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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH- 
  BUG. 
  

  

  December 
  21st: 
  "Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  work 
  very 
  well. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  much 
  satisfied 
  with 
  

   the 
  result. 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  bugs 
  July 
  5th; 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  July 
  11th 
  and 
  12th, 
  

   and 
  July 
  22d 
  I 
  found 
  hundreds 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  and 
  under 
  dead 
  leaves 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  

   will 
  not 
  do 
  without 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  future." 
  

  

  No. 
  371. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Longeen, 
  Leonardville, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  13th, 
  

   June 
  15th, 
  and 
  June 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  28th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  grow 
  and 
  live 
  as 
  before. 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  very 
  lively 
  and 
  are 
  traveling 
  around 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  time. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  rainy 
  when 
  we 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  bugs. 
  To 
  tell 
  the 
  truth, 
  

   I 
  believe 
  you 
  might 
  as 
  well 
  infect 
  the 
  moon 
  as 
  the 
  bugs. 
  The 
  one 
  that 
  created 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  has 
  the 
  power 
  over 
  them, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  else." 
  Also 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  27th: 
  

   "They 
  were 
  indeed 
  some 
  very 
  few 
  bugs 
  dead, 
  but 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs; 
  

   because 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  from 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  fix 
  as 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  never 
  an 
  infected 
  bug 
  placed 
  in 
  that 
  field 
  or 
  

   any 
  field 
  close 
  by; 
  but 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  I 
  think, 
  

   is 
  because 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  thick 
  of 
  bugs 
  that 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  eating 
  on 
  the 
  stalks 
  they 
  

   left 
  some 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  glue, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  rainy 
  and 
  it 
  moistened 
  this 
  stuff, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  

   had 
  kept 
  on 
  awhile 
  they 
  disappeared. 
  So 
  if 
  I 
  was 
  you 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  spend 
  my 
  time 
  on 
  

   such 
  a 
  job 
  as 
  this. 
  The 
  only 
  way 
  for 
  you 
  or 
  anybody 
  else 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  them 
  in 
  your 
  

   fingers 
  and 
  squeeze 
  them 
  to 
  death; 
  those 
  you 
  squeeze 
  will 
  be 
  dead 
  anyhow." 
  

  

  No. 
  372. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Mills, 
  Riley, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  2d: 
  "I 
  received 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  weeks 
  ago 
  some 
  diseased 
  

   bugs. 
  I 
  report 
  favorable 
  for 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  My 
  bugs 
  were 
  not 
  all 
  

   killed, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  one-half 
  or 
  two-thirds 
  were. 
  The 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs 
  I 
  saw 
  was 
  on 
  

   the 
  ninth 
  day 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infection; 
  some 
  became 
  white 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  

   black. 
  The 
  weather 
  has 
  been 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  time. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  plowed 
  

   land 
  nearer 
  than 
  one-half 
  mile 
  to 
  my 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  373. 
  Geo. 
  T. 
  Polson, 
  Winkler's 
  Mills, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   29th 
  for 
  a 
  neighboring 
  farmer 
  whose 
  corn 
  was 
  black 
  with 
  bugs 
  for 
  50 
  rows: 
  "Bugs 
  

   have 
  never 
  been 
  worse 
  in 
  our 
  neighborhood." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "The 
  parties 
  for 
  whom 
  I 
  ordered 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  

   field 
  of 
  corn 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  almost 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs 
  about 
  the 
  stalks, 
  and 
  

   the 
  flies 
  were 
  almost 
  as 
  numerous 
  as 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  been. 
  When 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  they 
  had 
  already 
  taken 
  three 
  acres 
  clean, 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  many 
  rods, 
  stalks 
  just 
  

   black 
  with 
  them, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  no 
  more 
  damage, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  made 
  a 
  fair 
  crop 
  where 
  

   they 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  work 
  when 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  out. 
  Several 
  parties 
  came 
  

   and 
  got 
  bugs 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  field 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  numerous. 
  All 
  

   claim 
  that 
  they 
  all 
  died 
  or 
  disappeared. 
  There 
  were 
  innumerable 
  hosts 
  of 
  green 
  

   flies 
  on 
  the 
  stalks 
  when 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  disappearing. 
  Perhaps 
  200 
  or 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   corn 
  were 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  experiment." 
  

  

  No. 
  374. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Rose, 
  Mayday, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  

   a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  December 
  31st: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  field. 
  I 
  began 
  putting 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  they 
  

   began 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  nine 
  days 
  and 
  die 
  fast. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  when 
  

   I 
  let 
  the 
  first 
  ones 
  loose, 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  begin 
  to 
  die 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  

   until 
  I 
  put 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  among 
  them. 
  Well 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  

   hurt 
  anything 
  after 
  putting 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  out." 
  Reported 
  January 
  16th: 
  "I 
  have 
  

   no 
  hesitancy 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  of 
  the 
  chinch-bug 
  is 
  an 
  assured 
  fact 
  and 
  a 
  

   great 
  boon 
  to 
  Kansas 
  farmers. 
  Many 
  who 
  saw 
  my 
  field 
  before 
  I 
  began 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  give 
  me 
  more 
  than 
  $25 
  for 
  the 
  15 
  acres, 
  but 
  I 
  told 
  them 
  

  

  