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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  93 
  

  

  ful. 
  In 
  some 
  places 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  almost 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  He 
  says 
  that 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  dying 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  live 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  seen." 
  Re- 
  

   mark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  heavy 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs, 
  although 
  correspond- 
  

   ent 
  so 
  believed 
  at 
  time 
  of 
  first 
  report. 
  

  

  No. 
  296. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Fakres, 
  Latimer, 
  Morris 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "When 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  it 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  live 
  ones 
  were 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  well 
  be. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  

   week 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  beginning 
  to 
  die 
  (mostly 
  young 
  bugs), 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  course 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  there 
  were 
  very 
  few 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  where 
  

   the 
  infected 
  ones 
  were 
  distributed." 
  

  

  No. 
  297. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Gleason, 
  Council 
  Grove, 
  Morris 
  county, 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   Hon. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Richter; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "Through 
  the 
  

   courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Richter, 
  I 
  received, 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  

   commenced 
  putting 
  them 
  out 
  the 
  next 
  Tuesday 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  and 
  Kaffir 
  corn. 
  The 
  

   ground 
  in 
  the 
  Kaffir 
  corn, 
  where 
  I 
  distributed 
  them, 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs. 
  In 
  ex- 
  

   amining 
  them, 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  all 
  alive 
  but 
  very 
  stupid. 
  That 
  night 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  

   heavy 
  rain; 
  bugs 
  seemed 
  all 
  right; 
  kept 
  raining 
  nearly 
  every 
  night; 
  never 
  found 
  any 
  

   dead 
  bugs; 
  finally 
  gave 
  it 
  up 
  as 
  a 
  failure. 
  But 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  cut 
  my 
  corn 
  about 
  

   four 
  weeks 
  ago, 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  My 
  neighbors 
  all 
  around 
  me 
  were 
  

   complaining 
  badly 
  of 
  bugs. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  and 
  myself 
  made 
  a 
  thorough 
  

   search 
  for 
  bugs 
  in 
  young 
  wheat, 
  Kaffir 
  corn, 
  corn, 
  and 
  cane, 
  andcould 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  bug. 
  

   I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  now 
  that 
  your 
  infection 
  knocked 
  them." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  

   of 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  $20 
  worth 
  of 
  cane, 
  $25 
  worth 
  of 
  

   Kaffir 
  corn, 
  and 
  $15 
  worth 
  of 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  298. 
  John 
  Holt, 
  White 
  City, 
  Morris 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  4th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "Your 
  dead 
  bugs 
  spread 
  the 
  disease 
  here. 
  

   In 
  two 
  weeks' 
  time 
  after 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  received, 
  hardly 
  a 
  bug 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   my 
  field, 
  although 
  they 
  were 
  numerous 
  in 
  fields 
  a 
  mile 
  away 
  from 
  here. 
  I 
  know 
  this 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  fact, 
  as 
  I 
  harvested 
  wheat 
  for 
  neighbors 
  with 
  binder, 
  and 
  saw 
  any 
  amount 
  of 
  

   bugs, 
  but 
  none 
  in 
  mine." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "Corn 
  was 
  benefited 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   bugs 
  some 
  200 
  bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  299. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Wat, 
  Council 
  Grove, 
  Morris 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  2d: 
  " 
  My 
  

   rye 
  is 
  ruined 
  by 
  the 
  bugs. 
  Stalks 
  of 
  volunteer 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  rye 
  are 
  black 
  with 
  bugs 
  

   of 
  all 
  ages 
  and 
  sizes." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   October 
  24th: 
  "I 
  am 
  well 
  satisfed 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  my 
  experiment. 
  I 
  think 
  if 
  

   every 
  farmer 
  would 
  get 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  place 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  

   fields 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  it 
  would 
  save 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  to 
  Kansas. 
  

   I 
  gave 
  my 
  neighbors 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  highly 
  pleased 
  with 
  

   the 
  result. 
  My 
  experience 
  was, 
  that 
  about 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  applied 
  the 
  infected 
  

   ones 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  get 
  lazy, 
  inactive, 
  and 
  stupid, 
  and 
  then 
  began 
  to 
  

   die, 
  turning 
  to 
  a 
  white 
  fungus." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "Saved 
  probably 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   corn; 
  I 
  lost 
  five 
  acres 
  of 
  rye 
  by 
  the 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  300. 
  Gideon 
  Wing, 
  White 
  City, 
  Morris 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  

   you 
  were 
  a 
  perfect 
  success. 
  I 
  tried 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  corn, 
  which 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs. 
  

   In 
  four 
  days 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  alive. 
  I 
  also 
  tried 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  

   field, 
  across 
  the 
  road, 
  by 
  placing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  his 
  corn, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  effect 
  

   was 
  noticeable. 
  There 
  were 
  so 
  many 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  son's 
  corn 
  that 
  he 
  thought 
  it 
  was 
  

   useless 
  to 
  try 
  it, 
  but 
  I 
  put 
  some 
  in 
  his 
  corn, 
  and 
  the 
  effect 
  was 
  the 
  same, 
  if 
  not 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  — 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  none 
  alive. 
  I 
  made 
  the 
  experimenting 
  with 
  bugs 
  a 
  

   business." 
  

  

  