﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  101 
  

  

  days 
  after 
  scattering 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  after 
  18 
  days 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  and 
  gone. 
  From 
  my 
  experience 
  I 
  think 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   sure 
  death 
  to 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  will 
  now 
  tell 
  you 
  the 
  situation 
  at 
  the 
  beginning. 
  

   They 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  rye 
  field 
  into 
  my 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  rod 
  

   completely 
  covered 
  the 
  stalks. 
  They 
  were 
  young 
  bugs. 
  They 
  of 
  course 
  worked 
  a 
  

   little 
  further 
  into 
  the 
  field, 
  but 
  had 
  it 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  infection 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  I 
  should 
  

   have 
  lost 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  more 
  corn 
  than 
  I 
  did." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  150 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  338. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Bbeidenstein, 
  Arlington, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   27th, 
  stating 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  taking 
  his 
  corn. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  "July 
  3d 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  sick, 
  

   and 
  July 
  10th 
  I 
  found 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  dead 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field. 
  Up 
  to 
  August 
  1st, 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dead. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  in 
  July 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  expect 
  any 
  corn 
  on 
  my 
  40 
  acres, 
  

   wheat 
  being 
  on 
  one 
  side; 
  but, 
  thank 
  God 
  first 
  of 
  all, 
  and 
  your 
  experiment 
  second, 
  I 
  

   have 
  about 
  60 
  bushels 
  of 
  good 
  corn 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  believe 
  your 
  experiment 
  a 
  grand 
  

   success." 
  

  

  No. 
  339. 
  Levi 
  Headings, 
  Hutchinson, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  13th: 
  

   " 
  My 
  wheat 
  is 
  being 
  eaten 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Re-sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  

   unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  " 
  I 
  received 
  bugs 
  sent 
  me 
  July 
  7th. 
  I 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  directions 
  as 
  close 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  put 
  out 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  bugs 
  after 
  exposing 
  

   them 
  to 
  what 
  you 
  sent 
  me, 
  but 
  found 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  

   the 
  first 
  bugs 
  I 
  "thought 
  my 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying, 
  but 
  on 
  close 
  examination 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  casting 
  off 
  of 
  the 
  hides 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  bugs. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  but 
  

   there 
  are 
  still 
  plenty 
  of 
  live 
  ones." 
  Remark: 
  As 
  no 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  bunching 
  

   and 
  disappearance 
  of 
  bugs, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  shedding 
  of 
  skins 
  here 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  was 
  the 
  natural 
  moulting. 
  Mr. 
  Hickey, 
  our 
  field 
  agent, 
  did 
  not 
  visit 
  Reno 
  

   county. 
  

  

  No. 
  340. 
  William 
  Lamb, 
  Huntsville, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  7th: 
  

   " 
  My 
  farm 
  is 
  infested 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  9th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  October 
  31st: 
  " 
  The 
  diseased 
  chinch-bugs 
  gave 
  me 
  entire 
  satisfaction. 
  

   They 
  saved 
  for 
  me 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  broom 
  corn 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  

   would 
  have 
  taken. 
  I 
  was 
  particular 
  to 
  follow 
  your 
  directions, 
  and 
  in 
  five 
  days 
  from 
  

   the 
  time 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  sicken 
  and 
  die." 
  

  

  No. 
  341. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Lindeb, 
  Plevna, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  15th: 
  "They 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  much 
  good 
  if 
  any 
  

   here 
  this 
  season. 
  There 
  are 
  millions 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  broom 
  corn 
  yet. 
  I 
  think 
  you 
  

   had 
  better 
  come 
  out 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  and 
  look 
  into 
  the 
  matter. 
  General 
  report 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  that 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  no 
  good 
  here 
  this 
  year." 
  

  

  No. 
  342. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Measeb, 
  Hutchinson, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  25th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  in 
  great 
  quantity; 
  they 
  are 
  taking 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  10th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  June 
  

   30th; 
  placed 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  July 
  2d, 
  then 
  again 
  July 
  5th; 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs 
  seen 
  

   July 
  10th. 
  Then 
  placed 
  the 
  third 
  lot 
  in 
  the 
  field; 
  bugs 
  moving 
  slow 
  and 
  sluggish, 
  

   and 
  by 
  July 
  25th 
  but 
  few 
  live 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  seen, 
  but 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  large 
  piles 
  near 
  

   and 
  around 
  each 
  corn 
  hill; 
  also 
  under 
  stalks 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  corn 
  leaves 
  they 
  were 
  

   dead 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  I 
  gave 
  some 
  to 
  my 
  neighbors 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  results. 
  I 
  have 
  

   no 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  find." 
  

  

  No 
  343. 
  Wm. 
  J. 
  Measeb, 
  Hutchinson, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  25th: 
  

  

  "They 
  are 
  taking 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  

  

  reported 
  December 
  14th: 
  "Before 
  I 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  remedy 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  covered 
  

  

  about 
  five 
  acres 
  of 
  corn. 
  We 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  spread 
  

  

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