﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  65 
  

  

  No. 
  159. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Shebidan, 
  Carneiro, 
  Ellsworth 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  22d; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "I 
  cannot 
  say 
  for 
  a 
  certainty 
  

   whether 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  success 
  or 
  not. 
  There 
  came 
  a 
  hard 
  rain 
  soon 
  after 
  I 
  

   put 
  them 
  out. 
  I 
  looked 
  several 
  times 
  at 
  the 
  bugs 
  among 
  which 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  supposed 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  and 
  they 
  seemed 
  lively 
  and 
  healthy." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  hard 
  

   rain 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  160. 
  G. 
  0. 
  Wagnee, 
  Black 
  Wolf, 
  Ellsworth 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   29th: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  in 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  "I 
  followed 
  direction 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  The 
  

   weather 
  was 
  wet 
  and 
  rainy. 
  In 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  see 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  

   corn, 
  and 
  in 
  two 
  weeks 
  could 
  strip 
  down 
  the 
  corn 
  leaves 
  and 
  find 
  them 
  by 
  hundreds 
  

   with 
  the 
  white 
  mould 
  on 
  them. 
  Have 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  live 
  chinch-bug 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  

   since." 
  

  

  No. 
  161. 
  M. 
  G. 
  Woodmansee, 
  Holyrood, 
  Ellsworth 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   20th: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  taking 
  fast." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  13th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   turned 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  the 
  thickest. 
  We 
  could 
  

   see 
  no 
  effect 
  until 
  about 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  now, 
  10 
  days 
  later, 
  there 
  is 
  scarcely 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  

   in 
  a 
  50-acre 
  corn 
  field, 
  where 
  before 
  there 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  thousands 
  on 
  every 
  hill. 
  

   The 
  weather 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  favorable 
  for 
  the 
  bugs 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  week, 
  dry 
  and 
  hot." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  1,600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  162. 
  A. 
  N. 
  Pattekson, 
  Ford, 
  Ford 
  county, 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  17th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  " 
  I 
  had 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  my 
  

   wheat 
  field. 
  When 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  stalks 
  were 
  

   black 
  with 
  them, 
  but 
  the 
  weather 
  being 
  wet 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  seriously 
  damaged 
  the 
  

   corn 
  when 
  I 
  began 
  scattering 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  scattered 
  infected 
  bugs 
  three 
  times 
  

   in 
  five 
  days. 
  In 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  observed 
  they 
  were 
  dying, 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  more 
  

   there 
  were 
  very 
  few 
  alive 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  young 
  ones. 
  Last 
  week 
  I 
  husked 
  30 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  corn 
  per 
  acre 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  thickest, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  a 
  live 
  bug. 
  Many 
  thanks 
  

   for 
  the 
  timely 
  aid." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  13th: 
  '• 
  I 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  163. 
  Henky 
  Asmussen, 
  Junction 
  City, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   11th: 
  " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  millet." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  17th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "Three 
  days 
  after 
  distributing 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection 
  the 
  bugs 
  ate 
  as 
  usual 
  every 
  day, 
  and 
  were 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  on 
  every 
  millet 
  stalk, 
  

   but 
  after 
  three 
  days 
  they 
  could 
  no 
  longer 
  creep, 
  and 
  gathered 
  in 
  heaps, 
  rubbed 
  their 
  

   wings 
  with 
  their 
  hind 
  legs 
  and 
  would 
  start 
  in 
  motion 
  when 
  stirred 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  millet 
  

   straw. 
  After 
  eight 
  days 
  the 
  first 
  deaths 
  occurred, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  went 
  fast. 
  In 
  18 
  

   days 
  there 
  were 
  almost 
  no 
  more 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  millet 
  or 
  grain. 
  My 
  neighbors 
  could 
  

   not 
  understand 
  how 
  it 
  could 
  be. 
  As 
  people 
  did 
  not 
  believe 
  me 
  when 
  I 
  told 
  them, 
  I 
  

   took 
  about 
  a 
  quart 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  town 
  one 
  Saturday 
  and 
  my 
  microscope 
  and 
  let 
  

   my 
  farmer 
  neighbors 
  see, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Clark, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  county 
  paper. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   them 
  thought 
  I 
  had 
  choked 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  of 
  the 
  color, 
  but 
  how 
  would 
  they 
  choke, 
  

   that 
  was 
  the 
  puzzle. 
  But 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  said 
  that 
  anyway 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  good 
  for 
  

   us, 
  for 
  we 
  got 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  pest. 
  Two 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  got 
  infection 
  and 
  their 
  bugs 
  

   died 
  quickly. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  these 
  died 
  from 
  those 
  I 
  gave 
  them 
  or 
  whether 
  

   they 
  took 
  the 
  disease 
  from 
  my 
  field, 
  as 
  our 
  places 
  lie 
  close 
  together." 
  

  

  No. 
  164. 
  C. 
  E. 
  Caneobekt, 
  Milford, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  in 
  June. 
  

   Bugs 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  18th 
  and 
  25th: 
  "I 
  

   put 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  oat 
  fields, 
  after 
  I 
  kept 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  for 
  three 
  

   days. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  wet 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time. 
  Four 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  look, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  bugs 
  gadding 
  together, 
  and 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  