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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  274. 
  B. 
  F. 
  Adams, 
  Blue 
  Rapids, 
  Marshall 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  20th: 
  

   "My 
  spring 
  wheat 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  under 
  December 
  date: 
  "I 
  did 
  not 
  send 
  for 
  infection 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  save 
  

   the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  got 
  four 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre; 
  but 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   they 
  would 
  have 
  eaten 
  it 
  up 
  clean. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  lots 
  

   of 
  white 
  ones. 
  In 
  about 
  15 
  days 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  

   my 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  and 
  stopped 
  in 
  the 
  edge. 
  There 
  were 
  bugs 
  enough 
  to 
  have 
  eaten 
  

   the 
  40 
  acres, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  eat 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  acres. 
  They 
  left 
  a 
  white 
  mould 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground 
  where 
  they 
  died. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  success, 
  if 
  commenced 
  in 
  time, 
  and 
  think 
  

   it 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  kept 
  up 
  and 
  pushed 
  to 
  the 
  front, 
  and 
  advertised 
  in 
  every 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  

   State. 
  I 
  gave 
  bugs 
  to 
  about 
  50 
  people, 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  success." 
  Reported 
  

   January 
  9th, 
  1892: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  $200 
  worth 
  of 
  wheat, 
  corn, 
  and 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  275. 
  Hon. 
  Wellington 
  Doty, 
  Oketo, 
  Marshall 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  un- 
  

   der 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  18th: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  is 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  did 
  the 
  business 
  

   and 
  to 
  perfection. 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  cornfield 
  adjoining 
  the 
  wheat 
  field 
  and 
  find 
  

   no 
  bugs, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  fields 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  there 
  are 
  plenty 
  of 
  bugs. 
  I 
  am 
  

   well 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  results, 
  and 
  believe 
  the 
  bug 
  question 
  is 
  solved, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   farmers 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  pestered 
  longer 
  with 
  them." 
  

  

  No. 
  276. 
  Geo. 
  Gallup, 
  Blue 
  Rapids, 
  Marshall 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  16th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  plenty 
  in 
  my 
  millet." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  18th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  when 
  received, 
  and 
  I 
  

   did 
  as 
  requested 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  placing 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  with 
  infected 
  ones, 
  except 
  that 
  

   I 
  divided 
  them 
  into 
  two 
  lots, 
  and 
  placed 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  

   covered 
  the 
  tumbler 
  with 
  pieces 
  of 
  broken 
  window 
  glass. 
  I 
  caught 
  bugs 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  

   from 
  the 
  young 
  red 
  ones 
  to 
  full 
  grown. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  favorable 
  opportunity 
  of 
  test- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  of 
  ground 
  — 
  say 
  two 
  rods 
  square. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  had 
  taken 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  barley 
  stubble 
  and 
  gone 
  into 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  millet 
  and 
  

   had 
  completely 
  destroyed 
  it 
  for 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  in. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  that 
  I 
  

   could 
  gather 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  handful. 
  They 
  were 
  of 
  all 
  sizes, 
  and 
  as 
  healthy 
  and 
  with 
  

   as 
  good 
  appetites 
  as 
  you 
  usually 
  see 
  ttiem. 
  The 
  old 
  ones 
  were 
  coupling. 
  The 
  fifth 
  

   day 
  after 
  placing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  The 
  ground 
  

   was 
  wet, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  I 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  days 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  

   leaf 
  of 
  the 
  millet, 
  but 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  stem, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  second 
  week 
  the 
  ground 
  

   where 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  the 
  thickest 
  was 
  nearly 
  covered 
  with 
  specks 
  of 
  white 
  

   fungus. 
  I 
  counted, 
  at 
  times, 
  more 
  than 
  twenty 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  one 
  stalk 
  of 
  millet. 
  I 
  

   will 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  if 
  taken 
  in 
  time, 
  and 
  care 
  is 
  taken 
  to 
  distribute 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  over 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  can 
  be 
  destroyed." 
  

  

  No. 
  277. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Malone, 
  Beattie, 
  Marshall 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  3d: 
  "Have 
  

   just 
  cut 
  my 
  fall 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  alive 
  with 
  young 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  31st: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  left 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   after 
  harvest 
  and 
  settled 
  on 
  the 
  adjoining 
  corn, 
  and 
  I 
  expected 
  them 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  amount 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  amongst 
  them. 
  For 
  a 
  while 
  I 
  

   kept 
  notice, 
  and 
  concluded 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  going 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  good, 
  but 
  after 
  some 
  time, 
  to 
  

   my 
  surprise, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  one 
  living 
  bug. 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   been 
  so 
  numerous, 
  and 
  by 
  turning 
  down 
  the 
  blades 
  on 
  the 
  stalks 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   by 
  the 
  score. 
  Then 
  and 
  there 
  I 
  concluded 
  that 
  you 
  were 
  master, 
  and 
  that 
  you 
  had 
  

   done 
  me 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  good." 
  November 
  14th: 
  "My 
  corn 
  yielded 
  41 
  bushels 
  to 
  

   the 
  acre 
  on 
  90 
  acres, 
  and 
  I 
  expected 
  it 
  to 
  make 
  only 
  a 
  third 
  or 
  half 
  crop. 
  The 
  corn 
  

   alongside 
  of 
  the 
  wheat, 
  which 
  surrounded 
  it 
  on 
  three 
  sides, 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  up 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  ear 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  