﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  107 
  

  

  No. 
  365. 
  S. 
  H. 
  Davis, 
  Bala, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  J. 
  E. 
  Jones; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  7th: 
  "I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   early 
  enough 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  -wheat. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  cutting 
  the 
  corn 
  clean 
  before 
  them 
  

   when 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  among 
  them. 
  In 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  few 
  

   stalks 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  left 
  next 
  the 
  wheat 
  were 
  getting 
  green 
  again. 
  From 
  that 
  on 
  

   did 
  not 
  see 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  working 
  any 
  more. 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me, 
  approximately, 
  

   200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  366. 
  Thos. 
  Gladden, 
  Leonardville, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  

   E. 
  M. 
  Blachly; 
  reported 
  success 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  16th: 
  "Bunches 
  of 
  bursted 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  

   live 
  bugs. 
  First 
  results 
  were 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  second 
  week 
  after 
  the 
  infection 
  was 
  in- 
  

   troduced 
  into 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  367. 
  F. 
  G. 
  Johnson, 
  Cleburne, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  19th: 
  " 
  I 
  did 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  directions, 
  

   and 
  in 
  five 
  days 
  I 
  noticed 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field; 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   were 
  dead, 
  and 
  after 
  two 
  weeks 
  not 
  a 
  living 
  bug 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  

   corn 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  wheat 
  stubble, 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  numerous 
  that 
  they 
  

   killed 
  the 
  rows 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  stubble. 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  experiment 
  a 
  success." 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  28th: 
  " 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  368. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Jones, 
  Bala, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  22d; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "I 
  will 
  say 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  grand 
  success 
  with 
  me. 
  

   My 
  corn 
  was 
  listed, 
  and 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  every 
  sixth 
  row 
  and 
  every 
  twelfth 
  

   stalk 
  in 
  a 
  row, 
  and 
  I 
  marked 
  about 
  50 
  stalks 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  examine 
  them 
  the 
  first 
  

   thing 
  every 
  day. 
  I 
  spent 
  three 
  weeks 
  in 
  this 
  manner. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  first-class 
  magnify- 
  

   ing 
  glass, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  began 
  to 
  take 
  effect 
  the 
  third 
  day. 
  I 
  stood 
  

   many 
  times 
  by 
  one 
  stalk 
  looking 
  down 
  between 
  the 
  blades, 
  and 
  could 
  see 
  when 
  they 
  

   became 
  infected. 
  They 
  would 
  tumble 
  over 
  very 
  suddenly 
  and 
  soon 
  become 
  bloated. 
  

   When 
  they 
  would 
  get 
  up, 
  after 
  tumbling 
  over 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  they 
  seemed 
  too 
  weak 
  to 
  

   move 
  much. 
  Without 
  a 
  good 
  glass 
  a 
  man 
  could 
  not 
  detect 
  all 
  their 
  movements. 
  

   Another 
  thing 
  that 
  I 
  noticed 
  very 
  plainly 
  was, 
  that 
  those 
  nearly 
  full 
  grown, 
  yet 
  not 
  

   having 
  wings, 
  were 
  catching 
  the 
  disease. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  winged 
  ones 
  had 
  taken 
  their 
  

   flight 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  fields 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  who 
  

   had 
  bugs 
  very 
  thick, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  ones. 
  I 
  went 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  miles 
  

   from 
  my 
  place 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  received 
  infected 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sult 
  very 
  favorable. 
  In 
  my 
  opinion 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  discovery. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  

   dry, 
  and 
  cloudy 
  towards 
  evening, 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  light 
  shower 
  once 
  during 
  the 
  three 
  

   weeks 
  I 
  was 
  experimenting." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  37 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  or 
  1,400 
  

   bushels, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  took 
  2\ 
  acres 
  entirely." 
  

  

  No. 
  369. 
  L. 
  P. 
  Jones, 
  Bala, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  12th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  

   are 
  quite 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  rye." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  14th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  December 
  21st: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  wonderful 
  work. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   rye 
  adjoining 
  the 
  corn. 
  When 
  we 
  harvested 
  the 
  rye 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  shovel 
  them 
  up. 
  They 
  went 
  for 
  the 
  corn 
  the 
  first 
  thing, 
  and 
  

   took 
  it 
  just 
  like 
  you 
  had 
  mowed 
  it. 
  When 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   they 
  commenced 
  to 
  die 
  the 
  fourth 
  day, 
  and 
  kept 
  on 
  dying 
  until 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  they 
  

   were 
  all 
  gone. 
  You 
  have 
  saved 
  me 
  through 
  the 
  bugs 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  money 
  on 
  the 
  

   corn 
  crop. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  thing 
  that 
  ever 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   They 
  did 
  more 
  good 
  for 
  me 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  explain." 
  Reported 
  December 
  30th: 
  "The 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  us 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  370. 
  L. 
  R. 
  Jones, 
  Bala, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  30th: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  

   in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  thick." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

  

  