﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  83 
  

  

  12th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  and 
  complied 
  with 
  your 
  instructions. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  that 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  great 
  

   many 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  In 
  some 
  stacks 
  of 
  corn 
  almost 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dead, 
  and 
  

   that 
  night 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  heavy 
  frost 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  corn 
  up. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  only 
  

   way 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  is 
  for 
  every 
  farmer 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  infection 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

   I 
  don't 
  think 
  the 
  bugs 
  travel 
  far 
  after 
  getting 
  the 
  poison, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  put 
  

   the 
  poison 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  held.'' 
  

  

  No. 
  251. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Haas. 
  Allen, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  19th: 
  "I 
  have 
  a 
  

   field 
  of 
  rye 
  infested 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  18th: 
  "My 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  was 
  

   a 
  success. 
  About 
  12 
  rows 
  of 
  corn 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  rye 
  field 
  was 
  perfectly 
  black 
  with 
  

   bugs 
  when 
  I 
  commenced 
  putting 
  in 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  I 
  could 
  

   find 
  some 
  dead 
  ones, 
  and 
  they 
  gradually 
  all 
  disappeared 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  from 
  

   the 
  time 
  I 
  commenced 
  to 
  experiment. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  corn 
  any. 
  

   I 
  am 
  80 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  ahead 
  by 
  my 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection.*' 
  

  

  No. 
  252. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Hill 
  & 
  Beo., 
  Emporia, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  28th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  taking 
  the 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th 
  and 
  July 
  13th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  16th: 
  ''When 
  we 
  received 
  your 
  bugs 
  the 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  had 
  taken 
  about 
  H 
  or 
  2 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  about 
  one-half 
  acre 
  of 
  millet. 
  

   They 
  did 
  no 
  damage 
  after 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  applying 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  We 
  found 
  

   a 
  good 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  corn, 
  but 
  none 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  

   scarcely 
  any 
  live 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  cut. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  or 
  had 
  left. 
  

   We 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  success. 
  We 
  gave 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  a 
  good 
  trial, 
  putting 
  them 
  out 
  

   half 
  a 
  dozen 
  different 
  times, 
  and 
  broadcast 
  on 
  the 
  millet. 
  We 
  think 
  by 
  breaking 
  off 
  

   a 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  every 
  little 
  ways 
  tends 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  bugs 
  gather 
  there, 
  then 
  

   we 
  put 
  a 
  few 
  bugs 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  stalks. 
  There 
  were 
  millions 
  when 
  we 
  began." 
  

  

  No. 
  253. 
  Michael 
  Jankee, 
  Olpe, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  26th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "I 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  send 
  in 
  some 
  live 
  bugs 
  T 
  

   but 
  they 
  got 
  wiped 
  out 
  so 
  fast 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  send 
  them. 
  The 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  June 
  26th 
  

   I 
  experimented 
  with 
  at 
  once, 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  July 
  1st. 
  On 
  July 
  3d 
  I 
  found 
  

   the 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  The 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  oats 
  were 
  in 
  large 
  bunches 
  around 
  the 
  stem, 
  

   and 
  seemed 
  very 
  healthy 
  and 
  lively, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  and 
  5th 
  of 
  July 
  they 
  died 
  very 
  

   rapidly, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  9th 
  and 
  10th 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  except 
  a 
  few, 
  which 
  were 
  cleaned 
  

   out 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  and 
  nothing 
  was 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  except 
  a 
  little 
  skin 
  and 
  wings. 
  

   Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  gave 
  me 
  very 
  good 
  satisfaction. 
  " 
  

  

  No. 
  254. 
  Paul 
  Osteom, 
  Olpe, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  4th: 
  "Bugs 
  

   are 
  very 
  numerous 
  around 
  here, 
  and 
  are 
  ruining 
  the 
  rye." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  17th: 
  "We 
  had 
  a 
  heavy 
  rain 
  Friday 
  night. 
  

   June 
  19th, 
  making 
  the 
  field 
  very 
  wet, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  released 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs, 
  on 
  

   Saturday 
  morning, 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  lively 
  or 
  plentiful. 
  More 
  

   rain 
  Sunday 
  morning. 
  When 
  I 
  turned 
  out 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs, 
  on 
  Monday 
  morn- 
  

   ing, 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  jar, 
  and 
  on 
  Thursday, 
  when 
  I 
  turned 
  out 
  the 
  

   third 
  lot, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  around 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  grain, 
  

   that 
  looked 
  like 
  mould. 
  On 
  close 
  examination, 
  they 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  young 
  bugs 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  fungus. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  distributing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   every 
  few 
  days 
  since, 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  spread 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  I 
  

   find 
  mouldy 
  bugs 
  almost 
  every 
  day; 
  but 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  die 
  very 
  rapidly, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  

   great 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  left, 
  though 
  not 
  as 
  plentiful 
  as 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  two 
  ago. 
  Disease 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  successful 
  in 
  crab-grass, 
  where 
  bugs 
  are 
  thickest." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  

   November 
  10th: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  Remark: 
  

   Note 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  rain 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  young 
  bugs. 
  

  

  