﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  69 
  

  

  No. 
  179. 
  Iseael 
  Haedman, 
  Hamilton, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  

   28th: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  bad 
  here." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  1st 
  and 
  June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  un- 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  22d: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  any 
  good. 
  

   I 
  went 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  directions, 
  but 
  they 
  failed." 
  

  

  No. 
  180. 
  Habt 
  Bbos., 
  Fame, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "We 
  followed 
  directions 
  to 
  the 
  letter 
  in 
  

   a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  planted 
  on 
  rye 
  ground 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  pastured 
  until 
  first 
  of 
  May, 
  then 
  

   listed 
  in 
  corn. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous; 
  bottom 
  leaves 
  dead; 
  corn 
  about 
  four 
  

   feet 
  high. 
  We 
  could 
  not 
  discover 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  feared 
  a 
  failure, 
  but 
  when 
  

   we 
  cut 
  up 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  September 
  we 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  bugs. 
  Under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions, 
  

   except 
  as 
  to 
  infection 
  (continued 
  dry 
  weather 
  during 
  last 
  half 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August), 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  would 
  ordinarily 
  have 
  destroyed 
  the 
  crop, 
  and 
  we 
  can 
  only 
  give 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  the 
  credit. 
  The 
  corn 
  matured 
  all 
  right." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  150 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  181. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Hendebson, 
  Eureka, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  May. 
  I 
  thought, 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  lose 
  my 
  oats 
  

   crop 
  by 
  bugs; 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  happy 
  to 
  say, 
  by 
  using 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  

   after 
  I 
  scattered 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  disappeared, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  

   young 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  hatch 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  million; 
  but 
  I 
  kept 
  a 
  stock 
  of 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  

   on 
  hand 
  and 
  scattered 
  them 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  bunch 
  up 
  

   and 
  die. 
  I 
  had 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  my 
  oats 
  field, 
  and 
  am 
  satisfied 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   for 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  got 
  of 
  you 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  a 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  my 
  corn, 
  

   but 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  lose 
  a 
  hill 
  of 
  it 
  by 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date. 
  "The 
  

   use 
  of 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  182. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Heydeckeb, 
  Neal, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  23d: 
  " 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  real 
  thick 
  on 
  my 
  

   corn, 
  some 
  stalks 
  being 
  black 
  with 
  them. 
  Soon 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   I 
  saw 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  mould. 
  In 
  

   about 
  a 
  week 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  Think 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  success." 
  

   Reported 
  later: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  183. 
  Thomas 
  Hogan, 
  Madison, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  9th; 
  

   unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  6th. 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  20th: 
  "I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  affirm 
  to 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  being 
  a 
  success, 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  I 
  cannot 
  find 
  a 
  living 
  bug 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  fields. 
  

   I 
  have 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields 
  to 
  get 
  them. 
  My 
  neighbors 
  would 
  not 
  be- 
  

   lieve 
  me, 
  so 
  I 
  told 
  them 
  I 
  would 
  give 
  $100 
  for 
  100 
  bugs 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  find 
  on 
  my 
  

   place. 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  little 
  red 
  bugs 
  died 
  also 
  when 
  they 
  get 
  wings. 
  I 
  told 
  

   every 
  one 
  that 
  I 
  talked 
  with 
  of 
  the 
  result." 
  

  

  No. 
  184. 
  E. 
  F. 
  Hudson, 
  Piedmont, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Received 
  infection 
  of 
  S 
  

   Mason; 
  reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  June 
  29th: 
  "Bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous, 
  suf- 
  

   ficiently 
  so 
  to 
  do 
  much 
  injury 
  to 
  wheat 
  and 
  corn. 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  into 
  my 
  

   wheat 
  field. 
  When 
  I 
  investigated, 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  neither 
  dead 
  nor 
  live 
  bugs, 
  and 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  not 
  a 
  young 
  bug 
  has 
  showed 
  himself. 
  In 
  the 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  have 
  been 
  present 
  in 
  numbers 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  start, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  more 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  than 
  ever, 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  brood 
  has 
  hatched 
  out." 
  

  

  No. 
  185. 
  Edmund 
  Jackson, 
  Brigham, 
  Greenwood 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   2d: 
  " 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  taking 
  the 
  oats." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  4th; 
  first 
  experiment 
  in- 
  

   terfered 
  with 
  by 
  rain. 
  Infection 
  re-sent 
  June 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  July 
  3d: 
  "In 
  six 
  days 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  — 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  ground 
  now 
  

   is 
  quite 
  white 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  my 
  oats. 
  I 
  also 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  millet 
  200 
  

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