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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH- 
  BUG. 
  

  

  thousands." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  augmented 
  my 
  crop 
  by 
  200 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn. 
  The 
  bugs 
  took 
  all 
  my 
  wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  165. 
  J. 
  Kettbing, 
  Junction 
  City, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Letter 
  of 
  application 
  states: 
  

   "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  wheat 
  into 
  my 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  fear 
  I 
  

   shall 
  lose 
  the 
  crop, 
  unless 
  something 
  is 
  done 
  to 
  stop 
  them." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   7th; 
  experiment 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  23d: 
  "I 
  had 
  bugs 
  come 
  into 
  my 
  

   corn 
  thick 
  from 
  an 
  adjoining 
  wheat 
  field; 
  so 
  I 
  sent 
  to 
  you 
  for 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  When 
  

   I 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  scattered 
  or 
  

   disappeared; 
  so 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  say 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  your 
  bugs." 
  Remark: 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  consignments 
  of 
  infection 
  had 
  been 
  successfully 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  township, 
  

   and 
  disease 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  communicated 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Kettring's 
  farm. 
  

  

  No. 
  166. 
  Wm. 
  McCluskey, 
  Junction 
  City, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  6th 
  

   and 
  June 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  2d, 
  1892: 
  "I 
  turned 
  the 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  in 
  a 
  wheat 
  field 
  that 
  was 
  thick 
  with 
  small 
  red 
  chinch-bugs. 
  The 
  wheat 
  

   was 
  harvested 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  afterwards, 
  and 
  they 
  had 
  disappeared 
  during 
  that 
  time. 
  

   There 
  was 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  narrow 
  road 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  wheat 
  field 
  where 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  loose. 
  I 
  supposed, 
  of 
  course, 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  go 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  field 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  field, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  sick 
  

   bugs 
  had 
  the 
  desired 
  effect." 
  

  

  No. 
  167. 
  V. 
  G. 
  Wabd, 
  Junction 
  City, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  C. 
  L. 
  

   Cox; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  26th: 
  "Without 
  a 
  doubt 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction 
  of 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  destroying 
  those 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  

   crops 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  success. 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  they 
  saved 
  my 
  entire 
  crop, 
  and 
  have 
  not 
  

   heard 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  instance 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  without 
  benefit. 
  My 
  crop 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  valued 
  at 
  $200. 
  

  

  No. 
  168. 
  Ed. 
  Whitehaib, 
  Junction 
  City, 
  Geary 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   J. 
  E. 
  Garrison; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  29th: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  was 
  

   too 
  far 
  gone 
  when 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  infection, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs 
  for 
  about 
  

   14 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  on 
  some 
  stalks 
  there 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  pint 
  of 
  bugs. 
  

   In 
  about 
  four 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  in 
  12 
  days 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  white 
  with 
  

   dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  had 
  two 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  creek, 
  planted 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  seed. 
  The 
  field 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  averaged 
  40 
  bush- 
  

   els 
  per 
  acre 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  averaged 
  18 
  bushels. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  infection 
  is 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess, 
  and 
  if 
  used 
  by 
  all 
  farmers 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  would 
  cease 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  terror." 
  

  

  No. 
  169. 
  C. 
  McKinley, 
  Fremont, 
  Graham 
  county. 
  July 
  13th: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  

   blacken 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  my 
  corn 
  for 
  a 
  foot 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  an 
  inch 
  deep 
  in 
  places." 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  17th: 
  " 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   see 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  box 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  four 
  days, 
  as 
  you 
  expected. 
  I 
  kept 
  the 
  

   second 
  lot 
  5+ 
  days 
  and 
  still 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  ones. 
  I 
  then 
  put 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  feel- 
  

   ing 
  convinced 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  infecteds, 
  and 
  awaited 
  results. 
  I 
  waited 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  

   days 
  and 
  not 
  seeing 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  I 
  gave 
  it 
  up. 
  The 
  weather 
  in 
  the 
  meantime 
  was 
  

   warm 
  and 
  dry, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  August 
  I 
  was 
  cutting 
  some 
  corn 
  that 
  was 
  dried 
  

   up 
  when 
  I 
  discovered 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  90 
  or 
  95 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  

   them, 
  were 
  dead. 
  In 
  one 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  put 
  no 
  infection 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   corn 
  being 
  light, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  live 
  bugs 
  there. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  rains 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  

   slow 
  infection, 
  for 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  dry 
  week 
  came 
  they 
  died 
  — 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  

   complete 
  success. 
  Two 
  farmers 
  from 
  10 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  here 
  examined 
  my 
  corn 
  

   yesterday, 
  and 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  say 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  experiment. 
  There 
  is 
  

   little 
  farming 
  being 
  done 
  on 
  any 
  land 
  near 
  by 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  mostly 
  vacant 
  railroad 
  land, 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  on 
  this 
  section." 
  Report 
  under 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  in- 
  

   fection 
  saved 
  me 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $50 
  worth 
  of 
  Kaffir-corn, 
  sorghum 
  and 
  

   rye." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  die 
  until 
  after 
  the 
  rains 
  had 
  ceased. 
  

  

  