﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  99 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  do 
  as 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  for 
  me, 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  blessing 
  Kansas 
  ever 
  had." 
  

  

  No. 
  329. 
  Israel 
  Mabkley, 
  Minneapolis, 
  Ottawa 
  county. 
  Experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  August 
  5th: 
  "Have 
  been 
  successful 
  for 
  two 
  years 
  with 
  

   chinch-bug 
  infection 
  from 
  your 
  laboratory. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  saved 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  

   120 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  this 
  year. 
  For 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  thing 
  of 
  the 
  age." 
  

  

  No. 
  330. 
  J. 
  W. 
  McLaren, 
  Sumnerville, 
  Ottawa 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "I 
  could 
  not 
  discover 
  any 
  effect 
  

   on 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  among 
  which 
  supposed 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed." 
  

  

  No. 
  331. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Soheibeler, 
  Delphos, 
  Ottawa 
  couunty. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   station. 
  Reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  August 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful: 
  "Before 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs 
  for 
  three 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  infection 
  killed 
  all 
  but 
  a 
  few." 
  Reported 
  to 
  station 
  

   November 
  15th, 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  white 
  fungus 
  saved 
  half 
  of 
  my 
  corn 
  crop, 
  or 
  875 
  

   bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  332. 
  Henry 
  Stelteh, 
  Delphos, 
  Ottawa 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  22d: 
  "Am 
  very 
  well 
  satisfied 
  with 
  results. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  were 
  only 
  half 
  -grown; 
  besides 
  that, 
  it 
  was 
  wet 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  so 
  

   that 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  travel 
  much; 
  but 
  where 
  I 
  attended 
  to 
  them 
  the 
  results 
  were 
  good. 
  

   The 
  dead 
  bugs 
  shriveled 
  up 
  almost 
  to 
  nothing." 
  

  

  No. 
  333. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Todd, 
  Poe, 
  Ottawa 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  2d: 
  "Wheat 
  in 
  

   this 
  vicinity 
  is 
  being 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  reported 
  

   unfavorably 
  May 
  25th: 
  "I 
  have 
  so 
  far 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   field. 
  It 
  rained 
  here 
  on 
  the 
  10th, 
  15th, 
  17th, 
  20th, 
  21st, 
  22d, 
  and 
  24th; 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  

   thoroughly 
  wet." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  on 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  occasions. 
  June 
  13th: 
  "It 
  is 
  too 
  early 
  yet 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  is 
  a 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  success, 
  but 
  I 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  bugs 
  continue 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  increasing 
  

   ratio 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  10 
  days 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  last, 
  there 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  an 
  old 
  bug 
  

   alive 
  in 
  my 
  field." 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  26th. 
  July 
  18th: 
  "The 
  old 
  bugs 
  continued 
  

   to 
  die 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  they 
  had 
  laid 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   eggs, 
  which 
  began 
  to 
  hatch 
  about 
  June 
  16th. 
  The 
  young 
  bugs 
  continued 
  to 
  hatch 
  

   out 
  in 
  vast 
  numbers 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  July. 
  Between 
  the 
  22d 
  and 
  28th 
  of 
  June 
  

   the 
  young 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  great 
  numbers; 
  I 
  estimated 
  that 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   my 
  field 
  died 
  during 
  that 
  time. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  any 
  bugs 
  died 
  between 
  the 
  28th 
  

   of 
  June 
  and 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  July; 
  if 
  they 
  did. 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  obscure 
  places, 
  and 
  in 
  

   small 
  numbers. 
  At 
  this 
  date 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field, 
  

   also 
  around 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  field; 
  in 
  fact, 
  wherever 
  there 
  were 
  live 
  bugs 
  10 
  

   days 
  ago, 
  there 
  are 
  dead 
  bugs 
  now. 
  I 
  estimate 
  that 
  seven-eighths 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   bugs 
  on 
  my 
  place 
  have 
  died 
  since 
  July 
  9th, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  dying. 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  

   out 
  26 
  packages 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  my 
  neighbors 
  and 
  others. 
  I 
  have 
  either 
  made 
  

   a 
  personal 
  inspection 
  or 
  received 
  a 
  report 
  from 
  12 
  fields 
  where 
  these 
  bugs 
  were 
  used. 
  

   I 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  14. 
  Of 
  the 
  fields 
  heard 
  from 
  or 
  visited 
  by 
  myself, 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  in 
  seven. 
  Three 
  report 
  that 
  they 
  cannot 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  

   dying 
  any 
  faster 
  than 
  they 
  always 
  do 
  about 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year; 
  one 
  has 
  not 
  exam- 
  

   ined 
  his 
  field 
  since 
  he 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in; 
  and 
  one 
  took 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  home, 
  

   put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  bottle 
  with 
  some 
  live 
  ones, 
  placed 
  the 
  bottle 
  on 
  a 
  shelf 
  and 
  left 
  it 
  

   there. 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  one 
  field 
  in 
  which 
  no 
  infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  which 
  

   contains 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  This 
  field 
  is 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  a 
  field 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  infected 
  since 
  June 
  13th. 
  With 
  this 
  exception, 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  field 
  

   where 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  except 
  the 
  infected 
  ones. 
  However, 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  dead 
  

  

  