﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  77 
  

  

  adjoining 
  my 
  corn 
  field. 
  When 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  bugs 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  think 
  I 
  could 
  save 
  any 
  of 
  

   it, 
  besides 
  losing 
  my 
  field 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  went 
  according 
  to 
  directions. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  

   could 
  pick 
  up 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  by 
  the 
  handful. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  more 
  they 
  were 
  helpless. 
  

   I 
  did 
  not 
  lose 
  one 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  cut 
  a 
  fair 
  crop 
  of 
  millet 
  hay. 
  I 
  saved 
  several 
  

   hundred 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $150 
  worth 
  of 
  millet 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  220. 
  D. 
  L. 
  Pkocteb, 
  Salem, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  13th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  very 
  numerous, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  checked 
  soon 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  light 
  har- 
  

   vest." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  15th 
  and 
  29th. 
  First 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful; 
  second 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  " 
  After 
  using 
  infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   13th 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  About 
  1st 
  of 
  June 
  I 
  received 
  another 
  lot 
  of 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  which 
  I 
  treated 
  as 
  before. 
  After 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  

   ground 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  note 
  any 
  result, 
  but 
  on 
  going 
  again 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  I 
  

   found 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  resembling 
  those 
  received 
  from 
  you, 
  aud 
  it 
  was 
  

   but 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  days 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  scarcely 
  a 
  full-grown 
  bug 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  but 
  

   there 
  were 
  millions 
  of 
  young 
  ones, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  and 
  turned 
  white 
  

   like 
  others, 
  but 
  the 
  disease 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  fatal 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  

   ones, 
  yet 
  they 
  did 
  no 
  damage.'''' 
  

  

  No. 
  221. 
  T. 
  C. 
  Ross, 
  Webber, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  13th: 
  "Since 
  

   I 
  cut 
  my 
  small 
  grain 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  have 
  hatched 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  million, 
  and 
  are 
  at- 
  

   tacking 
  my 
  corn 
  fields." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  September 
  28th: 
  "In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  infection 
  in 
  fields 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   began 
  to 
  scatter, 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  dead 
  bugs 
  sticking 
  to 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  stalks 
  were 
  

   black 
  with 
  them 
  when 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  in. 
  I 
  kept 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs 
  on 
  hand, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  They 
  

   had 
  taken 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  spring 
  wheat 
  previous 
  to 
  this. 
  If 
  I 
  had 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   sooner, 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  saved 
  this. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  a 
  

   success." 
  

  

  No. 
  222. 
  R. 
  Sanderson, 
  Mankato, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th 
  and 
  

   July 
  14th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "I 
  can 
  say 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  very 
  good. 
  They 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  heaps 
  and 
  died 
  very 
  fast. 
  Our 
  neighbors 
  

   came 
  to 
  our 
  field 
  and 
  got 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  their 
  fields, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  success. 
  

   We 
  are 
  well 
  pleased." 
  November 
  11th: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  100 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  millet 
  and 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  223. 
  Chas. 
  F. 
  Semke, 
  Harrison, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  18th: 
  

   "I 
  have 
  about 
  100 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  that 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May, 
  

   29th; 
  re-sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  28th: 
  "The 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  worked 
  all 
  right. 
  The 
  first 
  I 
  got 
  did 
  not 
  work 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  they 
  should, 
  

   for 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  cold 
  and 
  wet 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  too 
  cold 
  for 
  the 
  bugs 
  to 
  fly 
  around, 
  

   but 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  worked 
  all 
  right. 
  The 
  eighth 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   there 
  were 
  no 
  more 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  thing 
  on 
  earth 
  for 
  the 
  

   farmer. 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  about 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  

   hurt 
  the 
  corn 
  much." 
  

  

  No. 
  224. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Silvee, 
  Ionia, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  21st: 
  "In 
  about 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  turned 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  noticed 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks, 
  and 
  travel 
  around 
  

   and 
  gather 
  up 
  in 
  bunches 
  and 
  pile 
  .up 
  together 
  as 
  if 
  dead, 
  but 
  by 
  raking 
  them 
  over 
  

   they 
  would 
  soon 
  commence 
  to 
  liven 
  up, 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  that 
  condition 
  we 
  

   had 
  a 
  dashing 
  rain, 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  I 
  ever 
  saw 
  of 
  them; 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  all 
  left 
  

   the 
  stalks 
  and 
  were 
  bunched 
  up 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  before 
  the 
  rain. 
  They 
  did 
  no 
  dam- 
  

   age 
  after 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  bunch. 
  An 
  oat 
  field 
  joining 
  my 
  corn 
  was 
  perfectly 
  covered 
  

  

  