﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  81 
  

  

  partially 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  27th: 
  "Most 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  have 
  died 
  since 
  

   using 
  the 
  second 
  supply 
  of 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me, 
  but 
  cannot 
  see 
  anything 
  the 
  matter 
  

   with 
  the 
  young 
  bugs." 
  Re-sent 
  again 
  June 
  29th; 
  this 
  experiment 
  entirely 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  11th: 
  " 
  I 
  received 
  your 
  third 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  them, 
  

   for 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  dying 
  fast. 
  The 
  young 
  ones 
  

   do 
  not 
  turn 
  white 
  like 
  the 
  old 
  ones. 
  The 
  young 
  ones 
  pile 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  stubble 
  or 
  under 
  the 
  grass 
  to 
  die. 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  piles 
  one-fourth 
  inch 
  deep 
  and 
  

   the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  saucer. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  hurting 
  anything 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  now. 
  

   They 
  are 
  mostly 
  bunched 
  up. 
  I 
  cannot 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  in 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  field." 
  Un- 
  

   der 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  25 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  about 
  75 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $25 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  rains 
  in 
  

   May 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  either 
  old 
  or 
  young 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  241. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Fogleman, 
  Altamont, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  2d: 
  "After 
  about 
  100 
  field 
  bugs 
  had 
  

   been 
  confined 
  two 
  days 
  with 
  the 
  bugs 
  from 
  your 
  laboratory, 
  they 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  

   the 
  fungus. 
  We 
  turned 
  out 
  at 
  three 
  different 
  times. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  eight 
  days 
  I 
  

   found 
  several 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  12 
  days 
  almost 
  every 
  bug 
  was 
  dead. 
  

   When 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  the 
  wheat 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  just 
  

   entered 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  millet. 
  They 
  destroyed 
  but 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  acre. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  

   success." 
  

  

  No. 
  242. 
  Samuel 
  Gbaves, 
  Chetopa, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  4th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  15th: 
  "My 
  experience 
  with 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   was 
  as 
  follows: 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  wheat; 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  bugs 
  there. 
  The 
  old 
  

   bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  disappear, 
  and 
  whether 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  it 
  or 
  

   not 
  I 
  cannot 
  say, 
  but 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  not 
  damaged 
  by 
  bugs. 
  In 
  any 
  year 
  previous 
  

   to 
  this 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  destroyed 
  the 
  wheat. 
  The 
  young 
  ones 
  hatched 
  out, 
  but 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  die 
  off 
  and 
  disappear. 
  I 
  had 
  oats 
  near 
  by 
  that 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  hurt 
  at 
  all; 
  

   but 
  no 
  corn 
  close. 
  I 
  gave 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  he 
  put 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  He 
  thinks 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  great 
  benefit 
  to 
  his 
  corn 
  in 
  destroying 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  that 
  were 
  in 
  it." 
  

  

  No. 
  243. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Monboe, 
  Mound 
  Valley, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   11th: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  damaging 
  my 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  May 
  26th: 
  "Yesterday 
  I 
  examined 
  closely 
  

   where 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  put 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  the 
  

   others 
  very 
  sluggish. 
  The 
  weather 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  cloudy 
  and 
  cool 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time. 
  

   A 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  turned 
  white." 
  

  

  No. 
  244. 
  Geo. 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Labette 
  City, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "In 
  about 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  put- 
  

   ting 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  thin 
  out, 
  and 
  in 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   they 
  had 
  entirely 
  disappeared 
  from 
  that 
  field. 
  They 
  had 
  crossed 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  gone 
  

   into 
  the 
  corn 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  at 
  time 
  of 
  harvest, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  stalks 
  at 
  one 
  cor- 
  

   ner 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  black 
  with 
  them. 
  They 
  also 
  went 
  into 
  a 
  neighbor's 
  field, 
  in 
  

   which 
  I 
  scattered 
  a 
  few 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  went 
  through 
  that 
  field 
  in 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   and 
  they 
  all 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  disappeared, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  stubble. 
  Every 
  

   corn 
  field 
  in 
  this 
  neighborhood, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  heard, 
  is 
  infested 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  with 
  

   chinch-bugs, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  dry 
  weather 
  since 
  June. 
  I 
  have 
  implicit 
  faith 
  

   in 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  245. 
  D. 
  P. 
  Wheelock, 
  Dennis, 
  Labette 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  11th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  very 
  plentiful 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  31st: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  that 
  I 
  received 
  of 
  you 
  did 
  a 
  

   great 
  work. 
  They 
  killed 
  all 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  that 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  in 
  12 
  days. 
  I 
  

  

  