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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  one 
  field 
  of 
  cane, 
  while 
  in 
  another 
  field 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  infected 
  bugs 
  they 
  

   ruined 
  the 
  cane." 
  

  

  No. 
  236. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Thokp. 
  Haviland. 
  Kiowa 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  27th: 
  " 
  My 
  

   wheat 
  and 
  barley 
  fields 
  are 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  12th: 
  "Your 
  chinch-bug 
  remedy 
  proved 
  a 
  success." 
  

   Under 
  a 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  in 
  my 
  barley. 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  they 
  saved 
  me 
  

   800 
  bushels, 
  $340 
  in 
  value. 
  I 
  had 
  30 
  acres 
  of 
  barley 
  where 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  

   and 
  I 
  raised 
  1.300 
  bushels. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  had 
  23 
  acres 
  of 
  barley, 
  and 
  he 
  

   raised 
  160 
  bushels. 
  I 
  tried 
  to 
  get 
  him 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  but 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  do 
  

   it. 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  that 
  used 
  your 
  remedy, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  

   only 
  one 
  that 
  raised 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  barley. 
  I 
  consider 
  your 
  remedy 
  saved 
  me 
  at 
  least 
  

  

  No. 
  237. 
  Evelyn 
  B. 
  Baldwin. 
  Oswego, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  8th. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  10th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  

   25th: 
  "About 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  last 
  month 
  I 
  experimented 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  that 
  

   you 
  sent 
  me, 
  and 
  have 
  to 
  report 
  entire 
  success 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  trial. 
  The 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  was 
  performed 
  on 
  my 
  brother's 
  farm, 
  near 
  Edna, 
  in 
  Labette 
  county. 
  A 
  

   40-acre 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  was 
  fairly 
  black 
  with 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  weeks* 
  time 
  

   from 
  my 
  effort 
  nearly 
  all 
  were 
  dead 
  — 
  dried 
  up, 
  like 
  the 
  dust 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  followed 
  

   the 
  directions 
  given 
  accurately, 
  only, 
  in 
  addition, 
  moistening 
  the 
  cloth 
  over 
  the 
  glass 
  

   containing 
  the 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  infected. 
  Greater 
  care 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  experimenters 
  

   in 
  following 
  your 
  directions 
  would, 
  I 
  am 
  certain, 
  insure 
  better 
  results." 
  Under 
  later 
  

   date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  238. 
  James 
  Beggs, 
  Mound 
  Valley, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  11th. 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  although 
  unfavorably 
  reported 
  

   June 
  4th 
  through 
  a 
  misapprehension. 
  Reported 
  June 
  11th, 
  as 
  follows: 
  "I 
  gave 
  the 
  

   second 
  installment 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  a 
  neighbor, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  plenty 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   now. 
  Since 
  making 
  my 
  last 
  report 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  hundreds 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  went 
  

   out 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  this 
  morning 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  looking 
  like 
  frost 
  upon 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  experiment, 
  and 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  grand 
  success 
  

   if 
  we 
  can 
  keep 
  the 
  infection 
  over 
  winter 
  and 
  commence 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  upon 
  the 
  

   old 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  239. 
  E. 
  Conklin, 
  Parsons, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  September 
  19th: 
  

   " 
  I 
  have 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  has 
  millions 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  it." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "In 
  six 
  days 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  put 
  more 
  bugs 
  in 
  tumbler. 
  In 
  seven 
  days 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  field, 
  and 
  examined 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  and 
  found 
  no 
  dead 
  ones. 
  Put 
  more 
  in 
  tumbler 
  

   with 
  corn 
  blades 
  as 
  food. 
  Sunday, 
  October 
  25th, 
  found 
  them 
  still 
  alive. 
  To-day, 
  

   October 
  28th, 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  only 
  found 
  two 
  live 
  ones 
  but 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  ones, 
  

   and 
  some 
  dead 
  ones 
  in 
  adjoining 
  field. 
  Could 
  find 
  no 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  green 
  wheat 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection, 
  but 
  found 
  plenty 
  of 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  field. 
  

   I 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  success." 
  Reported 
  also 
  on 
  November 
  26th: 
  " 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  save 
  any 
  corn 
  

   as 
  it 
  was 
  all 
  in 
  shock 
  before 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs, 
  on 
  September 
  24th. 
  What 
  I 
  wanted 
  

   was 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  wheat. 
  Cannot 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  field 
  or 
  the 
  adjoining 
  

   fields 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  millions 
  of 
  them. 
  Can 
  find 
  their 
  carcasses, 
  and 
  tray 
  are 
  all 
  

   shriveled 
  up. 
  Wheat 
  a 
  poor 
  stand 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  chinch-bugs 
  on 
  it." 
  

  

  No. 
  240. 
  Robebt 
  Ewbank, 
  Altamont, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  7th: 
  

   "That 
  we 
  may 
  save 
  our 
  wheat 
  from 
  the 
  pests." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  9th; 
  first 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unfavorable, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  7th: 
  " 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  good. 
  

   I 
  put 
  out 
  bugs 
  three 
  times, 
  the 
  last 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  May. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  raining 
  ever 
  since. 
  

   There 
  are 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs 
  hatching 
  now." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  1st; 
  second 
  experiment 
  

  

  