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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  ferent 
  field, 
  but 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  about 
  all 
  left 
  this 
  field, 
  as 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  

   about 
  all 
  dead. 
  The 
  others 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  field 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  different 
  

   place. 
  Could 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  this 
  field. 
  I 
  

   continued 
  to 
  put 
  out 
  infected 
  bugs 
  for 
  10 
  days 
  longer, 
  but 
  could 
  never 
  find 
  any 
  

   dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  live 
  bugs 
  this 
  fall 
  when 
  I 
  gathered 
  

   the 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  field. 
  The 
  corn 
  was 
  so 
  nearly 
  eaten 
  up 
  that 
  I 
  pastured 
  it 
  out, 
  

   so 
  with 
  me 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  a 
  failure. 
  I 
  had 
  great 
  confidence 
  in 
  it 
  and 
  

   still 
  have." 
  

  

  No. 
  152. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Lottin, 
  Longton, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  12th: 
  "July 
  2d 
  I 
  infected 
  some 
  bugs, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  

   saw 
  dead 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  glass 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  — 
  they 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  mould 
  — 
  

   I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  oat 
  field. 
  It 
  was 
  wet 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  the 
  oats 
  close. 
  The 
  day 
  

   was 
  sunny 
  and 
  hot. 
  On 
  the 
  5th 
  I 
  saw 
  dead, 
  white 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  Weather 
  

   sultry 
  and 
  cloudy. 
  On 
  the 
  9th 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  live 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  

   " 
  I 
  am 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  better 
  off 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  153. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Manwell, 
  Grenola, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  6th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  reported 
  unfavorably 
  June 
  6th. 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  12th: 
  "The 
  last 
  lot 
  did 
  the 
  work. 
  I 
  scattered 
  

   them 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  commence 
  dying 
  until 
  after 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat, 
  June 
  

   25th, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  gathered 
  in 
  the 
  road 
  by 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  died, 
  so 
  I 
  could 
  scrape 
  

   them 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  handful." 
  

  

  No. 
  154. 
  William 
  Pbioe, 
  Howard, 
  Elk 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  31st: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat. 
  When 
  I 
  

   went 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  wheat, 
  not 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  fungus. 
  The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  to 
  get 
  into 
  my 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  155. 
  Fbank 
  Hopkins, 
  Walker, 
  Ellis 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  26th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  created 
  such 
  

   disaster 
  among 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  well 
  

   enough 
  to 
  say 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  gave 
  some 
  to 
  my 
  neighbors 
  and 
  they 
  give 
  the 
  same 
  

   deathly 
  report. 
  I 
  hope, 
  sir, 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  last 
  bug 
  driven 
  from 
  Kansas, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  

   caused 
  me 
  great 
  loss 
  to 
  my 
  crops 
  for 
  five 
  years 
  out 
  of 
  13, 
  since 
  I 
  lived 
  in 
  Kansas." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  one 
  field 
  of 
  15 
  

   acres 
  and 
  600 
  bushels 
  in 
  another 
  of 
  30 
  acres. 
  Also 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  sugar 
  cane 
  and 
  10 
  

   acres 
  of 
  millet; 
  estimated 
  value, 
  $100. 
  It 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  when 
  I 
  got 
  my 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  14 
  days 
  cleared 
  the 
  bugs 
  from 
  the 
  whole 
  place." 
  

  

  No. 
  156. 
  Waltee 
  Hopkins, 
  Walker, 
  Ellis 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  Frank 
  

   Hopkins; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  1st: 
  "When 
  placing 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  it 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs. 
  In 
  a 
  week 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  disappear, 
  

   and 
  in 
  two 
  weeks 
  you 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  chinch-bug 
  on 
  my 
  160 
  acres. 
  The 
  millet 
  was 
  

   the 
  same. 
  Got 
  them 
  too 
  late 
  for 
  the 
  wheat. 
  The 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  a 
  decided 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  in 
  my 
  case." 
  

  

  No. 
  157. 
  Joseph 
  Papes, 
  Stockrange, 
  Ellis 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  6th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  worked 
  very 
  

   well; 
  in 
  12 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  in 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  158. 
  Fbank 
  Malib, 
  Wilson, 
  Ellsworth 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  23d; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  7th: 
  "Where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thick 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  good 
  work. 
  Where 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  numerous 
  they 
  

   died 
  off 
  very 
  slowly. 
  The 
  bugs 
  that 
  I 
  kept 
  50 
  hours 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  ones 
  did 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  than 
  those 
  kept 
  only 
  36 
  hours 
  as 
  you 
  directed. 
  My 
  neighbors 
  were 
  all 
  satisfied, 
  

   and 
  the 
  bugs 
  died 
  away." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  