﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  95 
  

  

  14th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  

   10 
  days 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  found. 
  This 
  morning 
  in 
  husking 
  an 
  acre 
  of 
  corn 
  

   through 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  one 
  field, 
  only 
  one 
  ear 
  was 
  found 
  containing 
  live 
  bugs. 
  There 
  

   are 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  fields." 
  

  

  No. 
  307. 
  James 
  Becannon, 
  Chanute, 
  Neosho 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  "May 
  5th, 
  

   stating 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  taking 
  his 
  wheat, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  entirely 
  destroyed. 
  

   Bacterial 
  infection 
  sent 
  May 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful. 
  No 
  dead 
  bugs 
  found. 
  

   June 
  2d, 
  Sporotrichum 
  infection 
  was 
  sent; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  17th: 
  "A 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  infection 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  we 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  plenty 
  

   of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  resembling 
  specks 
  of 
  rotten 
  wood. 
  But 
  almost 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   began 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  the 
  rains 
  set 
  in 
  and 
  continued 
  for 
  a 
  month, 
  the 
  water 
  rising 
  

   two 
  different 
  times 
  above 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  wheat. 
  When 
  the 
  water 
  subsided 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  gone." 
  

  

  No. 
  308. 
  Wm. 
  Lucas, 
  Thayer, 
  Neosho 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  18th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  rye 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  almost 
  covered 
  the 
  ground, 
  putting 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  in 
  

   a 
  place 
  about 
  four 
  rods 
  apart. 
  On 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  thereafter 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   vicinity 
  where 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed 
  the 
  little 
  red 
  ones 
  were 
  dead. 
  Within 
  a 
  

   week 
  they 
  were 
  gone. 
  No 
  bugs 
  in 
  corn 
  husks 
  this 
  fall." 
  

  

  No. 
  309. 
  John 
  W. 
  Keeleb, 
  Lenora, 
  Norton 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  18th: 
  

   " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  bad 
  in 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  20th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  followed 
  directions 
  and 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  The 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  in 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  third 
  row 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  they 
  

   were 
  in 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  rows. 
  I 
  scattered 
  them 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   through 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  It 
  stopped 
  them 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  on 
  further 
  

   on 
  either 
  side. 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  in 
  bunches 
  under 
  the 
  leaves 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  shade, 
  

   and 
  they 
  were 
  dead. 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  that 
  it 
  stopped 
  them 
  in 
  damaging 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  

   killed 
  all 
  or 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  that 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  had 
  some 
  millet 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  

   right 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  corn. 
  When 
  I 
  cut 
  the 
  millet 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  So 
  I 
  am 
  

   sure 
  the 
  bugs 
  would 
  have 
  destroyed 
  my 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  those 
  

   diseased 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "In 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  tried 
  the 
  infection 
  

   the 
  corn 
  is 
  making 
  about 
  60 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  infection 
  saved 
  fully 
  

   one-half, 
  or 
  about 
  500 
  bushels. 
  My 
  corn 
  is 
  sound, 
  not 
  chaffy 
  like 
  corn 
  where 
  chinch- 
  

   bugs 
  have 
  worked." 
  

  

  No. 
  310. 
  Henbv 
  Stahl, 
  Hedgewood, 
  Norton 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  23d: 
  

   "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  our 
  wheat 
  and 
  oats." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  "I 
  have 
  rid 
  my 
  wheat 
  field, 
  16 
  

   acres, 
  clean 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  bugs. 
  A 
  week 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infection 
  I 
  looked 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  but 
  two 
  live 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  hunted 
  around 
  for 
  half 
  an 
  hour. 
  

   My 
  neighbor, 
  Mr. 
  Stolz, 
  had 
  good 
  success, 
  too. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  hard 
  matter 
  to 
  clear 
  a 
  field 
  

   where 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  fight 
  the 
  rest, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  laugh 
  at 
  him 
  for 
  working 
  with 
  

   such 
  'foolishness,' 
  as 
  they 
  say, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  come 
  flying 
  in 
  from 
  other 
  fields." 
  

  

  No. 
  311, 
  G. 
  W. 
  Amos, 
  Burlingame, 
  Osage 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th, 
  stat 
  

   ing 
  that 
  his 
  corn 
  was 
  being 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  bugs. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "About 
  time 
  of 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infection 
  

   I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  from 
  some 
  cause 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  multiply 
  or 
  advance 
  much 
  

   into 
  my 
  corn 
  field, 
  although 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  thick 
  at 
  times 
  in 
  my 
  lane. 
  I 
  

   found, 
  at 
  different 
  times, 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  and 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  the 
  latter 
  crawl- 
  

   ing 
  around, 
  but 
  it 
  didn't 
  kill 
  all 
  of 
  them. 
  I 
  still 
  find 
  a 
  few 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  

   notice 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  hurt 
  this 
  field 
  very 
  much. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  saved 
  

   my 
  corn>for 
  me." 
  

  

  