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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  trial 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  they 
  did 
  one 
  particle 
  of 
  good, 
  as 
  I 
  never 
  could 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  

   bugs. 
  There 
  are 
  lots 
  of 
  old 
  bugs 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  winter 
  quarters." 
  

  

  No. 
  283. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Gokdon, 
  Victor, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  10th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick 
  all 
  over 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country; 
  wheat 
  is 
  dying. 
  If 
  we 
  cannot 
  

   stop 
  them 
  they 
  will 
  kill 
  the 
  crops." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  13th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  worked 
  first 
  rate. 
  I 
  

   put 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  

   notice 
  them 
  begin 
  to 
  die 
  to 
  amount 
  to 
  anything. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  die, 
  but 
  

   most 
  of 
  them 
  did. 
  The 
  small 
  ones 
  seemed 
  to 
  die 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  older 
  ones. 
  Could 
  

   notice 
  them 
  dead 
  in 
  fields 
  adjoining 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  

   They 
  were 
  all 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  substance 
  like 
  frost." 
  

  

  No. 
  284. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Miles, 
  Glen 
  Elder, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  3d: 
  "On 
  fifth 
  day 
  after 
  introduction 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  in 
  field 
  there 
  were 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  scattered 
  about 
  the 
  field 
  

   where 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  ones 
  

   had 
  greatly 
  multiplied. 
  From 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  increased 
  daily, 
  and 
  the 
  

   living 
  bugs 
  appeared 
  stupid. 
  About 
  the 
  tenth 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  in 
  

   small 
  balls 
  or 
  rolls, 
  covered 
  with 
  hundreds 
  of 
  stupid 
  living 
  bugs. 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  

   they 
  generally 
  crawled 
  under 
  clods 
  or 
  trash 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  before 
  they 
  died. 
  I 
  

   would 
  state 
  further, 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  has 
  spread 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  bugs, 
  and 
  

   at 
  this 
  writing 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  exterminated." 
  Reported 
  November 
  25th: 
  

   "My 
  saving 
  by 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  two 
  acres 
  of 
  millet, 
  and 
  

   $25 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  285. 
  A. 
  C. 
  MoClintie, 
  Glen 
  Elder, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  under 
  December 
  date: 
  "After 
  using 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs, 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  all 
  died 
  or 
  disappeared. 
  It 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  as 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  

   as 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  live 
  ones 
  before 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  

   It, 
  however, 
  got 
  away 
  with 
  them." 
  

  

  No. 
  286. 
  H. 
  C 
  Owen, 
  Beloit, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  23d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "It 
  was 
  a 
  success. 
  We 
  had 
  lots 
  of 
  old 
  

   bugs 
  when 
  we 
  applied. 
  Will 
  say 
  bugs 
  never 
  damaged 
  our 
  crops. 
  Neighbors 
  got 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  out 
  of 
  our 
  field, 
  and 
  it 
  worked 
  all 
  right 
  for 
  them, 
  too." 
  Under 
  later 
  

   date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  half 
  my 
  crop." 
  

  

  No. 
  287. 
  Wm. 
  C. 
  Pebdue, 
  postmaster, 
  Beloit, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   May 
  11th: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  very 
  thick, 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  to 
  save 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  fields." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  May 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th, 
  October 
  14th, 
  and 
  No- 
  

   vember 
  11th. 
  Mr. 
  Perdue 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  himself, 
  but 
  gave 
  them 
  to 
  

   farmers. 
  July 
  25th: 
  "The 
  infection 
  has 
  produced 
  good 
  results; 
  som« 
  report 
  it 
  as 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  vast 
  numbers. 
  A 
  reliable 
  friend 
  of 
  ours 
  (a 
  Mr. 
  Bonnifield) 
  

   says 
  he 
  thinks 
  it 
  saved 
  his 
  crop. 
  Every 
  one 
  for 
  whom 
  I 
  ordered 
  is 
  satisfied." 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  14th: 
  "In 
  every 
  case 
  the 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  a 
  success. 
  There 
  

   was 
  no 
  politics 
  in 
  it. 
  Worked 
  for 
  the 
  Alliance 
  and 
  the 
  Republicans 
  and 
  the 
  Demo- 
  

   crats 
  'just 
  the 
  same.'" 
  

  

  No. 
  288. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Simpson, 
  Beloit, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  23d: 
  " 
  I 
  released 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  stubble 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  collected 
  in 
  vast 
  numbers, 
  also 
  on 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  corn 
  

   adjoining 
  the 
  wheat 
  field. 
  The 
  corn 
  stalks 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  bugs. 
  On 
  the 
  5th 
  I 
  

   found 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs 
  under 
  corn 
  blades 
  where 
  I 
  released 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  On 
  the 
  

   6th 
  I 
  found 
  15 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  blades. 
  July 
  9th 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers. 
  July 
  16th 
  I 
  found 
  bugs 
  nearly 
  all 
  dead 
  in 
  corn 
  and 
  in 
  stubbles. 
  I 
  am 
  

  

  