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  satisfied 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  from 
  destruction 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  289. 
  B. 
  F. 
  Tioe, 
  Beloit, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  4th: 
  "Send 
  

   me 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  as 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  entering 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  

   to 
  destroy 
  the 
  crop 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  checked." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  14th: 
  " 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  a 
  few 
  bugs 
  from 
  my 
  infection 
  jar 
  

   on 
  July 
  22d, 
  and 
  continued 
  putting 
  out 
  each 
  alternate 
  day 
  for 
  two 
  weeks. 
  I 
  noticed 
  

   no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  until 
  August 
  2d, 
  when 
  they 
  commenced 
  dying 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  My 
  

   farm 
  is 
  now 
  almost 
  freed 
  from 
  the 
  pests, 
  which 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  have 
  severely 
  in- 
  

   jured 
  my 
  corn 
  had 
  I 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  check 
  them. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  but 
  fairly 
  active 
  

   when 
  I 
  first 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  ones, 
  and 
  soon 
  gathered 
  in 
  clusters, 
  and 
  were 
  almost 
  

   dormant 
  just 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  dead 
  ones. 
  On 
  the 
  whole 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  profitable 
  success 
  with 
  me 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  with 
  a 
  neigh- 
  

   bor 
  who 
  obtained 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  me." 
  Reported 
  under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  The 
  

   infection 
  saved 
  me 
  800 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  290. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Vansooyk, 
  Scottsville, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   L. 
  D. 
  Cunningham; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  in 
  December: 
  "We 
  did 
  not 
  

   have 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  in 
  time 
  for 
  wheat, 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  way 
  they 
  had 
  commenced 
  in 
  the 
  

   corn, 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  gone 
  through 
  the 
  whole 
  field, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  destroyed 
  500 
  bush- 
  

   els, 
  on 
  50 
  acres. 
  After 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  out, 
  I 
  got 
  sick 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  watch 
  them, 
  

   but 
  my 
  son 
  said 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  turned 
  white, 
  and 
  they 
  all 
  disappeared 
  

   shortly 
  afterwards, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  all 
  faith 
  in 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  that 
  means. 
  

   I 
  saved 
  about 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  my 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  291. 
  L. 
  N. 
  Walling, 
  Cawker 
  City, 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  9th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "I 
  liberated 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   nine 
  different 
  places 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field. 
  The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  anywhere 
  near 
  as 
  

   numerous 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  one 
  week 
  before, 
  when 
  I 
  caught 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  to 
  

   send 
  you, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  sick 
  or 
  dead 
  ones. 
  Three 
  days 
  later, 
  when 
  I 
  went 
  

   into 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  results, 
  I 
  thought 
  the 
  experiment 
  a 
  grand 
  success, 
  and 
  I 
  

   thought 
  what 
  a 
  good 
  report 
  I 
  would 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  make. 
  I 
  could 
  count 
  dead 
  bugs 
  by 
  

   the 
  hundreds, 
  and 
  every 
  dead 
  bug 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  fungus, 
  and 
  

   they 
  were 
  sticking 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  leaves 
  and 
  scattered 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   need 
  search 
  to 
  find 
  plenty. 
  I 
  counted 
  over 
  60 
  within 
  a 
  space 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter; 
  

   caged 
  more 
  bugs 
  as 
  directed, 
  and 
  repeated 
  the 
  operation 
  as 
  above. 
  Three 
  days 
  

   later, 
  on 
  going 
  out 
  to 
  liberate 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs, 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  

   there 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  more 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  than 
  on 
  my 
  former 
  visit, 
  

   although 
  an 
  occasional 
  one 
  that 
  appeared 
  sick. 
  On 
  my 
  next 
  visit 
  I 
  discovered 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  quite 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  clustered 
  between 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  broken 
  over 
  to 
  mark 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  left, 
  but 
  where 
  they 
  clustered 
  between 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  fresh 
  and 
  healthy 
  

   stalks 
  there 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  These 
  later 
  dead 
  ones 
  did 
  not 
  

   have 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fungus 
  about 
  them. 
  This 
  evening 
  I 
  again 
  made 
  examination, 
  but 
  

   could 
  not 
  discover 
  any 
  dead 
  ones 
  or 
  sick 
  ones 
  worthy 
  of 
  note. 
  The 
  weather 
  has 
  

   been 
  varied 
  since 
  receiving 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  Some 
  quite 
  cool 
  weather, 
  and 
  some 
  

   quite 
  the 
  reverse. 
  Have 
  had 
  several 
  rains. 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  not 
  thick 
  enough 
  to 
  do 
  

   any 
  particular 
  damage. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  understand 
  why 
  it 
  has 
  turned 
  out 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  ap- 
  

   pears 
  to 
  have 
  done. 
  The 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  experiment 
  is 
  not 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  me, 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  it 
  has 
  turned 
  out, 
  I 
  cannot 
  say 
  as 
  any 
  of 
  it 
  is." 
  Remarks: 
  This 
  cor- 
  

   respondent 
  should 
  certainly 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  his 
  experiment. 
  

   The 
  presence 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  his 
  field 
  nearly 
  four 
  months 
  after 
  use 
  of 
  infection 
  may 
  be 
  

   explained 
  by 
  inroads 
  from 
  neighboring 
  fields. 
  Nor 
  is 
  it 
  claimed 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  

   entirely 
  exterminated 
  by 
  the 
  infection. 
  

  

  