﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  71 
  

  

  " 
  You 
  sent 
  me 
  three 
  lots 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  My 
  experience 
  tells 
  me 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   are 
  a 
  first-class 
  humbug. 
  It 
  only 
  kills 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  they 
  natu- 
  

   rally 
  die. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bug 
  40 
  years, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  

   that 
  the 
  old 
  die 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  crop 
  die 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  July 
  

   and 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  August. 
  Your 
  white-fungus 
  disease 
  works 
  in 
  wet 
  weather, 
  and 
  kills 
  

   the 
  young 
  bugs 
  just 
  as 
  quick 
  without 
  your 
  infection 
  as 
  with 
  it. 
  This 
  is 
  as 
  favorable 
  

   a 
  report 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  give 
  and 
  tell 
  the 
  truth." 
  Remark: 
  This 
  experiment 
  was 
  probably 
  

   successful, 
  but 
  is 
  counted 
  unsuccessful 
  according 
  to 
  correspondent's 
  opinion. 
  

  

  No. 
  191. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Cobmick, 
  Anthony, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  21st: 
  

   "My 
  corn 
  is 
  overrun 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "I 
  followed 
  directions 
  closely, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  day 
  I 
  

   found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  just 
  in 
  color 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  you 
  sent 
  me, 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  

   furry 
  appearance. 
  The 
  ground 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  became 
  pretty 
  well 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  

   bugs. 
  I 
  then 
  received 
  a 
  second 
  lot, 
  the 
  dead 
  bodies 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  black. 
  Where 
  I 
  

   put 
  black 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  bugs, 
  and 
  where 
  white 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  white. 
  I 
  divided 
  with 
  my 
  neigh- 
  

   bors; 
  they 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  success. 
  One 
  man 
  said 
  he 
  could 
  scoop 
  the 
  

   dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  great 
  quantities 
  after 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  days; 
  he 
  is 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  did 
  the 
  work. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  varieties 
  carry 
  death 
  with 
  them, 
  

   and 
  each 
  marks 
  its 
  victim 
  peculiar 
  to 
  itself; 
  and 
  in 
  conclusion 
  I 
  will 
  say, 
  should 
  I 
  

   ever 
  be 
  troubled 
  again 
  I 
  would 
  lose 
  no 
  time 
  in 
  writing 
  for 
  bugs." 
  Reported 
  in 
  No- 
  

   vember: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  900 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  my 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  192. 
  James 
  Cummings, 
  Anthony, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   W. 
  Cormick; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  6th: 
  "I 
  do 
  not 
  believe 
  I 
  

   would 
  have 
  had 
  any 
  oats 
  or 
  corn 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  It 
  killed 
  

   them 
  by 
  thousands, 
  and 
  not 
  long 
  about 
  it. 
  I 
  could 
  gather 
  up 
  dead 
  bugs 
  by 
  the 
  

   handful 
  in 
  a 
  week 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  congratulate 
  

   you 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  wonderful 
  discovery; 
  I 
  cannot 
  praise 
  it 
  too 
  highly. 
  When 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Cormick 
  and 
  got 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  I 
  just 
  put 
  one 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  oats 
  by 
  

   the 
  garden, 
  which 
  was 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs 
  — 
  could 
  scrape 
  them 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  spoon 
  — 
  and 
  

   that 
  one 
  infected 
  bug, 
  I 
  do 
  believe, 
  killed 
  a 
  bushel 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  10 
  days' 
  time. 
  (This 
  

   is 
  no 
  snake 
  story, 
  but 
  solid 
  facts.) 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  

   500 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  193. 
  Walter 
  Maddox, 
  Crisfield, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  10th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  10th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  

   about 
  20 
  different 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thickest; 
  retained 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  and 
  placed 
  about 
  400 
  or 
  500 
  more 
  well 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  infected 
  jar, 
  and 
  the 
  

   third 
  day 
  I 
  distributed 
  again 
  and 
  continued 
  this. 
  In 
  two 
  weeks 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  

   live 
  bug 
  on 
  the 
  place, 
  but 
  could 
  find 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  If 
  I 
  am 
  bothered 
  next 
  

   season 
  I 
  will 
  call 
  on 
  you 
  for 
  more 
  of 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  194. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Moeokel, 
  Harper, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  8th: 
  

   "One-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  already 
  damaged." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  9th 
  and 
  June 
  

   29th; 
  first 
  experiment 
  partially 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  27th: 
  " 
  The 
  experiment 
  

   with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  complete 
  success 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  weather; 
  still, 
  I 
  

   saved 
  about 
  one-half 
  of 
  my 
  barley. 
  They 
  have 
  not 
  damaged 
  my 
  wheat 
  or 
  oats, 
  but 
  

   now 
  I 
  see 
  they 
  are 
  taking 
  my 
  corn, 
  the 
  rows 
  along 
  by 
  the 
  barley 
  stubble 
  were 
  black 
  

   with 
  bugs 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  half 
  way 
  up, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  will 
  eat 
  up 
  the 
  whole 
  crop 
  

   of 
  50 
  acres 
  if 
  I 
  cannot 
  do 
  anything 
  for 
  them." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  " 
  The 
  first 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  into 
  my 
  barley, 
  which 
  was 
  then 
  nearly 
  half 
  taken 
  by 
  

   the 
  bugs, 
  but 
  a 
  rain 
  came 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two, 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  say 
  certainly 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  