 
  Levi 
  D. 
  Kling, 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  7th: 
  " 
  The 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  are 
  appearing 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  here." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   May 
  9th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  4th: 
  " 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  bad 
  

   that 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  until 
  the 
  18th. 
  Found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  on 
  the 
  25th, 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  writing 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  oats 
  

   are 
  dead. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  raining 
  quite 
  often 
  since 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  think 
  

   this 
  has 
  checked 
  the 
  disease 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  by 
  washing 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  away. 
  The 
  bugs 
  

   are 
  not 
  dying 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  field 
  close 
  to 
  mine." 
  

  

  No. 
  151. 
  R. 
  M.Lawyeb, 
  Grenola, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  27th: 
  "Young 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  killing 
  the 
  corn 
  fast." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "July 
  1st 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  from 
  you. 
  I 
  

   put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  tumbler, 
  put 
  moist 
  earth 
  in 
  a 
  tin 
  pan, 
  put 
  glass 
  with 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  it, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  window-glass. 
  July 
  3d 
  bugs 
  in 
  glass 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  in- 
  

   fected. 
  Put 
  some 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  Bugs 
  were 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  could 
  gather 
  a 
  

   half 
  pint 
  off 
  of 
  three 
  hills 
  of 
  corn. 
  Bugs 
  quiet 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  July 
  6th 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  more 
  

   bugs. 
  July 
  7th 
  received 
  two 
  boxes 
  of 
  bugs 
  from 
  you. 
  I 
  put 
  this 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  glasses 
  without 
  the 
  moist 
  earth. 
  July 
  11th 
  I 
  put 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  lot 
  in 
  a 
  dif- 
  

  

  