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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  301. 
  Chaeles 
  Feem, 
  Lindsborg, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   6th: 
  "Millions 
  of 
  red 
  bugs 
  are 
  now 
  coming 
  onto 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   8th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  8th: 
  "I 
  transplanted 
  the 
  live 
  bugs, 
  

   after 
  infection, 
  to 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  40-acre 
  lot 
  (corn 
  field), 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  literally 
  covered 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  above 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  

   on 
  the 
  stalk. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  plants 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  

   bugs. 
  Early 
  spring 
  rains 
  had 
  killed 
  one-half 
  the 
  stand. 
  The 
  other 
  half 
  gives 
  me 
  

   about 
  25 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre. 
  This 
  yield 
  is 
  the 
  heaviest-weight 
  corn 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  

   raised. 
  My 
  near 
  neighbors 
  complain 
  of 
  light-weight 
  corn. 
  I 
  have 
  great 
  confidence 
  

   in 
  your 
  experiment." 
  

  

  No. 
  302. 
  John 
  Lillian, 
  Lindsborg, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  5th: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  destroying 
  our 
  corn 
  and 
  oats." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  'It 
  was 
  a 
  favorable 
  trial, 
  because 
  they 
  began 
  

   to 
  die 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  day. 
  When 
  we 
  first 
  noticed 
  them 
  they 
  were' 
  dying 
  very 
  fast." 
  

   Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  2d: 
  "About 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  were 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  303. 
  John 
  B. 
  Nestee, 
  Moundridge, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   16th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  thick 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  18th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  July 
  21st; 
  caught 
  

   bugs 
  to 
  put 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  July 
  23d. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  plentiful 
  

   when 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  to 
  visit 
  them 
  until 
  August 
  2d. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  

   rain 
  July 
  25th. 
  When 
  I 
  saw 
  them 
  August 
  2d, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  either 
  dead 
  or 
  

   alive. 
  Dr. 
  Lawrence, 
  of 
  South 
  Haven, 
  Kas., 
  was 
  here 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  looked 
  at 
  them 
  

   July 
  31st. 
  He 
  said 
  there 
  were 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  dead 
  ones 
  and 
  but 
  few 
  live 
  ones. 
  

   I 
  can 
  see 
  a 
  few 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  now, 
  but 
  not 
  many." 
  

  

  No. 
  304. 
  Myeon 
  H. 
  Riohaedson, 
  Windom, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  1st: 
  "They 
  are 
  attacking 
  my 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  thousand." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  7th: 
  "The 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  chinch-bugs 
  was 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  which 
  the 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  were 
  taking 
  with 
  such 
  energy 
  that 
  I 
  feared 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  field 
  would 
  be 
  

   destroyed, 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  coming 
  from 
  an 
  adjoining 
  wheat 
  field 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers, 
  but 
  after 
  placing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  according 
  to 
  directions, 
  I 
  

   noticed 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  beginning 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  start 
  of 
  the 
  bugs, 
  which 
  

   seemed 
  less 
  lively 
  than 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  almost 
  entirely 
  dis- 
  

   appear, 
  and 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  heavy 
  storm 
  or 
  cold 
  spell 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  I 
  regard 
  their 
  

   destruction 
  as 
  the 
  direct 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  day 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  

   distant 
  when 
  the 
  chinch-bug 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  thing 
  of 
  history, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  reality 
  to 
  curse 
  the 
  

   farmer, 
  and 
  keep 
  bread 
  from 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  hungering 
  sons 
  of 
  toil." 
  

  

  No. 
  305. 
  C. 
  K. 
  Stbomquist, 
  Smoky 
  Hill, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  1st: 
  "They 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  spreading 
  fast 
  in 
  this 
  locality." 
  Experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  three 
  different 
  broom 
  

   corn 
  fields 
  which 
  were 
  much 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  bugs. 
  These 
  fields 
  are 
  located 
  about 
  

   one-half 
  mile 
  apart. 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  fields, 
  where 
  the 
  broom 
  corn 
  was 
  late, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  small, 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  destroyed 
  about 
  five 
  acres 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  I 
  was 
  called 
  

   away 
  from 
  home 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  make 
  daily 
  observations, 
  but 
  on 
  my 
  return 
  about 
  

   10 
  days 
  after, 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  by 
  my 
  hired 
  hands 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dead 
  and 
  had 
  done 
  

   no 
  more 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  broom 
  corn. 
  I 
  found 
  such 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  facts 
  when 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  

   the 
  field. 
  I 
  also 
  learned 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  had 
  made 
  observations, 
  

   and 
  his 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  my 
  own 
  opinion 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  killed 
  the 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  

   "Probably 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  tons 
  of 
  broom 
  corn 
  were 
  saved." 
  

  

  No. 
  306. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Tavloe, 
  Galva, 
  McPherson 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  

  

  