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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  with 
  success, 
  putting 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  upon 
  each 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  

   down 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  In 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  

   out 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  on 
  the 
  farm. 
  My 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  

   infection 
  worked 
  splendidly." 
  

  

  No. 
  344. 
  W. 
  N. 
  Paine, 
  Partridge, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  25th: 
  " 
  The 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  have 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  are 
  doing 
  considerable 
  

   damage. 
  The 
  wheat 
  is 
  turning 
  yellow, 
  and 
  dying." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  6th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  interfered 
  with 
  by 
  rain, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  5th: 
  "I 
  was 
  ready 
  to 
  scatter 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs, 
  when 
  the 
  wet 
  weather 
  set 
  in 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  disappeared." 
  

   Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  4th; 
  report 
  unfavorable, 
  June 
  30th: 
  " 
  I 
  scattered 
  the 
  bugs 
  nine 
  

   days 
  ago. 
  Cannot 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs 
  yet." 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  30th; 
  this 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  23d: 
  "The 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  

   first 
  were 
  a 
  failure, 
  but 
  the 
  last 
  lot 
  was 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  ninth 
  day 
  after 
  scattering 
  

   the 
  infected 
  ones 
  I 
  began 
  finding 
  dead 
  ones, 
  and 
  the 
  eleventh 
  day 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  

   literally 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  and 
  now 
  my 
  field 
  is 
  nearly 
  cleared 
  of 
  bugs. 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  and 
  examined 
  my 
  field 
  pronounce 
  it 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  infection 
  800 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  630 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  345. 
  C. 
  R. 
  Pabeot, 
  Hutchinson, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  22d: 
  

   " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  and 
  are 
  damaging 
  our 
  wheat." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "The 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  with 
  the 
  bugs 
  worked 
  perfectly. 
  In 
  15 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  commenced 
  with 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  I 
  could 
  hardly 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  one. 
  Dead 
  ones 
  were 
  numerous. 
  When 
  I 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  gathered 
  a 
  peck 
  on 
  five 
  acres. 
  Bugs 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  fields 
  

   disappeared." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  500 
  bushels 
  in 
  a 
  10- 
  

   acre 
  corn 
  field 
  next 
  to 
  my 
  wheat, 
  which 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  I 
  thought 
  would 
  yield 
  no 
  crop 
  

   at 
  all. 
  By 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  it 
  made 
  50 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  My 
  oats, 
  adjoining 
  

   the 
  wheat, 
  made 
  40 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  My 
  corn 
  is 
  averaging 
  65 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre, 
  

   and 
  exceeds 
  my 
  neighbors'." 
  

  

  No. 
  346. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Shackelfobd, 
  Arlington, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  21st: 
  "The 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick, 
  having 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  neigh- 
  

   boring 
  oat 
  field 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  harvested. 
  In 
  about 
  15 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  thick 
  

   spot 
  began 
  to 
  disappear, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  there 
  was 
  scarcely 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  to 
  

   be 
  found. 
  On 
  stripping 
  down 
  the 
  blade 
  from 
  the 
  stalk 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  

   bugs. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  infect 
  the 
  thin 
  spots; 
  so 
  there 
  were 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  

   it 
  remained 
  green, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  thick 
  enough 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  damage. 
  Will 
  say, 
  with 
  

   pleasure, 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  beneficial 
  to 
  me." 
  

  

  No. 
  347. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Smith, 
  Sylvia, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  16th: 
  "I 
  have 
  

   a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection, 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  "I 
  put 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  with 
  good 
  results; 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug. 
  The 
  

   balance 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  some 
  wheat 
  stubble 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  green 
  corn 
  that 
  grew 
  

   from 
  shock 
  fodder 
  put 
  there 
  the 
  year 
  before. 
  It 
  not 
  only 
  swept 
  my 
  field 
  clean 
  but 
  

   rid 
  my 
  neighbors 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  who 
  had 
  no 
  faith 
  in 
  your 
  bugs 
  before." 
  Reported 
  

   under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  my 
  fields." 
  

  

  No. 
  348. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Snydeb, 
  Plevna, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  "There 
  

   are 
  bushels 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  eating 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  

   unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  received 
  and 
  I 
  followed 
  

   directions 
  carefully, 
  but 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  good 
  results. 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  hopes 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  

   would 
  prove 
  a 
  success, 
  as 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  bad 
  here." 
  

  

  