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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  79 
  

  

  bor 
  S. 
  P. 
  Heilman. 
  however, 
  got 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  his 
  wheat 
  adjoining 
  my 
  

   corn, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  230. 
  A. 
  Lake, 
  Calista, 
  Kingman 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  20th: 
  " 
  Five 
  or 
  six 
  days 
  after 
  placing 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  good 
  effects, 
  and 
  within 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  days 
  the 
  ground 
  

   was 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  Soon 
  afterwards 
  they 
  disappeared 
  entirely 
  

   from 
  the 
  field." 
  Reported 
  on 
  later 
  date: 
  ''I 
  estimate 
  the 
  saving 
  on 
  my 
  place 
  at 
  

   300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  231. 
  J. 
  K. 
  P. 
  Rogebs, 
  Spivey, 
  Kingman 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  23d: 
  

   ■" 
  There 
  are 
  yellow 
  patches 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  dying. 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  at 
  work 
  upon 
  

   it 
  underground. 
  They 
  are 
  immensely 
  numerous. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  killed 
  we 
  will 
  

   not 
  get 
  back 
  our 
  seed 
  even." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  27th 
  and 
  June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  12th: 
  "I 
  found 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  piled 
  up 
  

   in 
  piles, 
  but 
  not 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  They 
  went 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   after 
  it 
  was 
  cut 
  into 
  corn 
  and 
  oats 
  and 
  millet. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  struck 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  

   millet 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  die. 
  It 
  was 
  wet, 
  damp 
  weather 
  for 
  several 
  weeks, 
  and 
  some 
  

   rust 
  Was 
  on 
  the 
  oats. 
  There 
  was 
  too 
  much 
  sap 
  in 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  millet 
  and 
  gave 
  

   them 
  cholera 
  morbus." 
  Remark: 
  The 
  infection 
  from 
  the 
  laboratory 
  was 
  without 
  

   doubt 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  oats 
  and 
  millet. 
  The 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  had 
  been 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  bugs 
  before 
  they 
  left 
  the 
  wheat. 
  

  

  No. 
  232. 
  Sykes 
  Bkos., 
  New 
  Murdock, 
  Kingman 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  22d: 
  

   "We 
  have 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  is 
  alive 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  "At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  about 
  12 
  or 
  13 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  

   the 
  infection 
  we 
  began 
  to 
  notice 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  little 
  piles 
  around 
  the 
  field. 
  About 
  

   "that 
  time 
  we 
  had 
  our 
  heavy 
  three-day 
  rains 
  and 
  after 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  233. 
  Petee 
  Taylob, 
  Norwich, 
  Kingman 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  13th: 
  

   ^'1 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  28th: 
  "I 
  had 
  my 
  farm 
  nearly 
  all 
  in 
  small 
  grain, 
  120 
  

   acres 
  in 
  all. 
  After 
  harvest 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  abundance 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  rank 
  growth 
  of 
  crab-grass. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  stay 
  very 
  long 
  after 
  the 
  infection 
  was 
  put 
  out. 
  Could 
  not 
  see 
  

   many 
  after 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  days. 
  In 
  the 
  meantime 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  heavy 
  rain, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  

   being 
  nearly 
  level 
  some 
  thought 
  they 
  had 
  drowned 
  out. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  lose 
  faith 
  in 
  the 
  

   business, 
  so 
  prepared 
  some 
  more 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  for 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  had 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  their 
  corn 
  fields, 
  and 
  one 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  originally 
  have 
  faith 
  said 
  

   he 
  was 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  process 
  was 
  all 
  that 
  you 
  claimed 
  for 
  it. 
  I 
  also, 
  on 
  my 
  way 
  

   to 
  town, 
  stopped 
  in 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  that 
  was 
  infested 
  with 
  bugs, 
  applied 
  the 
  remedy, 
  and 
  

   in 
  passing 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  I 
  discovered 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  gone 
  but 
  little 
  further 
  into 
  

   the 
  corn 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  stubble." 
  

  

  No. 
  234. 
  J. 
  T. 
  Hall, 
  Haviland, 
  Kiowa 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "I 
  found 
  it 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  bugs 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  dying 
  in 
  about 
  seven 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  under 
  the 
  

   ground 
  about 
  one 
  inch. 
  I 
  received 
  two 
  boxes 
  of 
  bugs, 
  and 
  gave 
  one 
  to 
  my 
  neighbor. 
  

   It 
  worked 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  success. 
  Several 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  came 
  and 
  got 
  bugs 
  from 
  

   my 
  field, 
  and 
  they 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  complete 
  success. 
  The 
  only 
  thing 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  like 
  

   about 
  it 
  was, 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  them 
  fast 
  enough. 
  I 
  found 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  

   six 
  weeks 
  after, 
  but 
  not 
  many. 
  Young 
  ones 
  hatched 
  out 
  during 
  the 
  time, 
  but 
  they 
  

   soon 
  died." 
  

  

  No. 
  235. 
  M. 
  H. 
  Kenaga, 
  Greensburg, 
  Kiowa 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  saved 
  

  

  