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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  213. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Hamm, 
  Burr 
  Oak, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  30th: 
  "I 
  took 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  corn 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  rye 
  and 
  had 
  killed 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  corn 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  rod 
  or 
  two. 
  Here 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs, 
  

   by 
  placing 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  12 
  with 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  weather 
  

   being 
  rather 
  wet, 
  I 
  saw 
  but 
  little 
  moving 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  for 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  or 
  

   two 
  weeks; 
  then 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  bunches, 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  and 
  part 
  in 
  

   rather 
  a 
  stupid 
  condition. 
  A 
  week 
  or 
  so 
  later 
  they 
  gathered 
  in 
  large 
  bunches 
  and 
  

   died, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  died, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  

   did 
  well." 
  

  

  No. 
  214. 
  B. 
  F. 
  Hakfobd, 
  Randall, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  H. 
  B. 
  

   Fortney; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  24th: 
  "I 
  procured 
  one-half 
  

   pint 
  of 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  of 
  H. 
  B. 
  Fortney, 
  and 
  distributed 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  millet, 
  

   which 
  was 
  adjoining 
  a 
  wheat 
  field 
  of 
  a 
  neighbor, 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  come, 
  and 
  in 
  

   24 
  hours, 
  to 
  my 
  great 
  surprise, 
  there 
  were 
  millions 
  upon 
  millions 
  of 
  sick 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   heaps, 
  some 
  dead, 
  while 
  all 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  sick, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  day 
  not 
  a 
  bug 
  of 
  

   any 
  description 
  could 
  be 
  found; 
  but 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  there 
  came 
  a 
  very 
  hard, 
  dashing 
  

   rain 
  which 
  washed 
  them 
  off, 
  although 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  hot 
  

   and 
  dry. 
  I 
  saved 
  one 
  pint 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  fruit 
  can 
  for 
  future 
  use. 
  I 
  consider 
  

   your 
  discovery 
  worth 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Kansas, 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  used 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  instructions. 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   infection 
  $350 
  worth 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  millet 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $80." 
  

  

  No. 
  215. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Hollingswobth, 
  Webber, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  14th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  1st: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  scattered 
  in 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  places 
  on 
  my 
  80-acre 
  farm, 
  which 
  was 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs; 
  no 
  bugs 
  

   on 
  adjoining 
  farms. 
  Dry 
  weather 
  followed. 
  The 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  success 
  beyond 
  

   expectation, 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  dying. 
  Until 
  within 
  about 
  a 
  month, 
  none 
  could 
  be 
  

   found 
  on 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  farm. 
  The 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  mould." 
  

  

  No. 
  216. 
  A. 
  Kiekpatkick, 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  18th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  30th: 
  " 
  The 
  bugs 
  had 
  gone 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  

   wheat, 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  cut, 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  We 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  amongst 
  them. 
  After 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  12 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  get 
  'wild 
  and 
  skit- 
  

   tish,' 
  as 
  the 
  Irishman 
  said. 
  After 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  became 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  

   fungus. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  living 
  bug 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  field. 
  The 
  bug 
  discovery 
  is 
  certainly 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  grandest 
  discoveries 
  of 
  the 
  

   age. 
  It 
  will 
  put 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  into 
  the 
  pockets 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  Kansas." 
  

  

  No. 
  217. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Lehman, 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infected 
  bugs 
  of 
  J. 
  S. 
  

   Turner; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  4th: 
  "I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  first 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs 
  July 
  2d; 
  they 
  had 
  then 
  started 
  in 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  35 
  acres. 
  About 
  July 
  

   15th 
  they 
  commenced 
  dying 
  rapidly 
  and 
  ceased 
  destroying 
  corn 
  during 
  that 
  time. 
  

   They 
  had 
  completely 
  ruined 
  seven 
  acres; 
  it 
  made 
  about 
  eight 
  bushels 
  of 
  chaffy 
  stuff 
  

   to 
  the 
  acre; 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  averaged 
  42 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  

   amount 
  actually 
  saved 
  1,000 
  bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  218. 
  Mac 
  Malone, 
  Athens, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  15th: 
  "The 
  

   wheat 
  fields 
  are 
  black 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  18th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  November 
  25th: 
  " 
  The 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  perfect 
  success 
  with 
  me. 
  I 
  

   followed 
  your 
  directions 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  soon 
  dead 
  where 
  before 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  an 
  

   100-acre 
  corn 
  field 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  them." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  1,000 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  219. 
  Neal 
  McCune, 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  J. 
  S. 
  

   Turner; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  23d: 
  "I 
  had 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  millet 
  

  

  