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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  255. 
  D. 
  G. 
  Smith, 
  Allen, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  2d: 
  "Send 
  as 
  

   many 
  infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  you 
  can 
  spare. 
  I 
  have 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  in 
  

   it 
  by 
  the 
  millions. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  half-grown. 
  This 
  fully 
  explodes 
  the 
  theory 
  that 
  

   wet 
  iveather 
  kills 
  the 
  young 
  bugs, 
  as 
  the 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  hatched 
  in 
  the 
  

   ivettest 
  season 
  Kansas 
  ever 
  saw." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  

   reported 
  July 
  27th: 
  "July 
  24th 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  bugs 
  dead, 
  and 
  some 
  sick; 
  the 
  26th 
  I 
  

   found 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  and 
  others 
  sick 
  and 
  dying. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  

   success." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  saved 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  256. 
  T. 
  Wiston 
  Stanley, 
  Americus, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  3d: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  invading 
  my 
  corn 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  24th: 
  "On 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  July 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  bugs 
  into 
  a 
  glass 
  

   tumbler 
  with 
  100 
  or 
  more 
  healthy 
  ones. 
  In 
  36 
  hours 
  the 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  restless, 
  and 
  

   to 
  the 
  naked 
  eye 
  seemed 
  swollen, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  forty-eighth 
  hour 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  as 
  restless 
  

   as 
  before. 
  I 
  scattered 
  them. 
  On 
  the 
  second 
  night 
  afterward 
  it 
  rained 
  a 
  light 
  shower. 
  

   On 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  after 
  turning 
  them 
  loose 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  seemed 
  swollen, 
  

   as 
  those 
  did 
  in 
  the 
  tumbler 
  in 
  36 
  hours. 
  On 
  the 
  eighth 
  day 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  collect 
  to 
  

   some 
  extent 
  into 
  bunches 
  around 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  some 
  dead 
  ones. 
  

   They 
  collected 
  under 
  ground. 
  The 
  twelfth 
  day 
  after 
  introducing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   we 
  had 
  a 
  dashing 
  rain 
  with 
  wind, 
  and 
  since 
  then 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  bugs. 
  On 
  that 
  day 
  

   ( 
  before 
  the 
  rain) 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  dead, 
  and 
  many 
  were 
  apparently 
  swollen 
  

   and 
  diseased. 
  Another 
  thing 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  is, 
  that 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  

   great 
  many 
  flies 
  would 
  collect 
  on 
  stalks 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  were 
  being 
  devoured 
  by 
  the 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  flies 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  stalk, 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  blades 
  or 
  beside 
  

   the 
  hill 
  of 
  corn, 
  caused, 
  I 
  suppose, 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  disease 
  which 
  infected 
  the 
  bugs. 
  It 
  

   was 
  a 
  perfect 
  success 
  on 
  our 
  farm." 
  Reported 
  under 
  December 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  

   would 
  be 
  safe 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  I 
  saved 
  half 
  my 
  crop, 
  perhaps 
  all, 
  by 
  my 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs, 
  or, 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  estimate, 
  700 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  257. 
  James 
  Thompson, 
  Emporia, 
  Lyon 
  county. 
  Sent 
  for 
  infection 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tribute 
  among 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  Experiments 
  generally 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  June 
  6th: 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Bauer 
  reports 
  that 
  now 
  the 
  infection 
  has 
  exterminated 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  his 
  wheat. 
  He 
  also 
  says 
  that, 
  upon 
  putting 
  the 
  bugs 
  out 
  first, 
  the 
  healthy 
  

   ones 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  excitement 
  and 
  seemed 
  unusually 
  active. 
  Shortly 
  afterward 
  

   they 
  commenced 
  growing 
  languid, 
  and 
  finally 
  disappeared 
  altogether. 
  I 
  consider 
  

   the 
  experiment 
  a 
  great 
  success." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  October 
  20th: 
  "I 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  the 
  

   packages 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  you 
  myself, 
  but 
  saw 
  that 
  they 
  reached 
  parties 
  who 
  were 
  greatly 
  

   in 
  need 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Johnson, 
  of 
  our 
  county, 
  reported 
  that 
  he 
  used 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  that 
  I 
  gave 
  him 
  on 
  a 
  40-acre 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  

   days 
  the 
  bugs 
  disappeared 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  crop, 
  which 
  undoubtedly 
  he 
  would 
  

   have 
  lost 
  if 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  destruction 
  by 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  stopped. 
  

   Also 
  had 
  another 
  neighbor 
  try 
  the 
  experiment. 
  He 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  unsuccess- 
  

   ful 
  in 
  his 
  attempts 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs, 
  but 
  as 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  careless 
  man 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  his 
  

   fault. 
  He 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  crop, 
  however, 
  and 
  he 
  probably 
  does 
  not 
  give 
  your 
  consign- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  their 
  proper 
  credit." 
  

  

  No. 
  258. 
  A. 
  N. 
  Allison, 
  Florence, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d. 
  Ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  22d: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  in 
  my 
  rye 
  and 
  

   went 
  to 
  the 
  oats 
  and 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  the 
  rye. 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  corn 
  and 
  

   oats. 
  I 
  looked 
  closely 
  from 
  day 
  to 
  day 
  and 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   the 
  bugs. 
  My 
  neighbors, 
  however, 
  all 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  successful." 
  

  

  No. 
  259. 
  E. 
  Bennee, 
  Tampa, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  August 
  24th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  at 
  first 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  September 
  11th: 
  "It 
  is 
  a 
  failure 
  in 
  my 
  case. 
  

  

  