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  ifif' 
  i 
  July 
  13th 
  I 
  put 
  infected 
  bogs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  millet 
  where 
  the 
  

  

  bug 
  aod 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage, 
  I. 
  jan 
  to 
  find 
  

  

  dead 
  bugs. 
  Theweathei 
  I 
  ; 
  i 
  n 
  <J 
  rather 
  cool 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  did 
  

  

  no' 
  pidl] 
  as 
  I 
  bad 
  expected. 
  But 
  a 
  few 
  daya 
  later, 
  when 
  the 
  

  

  Farmer 
  and 
  noi 
  bo 
  »ret, 
  the 
  buga 
  died 
  in 
  great 
  piies 
  as 
  many 
  

  

  pint 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  place-. 
  But 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  bngs 
  saved 
  to 
  -end 
  to 
  you, 
  

  

  rain 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  to 
  send. 
  They 
  killed 
  a 
  -trip 
  of 
  

  

  r/iiJ]<-t 
  55 
  g 
  and 
  about 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rod-? 
  wide 
  before 
  I 
  g 
  checked. 
  

  

  having 
  gone 
  out 
  of 
  spring 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  millet. 
  They 
  damaged 
  the 
  wheat 
  in 
  -pots 
  

  

  great 
  deal 
  before 
  they 
  left 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  millet. 
  One 
  neighbor 
  got 
  infected 
  bug- 
  from 
  

  

  mj 
  field 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  with 
  live 
  healthy 
  bug- 
  in 
  hi- 
  own 
  field, 
  and 
  he 
  reports 
  the 
  

  

  sami 
  Another 
  neighbor 
  a 
  mile 
  away 
  report- 
  that 
  the 
  bug- 
  died 
  ir. 
  

  

  field 
  without 
  his 
  having 
  put 
  in 
  any 
  infected 
  bug-." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  

  

  ed 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  12 
  tons 
  of 
  millet 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  209. 
  W. 
  If. 
  Bv.y 
  _ 
  >, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th, 
  -taring 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  bug- 
  were 
  very 
  numerou-: 
  "The 
  bug- 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  ruin 
  my 
  corn 
  if 
  your 
  

  

  remedy 
  fail-." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  10th: 
  experimen* 
  ... 
  a- 
  reported 
  July 
  

  

  24th: 
  "Seven 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  di-ea-ed 
  bug- 
  J 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  In 
  a 
  

  

  few 
  day- 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bug- 
  by 
  the 
  thousands. 
  1 
  examined 
  field* 
  where 
  there 
  had 
  

  

  been 
  no 
  infection, 
  but 
  there 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  dying. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  experiment 
  a 
  grand 
  

  

  No. 
  210. 
  X. 
  G. 
  CnxLCOTT, 
  Mankato. 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  loth: 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  -uccesnful. 
  a- 
  reported 
  November 
  25th: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  200 
  bushel- 
  of 
  

   corn 
  in 
  15 
  acres. 
  Saved 
  -even 
  acres 
  of 
  millet: 
  cleaned 
  bugs 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  neighbor'- 
  

   corn 
  joining 
  it. 
  I 
  gave 
  bug- 
  as 
  long 
  a- 
  I 
  had 
  any: 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  to 
  how 
  many 
  I 
  

   - 
  than 
  a 
  dozen 
  farmer-. 
  They 
  all 
  report 
  good 
  results. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bnge 
  are 
  a 
  grand 
  succe--. 
  My 
  experience 
  here 
  i-. 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  done 
  

   more 
  damage 
  than 
  dry 
  weather." 
  

  

  No. 
  211. 
  Jobs 
  Coi.mn-.. 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  connty. 
  Experiment 
  successful, 
  

   ported 
  December 
  21st: 
  "I 
  obtained 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  of 
  J. 
  S. 
  Turner, 
  with 
  good 
  

   succe--. 
  I 
  got 
  thern 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bug- 
  had 
  eaten 
  about 
  five 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  week 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  live 
  bugs 
  on 
  my 
  place. 
  I 
  had 
  30 
  acres 
  ad- 
  

   joining 
  rny 
  wheat, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  bugs 
  would 
  have 
  taken 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  it. 
  if 
  I 
  hadn't 
  

   obtained 
  the 
  infection. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  went 
  .",0 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  saved 
  1,200 
  

   bu-hels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  .*200 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crop- 
  by 
  osing 
  your 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  212. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Foktney, 
  Randall. 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  20th: 
  

   ere 
  i- 
  considerable 
  excitement 
  here 
  at 
  pre-ent 
  over 
  the 
  bu^r 
  business." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  no 
  trial 
  of 
  first 
  lot 
  owing 
  to 
  heavy 
  rain-, 
  a- 
  reported 
  June 
  2^th: 
  

   -Bug- 
  leaving 
  wheat 
  and 
  attacking 
  corn.'" 
  Re-sent 
  bug- 
  June 
  80th: 
  experii; 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  20th: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  on 
  

   a 
  line 
  80 
  rod- 
  long, 
  where 
  the 
  bug- 
  were 
  as 
  numerous 
  as 
  I 
  ever 
  saw 
  them, 
  on 
  from 
  

   * 
  to 
  l't 
  rows. 
  It 
  rained 
  a 
  sharp 
  shower 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  date, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  6th. 
  We 
  

   had 
  a 
  heavy 
  rain 
  on 
  July 
  7th. 
  I 
  scattered 
  infected 
  bugs 
  again, 
  the 
  condition 
  being 
  

   more 
  favorable. 
  On 
  July 
  11th 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  left 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  were 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  

   thousand-. 
  They 
  literally 
  covered 
  the 
  ground, 
  filling 
  the 
  cracks 
  and 
  accumulating 
  

   in 
  greai 
  masses 
  under 
  the 
  wilted 
  stalks, 
  clods, 
  etc. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  best 
  success 
  with 
  

   bacterial 
  disease. 
  Have 
  you 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  blow 
  Hies 
  are 
  affected 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  

   disease? 
  They 
  die 
  by 
  the 
  hundreds 
  in 
  the 
  wake 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  Further, 
  

   under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  2d: 
  "The 
  chinch-bug 
  infection 
  probably 
  saved 
  me 
  200 
  

   bushele 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  regard 
  it 
  the 
  greatest 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  time." 
  Remark: 
  

  

  • 
  that 
  the 
  heavy 
  rains 
  of 
  June 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs; 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   use 
  infection 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  