﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  67 
  

  

  No. 
  170. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Rowe, 
  Happy, 
  Graham 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  24th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  leaving 
  the 
  rye 
  stubble 
  and 
  going 
  into 
  my 
  corn 
  by 
  thousands, 
  and 
  unless 
  

   something 
  is 
  done 
  immediately 
  to 
  check 
  them 
  I 
  will 
  lose 
  my 
  crop." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  28th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  September 
  7th: 
  "It 
  was 
  very 
  hot 
  and 
  

   dry 
  for 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  days 
  after 
  turning 
  the 
  bugs 
  loose, 
  which 
  I 
  counted 
  unfavorable, 
  

   but 
  after 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  plenty 
  of 
  rain 
  and 
  more 
  hot 
  weather. 
  About 
  the 
  eighth 
  or 
  

   ninth 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  just 
  commenced 
  dying, 
  and 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   aminations 
  I 
  made 
  afterwards 
  I 
  found 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  teaspoonful 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  one 
  

   stalk, 
  and 
  now 
  I 
  can 
  hardly 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  success, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  crop 
  in 
  part, 
  and 
  maybe 
  wholly." 
  Under 
  

   later 
  date: 
  "I 
  had 
  23 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  alongside 
  of 
  my 
  rye 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were, 
  and 
  

   should 
  think 
  10 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre 
  was 
  the 
  amount 
  saved 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  experiment." 
  

  

  No. 
  171. 
  J. 
  Aumilleb, 
  Star, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  27th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Bacterial 
  infection 
  sent 
  April 
  

   30th; 
  experiment 
  interfered 
  with 
  by 
  the 
  rain. 
  Second 
  lot 
  (Sporotrichum) 
  sent 
  June 
  

   11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  13th: 
  "Weather 
  warm 
  and 
  rainy 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  whole 
  time, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  day 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   eighteenth 
  day 
  there 
  were 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  dead 
  ones 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  field 
  and 
  

   along 
  the 
  hedges, 
  and 
  also 
  upon 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  adjoining 
  the 
  one 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  

   experimenting. 
  Now 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  but 
  few 
  bugs. 
  I 
  have 
  thoroughly 
  examined 
  sur- 
  

   rounding 
  farms, 
  and 
  find 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  172. 
  Henry 
  Beiggs, 
  Eureka, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  6th: 
  

   "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  way 
  to 
  destroy 
  all 
  our 
  crops, 
  unless 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  de- 
  

   stroyed." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  12th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  

   agent 
  June 
  27th: 
  "I 
  was 
  very 
  incredulous 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  had 
  reason 
  to 
  change 
  my 
  

   opinion 
  on 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  experiment. 
  The 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  turning 
  

   white, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  almost 
  completely 
  exterminated." 
  

  

  No. 
  173. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Cunkle, 
  Madison, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  26th: 
  

   "I 
  have 
  two 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  are 
  threatened 
  by 
  chinch-bugs 
  from 
  neighboring 
  

   wheat 
  fields." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  

   agent 
  July 
  27th: 
  "Used 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  corn 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  massed 
  on 
  outer 
  

   rows. 
  In 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  after, 
  the 
  bugs 
  dropped 
  off 
  the 
  stalks 
  and 
  never 
  crawled 
  

   back. 
  They 
  turned 
  white 
  when 
  dead. 
  In 
  a 
  neighbor's 
  field 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  still 
  injur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  corn." 
  Reported 
  to 
  Station, 
  November 
  11th, 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  My 
  experiment 
  

   was 
  under 
  unfavorable 
  circumstances, 
  yet 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  left 
  my 
  field 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  

   neighboring 
  field. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  even 
  give 
  an 
  approximate 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  

   saved, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  saved 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  for 
  

   me." 
  

  

  No. 
  174. 
  W. 
  Dunkebly, 
  Madison, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  the 
  infection 
  of 
  

   A. 
  C. 
  Cunkle; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  17th: 
  "I 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  

   acreage 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye. 
  The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  hurt 
  the 
  wheat, 
  but 
  almost 
  took 
  the 
  

   rye. 
  They 
  then 
  went 
  into 
  my 
  corn 
  and 
  were 
  taking 
  it 
  clean 
  as 
  they 
  went; 
  and 
  then 
  

   I 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  A. 
  C. 
  Cunkle, 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  with 
  some 
  

   that 
  I 
  got 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  kept 
  them 
  together 
  for 
  36 
  hours, 
  and 
  then 
  scattered 
  

   them 
  around 
  in 
  my 
  corn, 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  bug 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  They 
  

   had 
  cleaned 
  up 
  about 
  five 
  acres. 
  I 
  had 
  in 
  about 
  80 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  would 
  have 
  gone 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  got 
  those 
  bugs 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  days 
  of 
  

   August." 
  

  

  No. 
  175. 
  John 
  Fellee, 
  Eureka, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  15th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  the 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  12th 
  by 
  J.G. 
  Foster, 
  of 
  Eureka: 
  "Mr. 
  Feller 
  thinks 
  it 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  

  

  