﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  73 
  

  

  No. 
  199. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Haines, 
  Sedgwick, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  27th: 
  

   " 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  save 
  my 
  corn 
  — 
  29 
  acres. 
  The 
  bugs 
  destroyed 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   corn 
  now." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  

   20th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  save 
  my 
  wheat. 
  I 
  used 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  

   corn 
  held. 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  saved 
  my 
  corn, 
  though 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  and 
  turning 
  

   white 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  among 
  them. 
  A 
  neighbor 
  adjoining 
  me 
  had 
  

   used 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  infection 
  with 
  success 
  in 
  his 
  wheat 
  field, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  came 
  into 
  my 
  field 
  from 
  his 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  ones 
  you 
  sent. 
  Before 
  

   they 
  began 
  dying, 
  W. 
  M. 
  Congdon 
  of 
  this 
  place 
  said 
  I 
  would 
  lose 
  all 
  of 
  my 
  corn, 
  

   but 
  they 
  only 
  took 
  about 
  half 
  an 
  acre. 
  The 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   that 
  the 
  green 
  blow-flies 
  swarmed 
  there 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  

   dead 
  bugs 
  are 
  a 
  success." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  1,200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  200. 
  Cecil 
  McAkthuk, 
  Walton, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  15th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  June 
  12th: 
  " 
  The 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   that 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  placed 
  near 
  an 
  old 
  straw 
  stack 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  

   full 
  of 
  bugs 
  at 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  watch 
  the 
  fields 
  closely 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  heavy 
  rains. 
  In 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  dead 
  white-fungus 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  infection 
  had 
  been 
  put, 
  but 
  also 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   field. 
  At 
  this 
  date 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  been 
  pretty 
  effectually 
  exterminated." 
  

  

  No. 
  201. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Noldee, 
  Halstead, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  12th: 
  "I 
  received 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  June 
  

   27th, 
  and 
  followed 
  directions, 
  except 
  watching 
  daily, 
  which, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  harvest, 
  

   I 
  could 
  not 
  do. 
  July 
  10th 
  I 
  examined 
  for 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  found 
  them 
  in 
  great 
  piles, 
  

   almost 
  a 
  handful 
  in 
  a 
  place. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  experiment 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  examined 
  

   another 
  field, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  The 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  the 
  oats 
  so 
  fast 
  

   that 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  to 
  my 
  corn. 
  They 
  took 
  about 
  2\ 
  acres 
  of 
  oats 
  for 
  me, 
  and 
  

   would 
  have 
  taken 
  more 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  used 
  the 
  infection. 
  Wheat 
  was 
  harvested 
  before 
  

   I 
  began 
  the 
  experiment. 
  The 
  neighbors 
  laughed 
  at 
  me 
  when 
  I 
  told 
  them 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  

   going 
  to 
  try 
  some 
  of 
  Snow's 
  bugs, 
  but 
  they 
  laughed 
  with 
  another 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  laugh 
  

   when 
  I 
  showed 
  them 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  piles 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  oats. 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  

   saved 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  by 
  the 
  experiment." 
  

  

  No. 
  202. 
  John 
  H. 
  Rappal, 
  Halstead, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  17th: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   through 
  my 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  million, 
  and 
  

   in 
  15 
  days 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neigh- 
  

   bors 
  got 
  about 
  200 
  from 
  my 
  field 
  and 
  scattered 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  field, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  re- 
  

   sult. 
  They 
  are 
  sure 
  death 
  to 
  live 
  bugs.'' 
  Reported 
  later: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  

   $50 
  worth 
  of 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  203. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Stone, 
  Burrton, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  6th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  

   which, 
  as 
  we 
  supposed, 
  was 
  ruined 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  — 
  the 
  stalks 
  being 
  black 
  with 
  them. 
  

   From 
  7 
  to 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  disappear, 
  and 
  

   upon 
  examination 
  we 
  found 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  bunches 
  — 
  not 
  dead 
  but 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  very 
  sick. 
  They 
  seemed 
  to 
  try 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  seek 
  protection 
  from 
  the 
  

   sun. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  more 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead. 
  A 
  good 
  rain 
  came, 
  and, 
  to 
  our 
  sur- 
  

   prise, 
  the 
  corn 
  yielded 
  a 
  fair 
  crop. 
  You 
  have 
  certainly 
  found 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  the 
  worst 
  

   pest 
  Kansas 
  ever 
  had." 
  

  

  No. 
  204. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Taggaet, 
  Walton, 
  Harvey 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  9th: 
  

   "Some 
  fields 
  are 
  being 
  badly 
  damaged." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  11th, 
  and 
  again 
  July 
  

   22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  received 
  

  

  