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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  joints, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  we 
  got 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  one 
  stalk 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  

   row 
  that 
  the 
  team 
  had 
  straddled. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  anything 
  against 
  your 
  plan 
  

   of 
  destroying 
  chinch-bugs, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  now 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  lost 
  its 
  power 
  

   to 
  kill 
  them. 
  Whether 
  we 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  better 
  success 
  if 
  we 
  had 
  kept 
  on 
  using 
  the 
  

   infection 
  all 
  summer 
  I 
  cannot 
  tell." 
  Remarks: 
  This 
  report 
  emphasizes 
  the 
  necessity 
  

   of 
  placing 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  an 
  infested 
  field. 
  The 
  infecting 
  process 
  should 
  

   be 
  kept 
  up 
  until 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  been 
  killed. 
  [ 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  fourteen-hundredth 
  re- 
  

   port, 
  received 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  press.] 
  

  

  No. 
  263. 
  R. 
  Kieleb, 
  Peabody, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  August 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  7th: 
  "My 
  experience 
  with 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  was 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  sorghum 
  and 
  millet 
  mixed, 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  notwithstanding 
  

   I 
  kept 
  a 
  lot 
  in 
  the 
  infection 
  jar, 
  and 
  put 
  some 
  out 
  every 
  few 
  days. 
  They 
  destroyed 
  

   all 
  the 
  millet 
  and 
  sorghum, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  worth 
  mowing." 
  

  

  No. 
  264. 
  Nelson 
  Loomis, 
  Peabody, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  

   agent 
  August 
  15th: 
  "The 
  live 
  bugs 
  almost 
  covered 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  spots 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  

   field. 
  In 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  distributing 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  bunched 
  and 
  

   died 
  in 
  bunches 
  ranging 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  a 
  tea 
  cup 
  to 
  a 
  quart 
  cup. 
  These 
  bunches 
  were 
  

   mostly 
  shells." 
  

  

  No. 
  265. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Mathiot, 
  Peabody, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  11th: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  thick." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   July 
  28th: 
  "I 
  have 
  been 
  experimenting 
  with 
  your 
  bugs 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  no 
  

   good. 
  I 
  have 
  used 
  them 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  directions, 
  but 
  bugs 
  are 
  thicker 
  than 
  

   ever." 
  

  

  No. 
  266. 
  T. 
  L. 
  McCandless, 
  Marion, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  20th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  22d: 
  "I 
  used 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  sent 
  me 
  

   by 
  putting 
  them 
  several 
  times 
  in 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  The 
  bugs 
  nearly 
  all 
  died 
  

   on 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  acres, 
  but 
  the 
  disease 
  did 
  not 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  field 
  as 
  I 
  expected 
  it 
  

   would. 
  There 
  were 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  all 
  my 
  corn, 
  except 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  died, 
  and 
  

   here 
  the 
  corn 
  stayed 
  green 
  after 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  had 
  dried 
  up. 
  I 
  put 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  out 
  this 
  fall 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  cutting 
  corn. 
  The 
  bugs 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  died. 
  

   I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  cause 
  or 
  not." 
  

  

  No. 
  267. 
  James 
  McNiool, 
  Lost 
  Springs, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   D. 
  Weaver; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  23d: 
  " 
  When 
  I 
  received 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  were 
  just 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn, 
  

   and 
  though 
  I 
  had 
  but 
  12 
  or 
  15 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  went 
  according 
  to 
  directions, 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  first 
  week 
  it 
  seemed 
  as 
  though 
  nothing 
  would 
  save 
  the 
  corn. 
  Row 
  after 
  row 
  was 
  

   getting 
  black 
  with 
  them 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  long 
  until 
  they 
  

   began 
  to 
  decrease 
  and 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  wonder 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  all 
  gone, 
  until 
  one 
  day, 
  

   turning 
  over 
  the 
  clods, 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  dead 
  and 
  dying 
  under 
  them, 
  and 
  I 
  might 
  truly 
  

   say 
  the 
  whole 
  corn 
  field 
  was 
  a 
  chinch-bug 
  grave-yard." 
  

  

  No. 
  268. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Otte, 
  Peabody, 
  Marion 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  " 
  I 
  cannot 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  killed, 
  

   but 
  it 
  stopped 
  them 
  from 
  going 
  much 
  further. 
  Had 
  they 
  done 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  

   they 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  550 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  were 
  

   saved 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  infection. 
  This 
  statement 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  damage 
  by 
  bugs 
  

   experienced 
  in 
  former 
  years. 
  From 
  the 
  start 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  gone 
  entirely 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  as 
  previously, 
  but 
  after 
  I 
  

   put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  they 
  stopped 
  and 
  became 
  sluggish 
  and 
  did 
  very 
  

   little 
  damage." 
  

  

  