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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  292. 
  John 
  W. 
  Koonce, 
  Costello, 
  Montgomery 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   25th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  14th: 
  "I 
  received 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  June 
  3d. 
  

   I 
  followed 
  your 
  instructions, 
  and 
  three 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  300 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  My 
  wheat 
  

   at 
  this 
  time 
  was 
  literally 
  alive 
  with 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  loose 
  

   in 
  the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  caught 
  more 
  bugs, 
  having 
  kept 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   periment. 
  This 
  second 
  batch 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  use, 
  for 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  they 
  were 
  

   dying 
  by 
  the 
  million. 
  I 
  first 
  noticed 
  this 
  on 
  going 
  to 
  my 
  field 
  and 
  finding 
  what 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  droppings 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  birds. 
  The 
  ground 
  was 
  nearly 
  white, 
  and 
  

   on 
  investigation 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  dead 
  bugs 
  encased 
  in 
  a 
  white 
  fungus. 
  The 
  infeeted 
  

   bugs 
  Spread 
  to 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  consequence 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  A 
  farmer 
  living 
  10 
  miles 
  from 
  me 
  heard 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  experi- 
  

   menting 
  with 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  came 
  to 
  see 
  me, 
  bringing 
  a 
  half-pint 
  of 
  as 
  

   lively 
  bugs 
  as 
  I 
  ever 
  saw. 
  He 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  cut 
  his 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  gone 
  

   into 
  his 
  corn, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  half-pint 
  of 
  bugs 
  could 
  

   be 
  taken, 
  and 
  where 
  they 
  first 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  covered 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground 
  to 
  the 
  top. 
  I 
  put 
  about 
  a 
  teaspoonful 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  with 
  those 
  he 
  

   brought, 
  gave 
  him 
  your 
  instructions, 
  and 
  asked 
  him 
  to 
  report 
  his 
  success. 
  In 
  one 
  

   week 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  he 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  his 
  entire 
  corn 
  field 
  was 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  

   live 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  actually 
  stunk 
  from 
  the 
  decaying 
  bugs. 
  He 
  stated 
  that 
  

   he 
  had 
  never 
  seen 
  the 
  like 
  before, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  believed 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  grandest 
  thing 
  

   that 
  ever 
  happened 
  to 
  Kansas. 
  In 
  my 
  own 
  case, 
  I 
  can 
  say 
  it 
  was 
  all 
  I 
  could 
  expect, 
  

   and 
  more." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  

   and 
  $25 
  worth 
  of 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  293. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Lev 
  an, 
  Coffeyville, 
  Montgomery 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   20th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  and 
  have 
  damaged 
  it 
  already. 
  

   Moreover, 
  I 
  fear 
  they 
  will 
  destroy 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  "The 
  first 
  lot 
  was 
  used 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  

   while 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  from 
  last 
  year's 
  crop 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  think 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  about 
  15 
  days; 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  deposited 
  their 
  eggs, 
  which 
  soon 
  

   hatched 
  out 
  vast 
  numbers 
  of 
  little 
  red 
  bugs. 
  I 
  applied 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  them; 
  

   they 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  about 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  I 
  would 
  state 
  that 
  after 
  death 
  they 
  turned 
  white. 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  

   bugs 
  left 
  when 
  frost 
  came, 
  but 
  not 
  many. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  of 
  fungus 
  applied 
  

   properly 
  will 
  fully 
  and 
  completely 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  well 
  satisfied 
  with 
  

   the 
  result." 
  Report 
  rendered 
  later: 
  "I 
  estimate 
  my 
  saving 
  at 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  

   150 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  $10 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  294. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Sohkoek, 
  Fawn, 
  Montgomery 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  8th 
  and 
  

   June 
  11th; 
  first 
  trial 
  unsuccessful; 
  second 
  trial 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  16th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  first 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  my 
  field, 
  but 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  did 
  all 
  you 
  recommended 
  them 
  to 
  do. 
  The 
  weather 
  

   was 
  wet 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  but 
  the 
  second 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  dry. 
  The 
  bugs 
  all 
  died 
  in 
  my 
  

   field, 
  and 
  I 
  claim 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  the 
  work." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  

   wet 
  weather 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  295. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Beachy, 
  Wilsey, 
  Morris 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  inconclusive, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  2d: 
  "Very 
  heavy 
  rains 
  flooded 
  the 
  country 
  

   about 
  Wilsey, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  disappeared, 
  probably 
  drowned 
  out." 
  Same 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  reported 
  successful 
  November 
  6th: 
  "Some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  

   from 
  you 
  in 
  May 
  I 
  gave 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  farmers 
  who 
  experimented 
  with 
  them. 
  At 
  

   the 
  time 
  the 
  experiments 
  were 
  unsuccessful, 
  but 
  he 
  preserved 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  heavy 
  rains 
  began 
  experimenting 
  again 
  and 
  was 
  quite 
  success- 
  

  

  