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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  I 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  got 
  about 
  18 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre, 
  and 
  my 
  neigh- 
  

   bors 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  any 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  even 
  get 
  their 
  seed 
  back. 
  Now 
  

   the 
  last 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  (the 
  white 
  fungus) 
  were 
  a 
  complete 
  success. 
  Af- 
  

   ter 
  carefully 
  following 
  your 
  directions, 
  I 
  took 
  the 
  bugs 
  and 
  turned 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  my 
  

   corn 
  field; 
  the 
  stalks 
  for 
  two 
  feet 
  were 
  black 
  with 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  must 
  say 
  that, 
  to 
  my 
  

   surprise, 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  not 
  a 
  bug 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  They 
  all 
  disappeared." 
  

   Remark: 
  See 
  next 
  report 
  for 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  195. 
  Wm. 
  Shellenbeegee, 
  Corwin, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  "The 
  weather 
  was 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  

   when 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  into 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  continued 
  so 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  We 
  

   then 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  rain. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  

   disappeared, 
  but 
  on 
  examination 
  found 
  they 
  had 
  crawled 
  in 
  the 
  cracks 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  

   and 
  under 
  weeds 
  and 
  clods 
  and 
  died. 
  The 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  fields 
  acted 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  manner. 
  A 
  man 
  living 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  here 
  came 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs, 
  and 
  his 
  bugs 
  disappeared 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  mine." 
  

  

  No. 
  196. 
  Daniel 
  Steineb, 
  Harper, 
  Harper 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  25th: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  cover 
  several 
  acres 
  of 
  my 
  corn 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  re-sent 
  

   July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  15th: 
  "At 
  one 
  time 
  I 
  thought 
  that 
  

   the 
  experiment 
  with 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  unfavorable, 
  but 
  I 
  went 
  out 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  

   this 
  morning 
  and 
  found 
  very 
  many 
  dead, 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  put 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs. 
  The 
  

   first 
  days 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  notice 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  about 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  a 
  half 
  bushel, 
  four 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  The 
  fifth 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  none; 
  I 
  guess 
  the 
  rain 
  

   washed 
  them 
  away, 
  as 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  five-inch 
  soaker. 
  The 
  seventh 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  none, 
  as 
  we 
  

   had 
  another 
  rain 
  the 
  night 
  before. 
  The 
  eleventh 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  in 
  a 
  foot 
  

   in 
  diameter. 
  To-day 
  I 
  found 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  in 
  different 
  places, 
  but 
  I 
  found 
  none 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighboring 
  fields." 
  

  

  No. 
  197. 
  G. 
  N. 
  Consley, 
  Patterson, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  27th: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  going 
  from 
  my 
  wheat 
  into 
  my 
  corn 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  10th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  went 
  to 
  

   the 
  corn 
  in 
  what 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  overwhelming 
  numbers. 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  damage, 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  actual 
  damage 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   more 
  than 
  one-fourth 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  without 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection. 
  

   While 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  not 
  entirely 
  destroyed, 
  I 
  have, 
  in 
  my 
  judgment, 
  been 
  largely 
  bene- 
  

   fited 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection; 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  still 
  spreading 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  I 
  have 
  180 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn 
  almost 
  surrounded 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  with 
  wheat 
  fields, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  

   only 
  got 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  rows, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  spreading; 
  they 
  are 
  dying 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  

   I 
  have 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields 
  and 
  they 
  feel 
  benefited. 
  I 
  find 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  dying 
  in 
  some 
  fields 
  where 
  the 
  infection 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  placed, 
  and 
  evidently 
  

   from 
  the 
  infection. 
  While 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  have 
  tried 
  the 
  infection 
  think 
  

   it 
  a 
  failure, 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  opinion 
  that 
  with 
  careful, 
  judicious 
  management 
  it 
  will 
  prove 
  

   beneficial 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  measure." 
  tfnder 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  would 
  be 
  safe 
  in 
  saying 
  

   that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  198. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Fbancis, 
  Putnam, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  September 
  

   7th: 
  " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  playing 
  havoc 
  in 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  10th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  " 
  The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  

   September 
  8th 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  you 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  listed 
  in 
  on 
  stubble 
  

   wheat 
  July 
  3d 
  to 
  July 
  7th. 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  directed, 
  securing 
  healthy 
  

   bugs 
  every 
  day 
  for 
  five 
  days, 
  placing 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  bottle 
  with 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  let- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  remain 
  over 
  night, 
  then 
  would 
  let 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  After 
  

   repeating 
  this 
  operation 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  great 
  quantities. 
  I 
  

   think 
  the 
  plan 
  a 
  good 
  one, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  farmers 
  will 
  use 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  directed 
  

   we 
  will 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  pest." 
  

  

  