﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  89 
  

  

  No. 
  278. 
  L. 
  D. 
  Cunningham, 
  Scottsville, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   20th. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  8th: 
  

   "On 
  receipt 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  I 
  placed 
  with 
  them 
  several 
  times 
  their 
  number 
  of 
  live 
  bugs, 
  

   and 
  kept 
  on 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  until 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  half 
  pint 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  with 
  

   about 
  a 
  quart 
  of 
  live 
  bugs, 
  and 
  kept 
  them 
  36 
  hours, 
  and 
  then 
  distributed 
  them 
  in 
  20 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  which 
  was 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  repeated 
  the 
  same 
  operation 
  

   in 
  same 
  field. 
  It 
  was 
  highly 
  satisfactory 
  as 
  to 
  that 
  field, 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  scarcely 
  a 
  live 
  

   bug 
  left. 
  The 
  infection 
  did 
  not 
  spread 
  far 
  beyond 
  the 
  field 
  infected." 
  Under 
  later 
  

   date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  one 
  field, 
  and 
  450 
  bushels 
  in 
  another. 
  This 
  

   estimate 
  is 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  supposition 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  damaged 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   both 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  proportion 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  the 
  edges 
  where 
  they 
  first 
  struck. 
  

   The 
  damaged 
  portion 
  was 
  gathered 
  separately 
  and 
  measured." 
  Under 
  still 
  later 
  date, 
  

   giving 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  bunching 
  operation, 
  and 
  the 
  piles 
  of 
  

   shells 
  and 
  dead 
  bugs: 
  "About 
  10 
  days 
  or 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  infecting 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  

   corn 
  field, 
  as 
  per 
  directions, 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  all 
  dead 
  in 
  little 
  heaps 
  or 
  piles 
  of 
  shells 
  or 
  

   skins 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  whole 
  bugs 
  mixed 
  in. 
  On 
  examination 
  of 
  an 
  

   adjoining 
  field 
  not 
  infected 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  dead 
  for 
  about 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  rows 
  in; 
  then, 
  

   further 
  in 
  they 
  were 
  crawling 
  aimlessly 
  about, 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  in 
  the 
  infected 
  field 
  about 
  

   the 
  third 
  or 
  fourth 
  day 
  after 
  being 
  'doctored.' 
  A 
  little 
  further 
  in, 
  say 
  about 
  100 
  rows 
  

   from 
  the 
  edge, 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  all 
  right, 
  and 
  were 
  getting 
  in 
  their 
  work." 
  

  

  No. 
  279. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Davidson, 
  Scottsville, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   L. 
  D. 
  Cunningham; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  7th: 
  " 
  My 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  saved 
  me 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  crops, 
  say 
  $100 
  in 
  value. 
  When 
  

   I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  the 
  field 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  full 
  of 
  small 
  red 
  bugs 
  just 
  hatched 
  

   out. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  and 
  watched 
  the 
  result 
  daily. 
  The 
  bugs 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  increase. 
  I 
  then 
  put 
  out 
  more 
  infection 
  and 
  scattered 
  it 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  

   still 
  watching 
  for 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  in 
  places. 
  In 
  other 
  places 
  they 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  as 
  lively 
  as 
  ever, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  hurting 
  the 
  wheat 
  any. 
  About 
  15 
  days 
  

   after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  last 
  infection, 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  

   field. 
  Some 
  few 
  went 
  on 
  the 
  corn. 
  I 
  then 
  put 
  out 
  some 
  more 
  and 
  that 
  cooked 
  

   them." 
  

  

  No 
  280. 
  Joe 
  H. 
  Depot, 
  Cawker 
  City, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  27th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  where 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  thickest. 
  The 
  seventh 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  turned 
  them 
  out, 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  show 
  

   signs 
  of 
  infection. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  time 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  until 
  to-day, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  them 
  

   piled 
  up 
  in 
  small 
  piles 
  and 
  almost 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  dead, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  dying 
  

   in 
  every 
  field 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  alike. 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  bugs 
  become 
  infected 
  they 
  

   pile 
  up 
  in 
  piles, 
  a 
  quart 
  in 
  some 
  places. 
  I 
  can 
  truthfuly 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  

   has 
  been 
  very 
  favorable 
  with 
  me." 
  Under 
  November 
  date 
  reported 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  I 
  

   think 
  I 
  saved 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  obtaining 
  infected 
  bugs 
  of 
  you. 
  Before 
  I 
  

   had 
  any 
  experience 
  with 
  the 
  infection 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  any 
  faith 
  in 
  it, 
  but 
  now 
  I 
  can 
  

   say 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  281. 
  Mrs. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Enswoeth, 
  Elmira, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  13th: 
  "I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  on 
  one 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  60-acre 
  field. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  quiet 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  

   was 
  black 
  with 
  them. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  hot 
  and 
  dry, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  they 
  

   began 
  to 
  disappear 
  and 
  stop 
  working, 
  and 
  did 
  but 
  little 
  damage 
  after 
  that. 
  I 
  feel 
  

   satisfied 
  that 
  your 
  experiment 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  thing." 
  

  

  No. 
  282. 
  W. 
  0. 
  Finley, 
  Cawker 
  City, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "I 
  gave 
  the 
  bugs 
  a 
  thorough 
  

  

  