﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  85 
  

  

  I 
  followed 
  directions 
  better 
  than 
  some 
  other 
  people 
  who 
  had 
  good 
  success. 
  It 
  is 
  10 
  

   days 
  since 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infection, 
  and 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  as 
  yet." 
  Infection 
  re-sent 
  ) 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  experiment 
  reported 
  successful, 
  November 
  6th: 
  "After 
  putting 
  out 
  

   the 
  infection, 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  travel 
  so 
  freely. 
  Last 
  Saturday 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  

   look 
  for 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  grounds 
  and 
  found 
  but 
  few 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  broom 
  corn. 
  

   In 
  my 
  own 
  corn 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  killed." 
  

  

  No. 
  260. 
  Theodore 
  P. 
  Buekekt, 
  Marion, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5; 
  

   reported 
  successful 
  by 
  field 
  agent 
  August 
  14th: 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Burkert 
  had 
  a 
  wheat 
  field 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  bugs. 
  He 
  re-stirred 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  planted 
  it 
  i» 
  corn. 
  

   When 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  four 
  inches 
  high 
  it 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  the 
  live 
  bugs. 
  Within 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  after 
  the 
  infection 
  had 
  been 
  distributed 
  no 
  live 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

   The 
  corn 
  crop 
  would 
  otherwise 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed." 
  

  

  No. 
  261. 
  H. 
  B.- 
  Edsall, 
  Ramona, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  D. 
  

   W 
  T 
  eaver; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  23d:. 
  "The 
  experiment 
  

   worked 
  nicely. 
  The 
  bugs 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  into 
  corn, 
  thick, 
  but 
  after 
  dis- 
  

   tributing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  quit 
  work, 
  in 
  about 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  I 
  

   could 
  find 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  About 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $100 
  worth 
  

   of 
  other 
  crops 
  were 
  saved 
  on 
  my 
  farm." 
  

  

  No. 
  262. 
  D. 
  J. 
  Feasee, 
  Peabody, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  August 
  16th: 
  

   "Unless 
  I 
  can 
  stop 
  the 
  bugs, 
  I 
  will 
  be 
  overrun 
  with 
  them." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  August 
  

   18th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  27th: 
  "The 
  observation 
  was 
  

   made 
  in 
  a 
  sorghum 
  field, 
  although 
  I 
  planted 
  all 
  through 
  my 
  corn 
  fields, 
  and 
  marked 
  

   the 
  infected 
  places 
  by 
  tying 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  white 
  cloth 
  on 
  the 
  stalks 
  and 
  hills 
  I 
  wished 
  

   to 
  observe. 
  Although 
  I 
  paid 
  close 
  attention, 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  sick 
  or 
  dead 
  bug 
  in 
  

   the 
  sorghum 
  or 
  corn. 
  They 
  grew 
  and 
  moulted 
  as 
  usual, 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  culled 
  the 
  

   sorghum 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  scarcity 
  of 
  live, 
  healthy 
  bugs. 
  The 
  experiment, 
  in 
  my 
  hands, 
  

   was 
  an 
  utter 
  failure, 
  although 
  I 
  conducted 
  it 
  as 
  carefully 
  as 
  I 
  could, 
  and 
  observed 
  

   enough 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  happened. 
  I 
  followed 
  your 
  directions 
  explicitly 
  with 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   ture, 
  except 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  glass 
  dish 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  glass 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  con- 
  

   fined, 
  and 
  used 
  a 
  small 
  tin 
  bucket 
  that 
  excluded 
  the 
  light." 
  

  

  No. 
  262i. 
  L. 
  F. 
  Keller, 
  Marion, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  great 
  damage 
  here." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  March 
  14th, 
  1892: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  to 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  rye 
  for 
  80 
  

   rods 
  — 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  When 
  we 
  received 
  the 
  infection, 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  

   reached 
  the 
  tenth 
  row 
  of 
  the 
  adjoining 
  corn 
  field. 
  We 
  caught 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs 
  and 
  put 
  

   with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  according 
  to 
  directions. 
  On 
  the 
  third 
  day, 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  on 
  every 
  eighth 
  hill 
  of 
  the 
  eighth 
  row 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  field; 
  we 
  

   then 
  gathered 
  more 
  and 
  put 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  Three 
  days 
  after, 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  on 
  every 
  sixth 
  hill 
  of 
  the 
  twelfth 
  row, 
  and 
  gathered 
  more 
  bugs 
  and 
  did 
  

   as 
  before. 
  Three 
  days 
  after, 
  we 
  distributed 
  the 
  infection 
  on 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  row 
  as 
  on 
  

   the 
  twelfth 
  row 
  before, 
  and 
  gathered 
  more 
  bugs. 
  We 
  gathered 
  about 
  a 
  pint 
  each 
  

   time. 
  Three 
  days 
  later, 
  when 
  we 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  scatter 
  infection, 
  there 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  no 
  more 
  need 
  of 
  infection 
  — 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  played 
  out. 
  Ten 
  

   days 
  later, 
  when 
  we 
  examined 
  the 
  field, 
  we 
  pulled 
  the 
  leaf 
  and 
  opened 
  the 
  boot 
  on 
  

   the 
  stalk; 
  there 
  were 
  what 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  bugs, 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  turned 
  to 
  a 
  white 
  

   mould. 
  Now, 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  written 
  to 
  you 
  then, 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  grand 
  success, 
  

   for 
  I 
  believed 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  killed; 
  but 
  when 
  we 
  came 
  to 
  husk 
  the 
  corn 
  we 
  found 
  

   that 
  the 
  destroying 
  angel 
  had 
  not 
  followed 
  the 
  bugs 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  rows 
  from 
  where 
  

   we 
  stopped 
  with 
  the 
  infection, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  pretty 
  badly 
  used 
  up. 
  

   The 
  sap 
  was 
  all 
  sucked 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  stalks, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  small 
  and 
  chaffy. 
  The 
  

   stalks 
  were 
  so 
  weak 
  that 
  the 
  row 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  wagon 
  went 
  would 
  break 
  at 
  the 
  

   —6 
  

  

  