﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  105 
  

  

  No. 
  356. 
  William 
  Ibeton, 
  Sterling, 
  Rice 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  13th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "Within 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  I 
  noticed 
  

   in 
  the 
  field 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  many 
  mopish 
  ones. 
  These 
  I 
  scattered, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  there 
  were 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  sick 
  sought 
  shelter 
  under 
  thick 
  bunches 
  of 
  grass 
  

   where 
  I 
  could 
  scoop 
  up 
  dead 
  and 
  sick 
  ones 
  by 
  the 
  double-handful. 
  Neighbors 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  them 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  teacupful. 
  After 
  this 
  heavy 
  rain 
  set 
  in." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  9th: 
  "I 
  received 
  my 
  infected 
  bugs 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  summer, 
  after 
  harvesting 
  was 
  done. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  were 
  very 
  numerous. 
  By 
  attending 
  closely 
  to 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  they 
  were 
  soon 
  rendered 
  harmless. 
  Seasonable 
  and 
  copi- 
  

   ous 
  rains 
  prevented 
  any 
  devastation 
  by 
  bugs 
  after 
  we 
  destroyed 
  the 
  main 
  body." 
  

  

  No. 
  357. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Keeley, 
  Sterling, 
  Rice 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  6th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  16th: 
  ''I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  June 
  9th, 
  placed 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  (about 
  50 
  of 
  the 
  infected) 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  to-day 
  (the 
  16th) 
  

   I 
  gathered 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  mouldy 
  bugs 
  200 
  yards 
  from 
  where 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  notice 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  any 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  as 
  yet." 
  

   Again, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  26th: 
  "I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  saved 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  wheat. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  millet 
  are 
  quite 
  numerous. 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  paying 
  much 
  attention, 
  

   only, 
  as 
  I 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  field, 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  gradually 
  working 
  into 
  the 
  

   field 
  from 
  the 
  side 
  that 
  joined" 
  the 
  wheat 
  field. 
  This 
  evening 
  (July 
  26th) 
  I 
  made 
  

   an 
  examination, 
  and 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  thousands 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  green 
  millet. 
  They 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  dying 
  very 
  fast, 
  and 
  the 
  live 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  very 
  active 
  and 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  I 
  found 
  bugs 
  that 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  just 
  

   taking 
  the 
  disease, 
  while 
  others 
  were 
  about 
  dead, 
  and 
  some 
  stalks 
  of 
  millet 
  would 
  

   have 
  a 
  half-dozen 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  them. 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  

   will 
  all 
  be 
  gone." 
  

  

  No. 
  358. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Kekfoot, 
  Alden, 
  Rice 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  

   ago 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  good. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  dead, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  the 
  

   work 
  just 
  the 
  same. 
  I 
  turned 
  them 
  loose 
  in 
  a 
  40-acre 
  corn 
  field 
  that 
  adjoins 
  a 
  

   wheat 
  field 
  160 
  rods 
  long. 
  The 
  bugs 
  had 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  field 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  

   field 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  cut 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  afraid, 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bugs, 
  

   that 
  they 
  would 
  destroy 
  my 
  corn; 
  but 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  die. 
  Now. 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  dead 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  

   are 
  very 
  quiet, 
  and 
  it 
  certainly 
  looks 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  are 
  the 
  

   cause 
  of 
  it." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  would 
  estimate 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  saved 
  500 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  40 
  acres. 
  My 
  corn 
  is 
  making 
  50 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  

   corn 
  lies 
  for 
  160 
  rods 
  beside 
  a 
  wheat 
  field, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  on 
  at 
  least 
  one-half 
  of 
  

   the 
  corn, 
  but 
  they 
  all 
  died. 
  The 
  young 
  bugs 
  hatched 
  out 
  and 
  died 
  too. 
  Cannot 
  

   give 
  estimate 
  for 
  other 
  crops 
  saved." 
  

  

  No. 
  359. 
  P. 
  F. 
  Smison, 
  Sterling, 
  Rice 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  4th: 
  "I 
  send 
  

   for 
  infected 
  bugs 
  that 
  I 
  may 
  infect 
  the 
  many 
  thousands 
  that 
  cover 
  my 
  farm." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th 
  and 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  

   11th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  different 
  places 
  over 
  my 
  wheat 
  stubble 
  

   where 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  them 
  gathered 
  together. 
  They 
  had 
  also 
  made 
  a 
  raid 
  on 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  millet 
  and 
  corn, 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  neighbor's 
  wheat 
  stubble 
  by 
  the 
  millions. 
  

   The 
  millet 
  was 
  perfectly 
  black 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  black 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  with 
  

   them. 
  I 
  left 
  home 
  immediately 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  distributed 
  them, 
  so 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  

   chance 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  became 
  of 
  them, 
  but 
  I 
  know 
  I 
  found 
  no 
  bugs 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  home. 
  

   They 
  had 
  killed 
  the 
  millet 
  in 
  a 
  strip 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  wide 
  along 
  the 
  side, 
  and 
  they 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  stop 
  square 
  off, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  bug 
  since. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  young 
  

   broom 
  corn 
  which 
  I 
  expected 
  them 
  to 
  take, 
  as 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs 
  

  

  