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  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  that 
  I 
  would 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs 
  and 
  they 
  laughed 
  at 
  me. 
  I 
  got 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  off 
  of 
  

   it, 
  and 
  am 
  positive 
  I 
  saved 
  one-half 
  of 
  it 
  by 
  infection. 
  Those 
  who 
  laughed 
  at 
  it 
  at 
  

   first 
  said 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  something 
  in 
  it. 
  By 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  I 
  saved 
  300 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  corn 
  and 
  $75 
  in 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  375. 
  Pateick 
  Toy, 
  Manhattan, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  11th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  wheat, 
  and 
  doing 
  great 
  damage." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  "When 
  I 
  got 
  your 
  bugs 
  my 
  wheat 
  

   field 
  was 
  alive 
  with 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  with 
  other 
  bugs, 
  but 
  

   did 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  result. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  examine 
  my 
  field 
  some 
  time 
  after, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  

   them 
  dead 
  by 
  the 
  million. 
  I 
  did 
  n't 
  examine 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields, 
  but 
  I 
  hear 
  them 
  

   say 
  they 
  have 
  lots 
  of 
  bugs. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  perfect 
  success." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  17th: 
  "I 
  got 
  the 
  bugs 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  see 
  any 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  wheat. 
  I 
  had 
  about 
  30 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  20 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre." 
  

  

  No. 
  376. 
  Theo. 
  Weichselbaum, 
  Ogden, 
  Riley 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  16th: 
  

   "Have 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  adjoining 
  my 
  wheat 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  alive 
  with 
  little 
  red 
  

   chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  

   19th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  last 
  June 
  did 
  considerable 
  good. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  

   more 
  damage 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  after 
  we 
  scattered 
  them, 
  and 
  we 
  found 
  millions 
  of 
  

   dead 
  bugs 
  where 
  we 
  left 
  the 
  infected." 
  

  

  No. 
  377. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Bueeoughs, 
  Zurich, 
  Rooks 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  10th: 
  "I 
  

   discovered 
  yesterday 
  that 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  had 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  my 
  corn, 
  

   and, 
  from 
  the 
  start 
  they 
  have 
  made, 
  fear 
  they 
  will 
  do 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  my 
  crops." 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "As 
  soon 
  

   as 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  arrived 
  I 
  scattered 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  

   where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  the 
  thickest, 
  retaining 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  

   put 
  with 
  them 
  100 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  my 
  healthy 
  bugs; 
  and 
  in 
  48 
  hours 
  again 
  scattered 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs, 
  again 
  retaining 
  a 
  few 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  putting 
  with 
  them 
  healthy 
  

   bugs. 
  This 
  operation 
  I 
  kept 
  up 
  for 
  about 
  12 
  days, 
  and 
  followed 
  your 
  instruc- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  the 
  letter, 
  for 
  I 
  saw, 
  the 
  way 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  increasing 
  in 
  my 
  field, 
  my 
  

   corn 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  succumb 
  to 
  them 
  unless 
  the 
  scattering 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   stopped 
  their 
  ravages. 
  In 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  working 
  

   of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  days 
  increased 
  the 
  effects 
  were 
  more 
  marked: 
  and 
  in 
  

   less 
  than 
  three 
  weeks 
  the 
  infection 
  had 
  done 
  its 
  work 
  and 
  my 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  was 
  free 
  

   from 
  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  damaged 
  corn 
  was 
  putting 
  on 
  a 
  fresh 
  appearance 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  

   good 
  crop. 
  Thus, 
  summing 
  up 
  the 
  whole 
  matter, 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  my 
  experience 
  with 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  a 
  complete 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  378. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Coopeb, 
  Palco, 
  Rooks 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  14th. 
  Under 
  

   date 
  of 
  July 
  19th, 
  correspondent 
  writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  "Send 
  more 
  infected 
  bugs 
  at 
  

   once. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  rainy, 
  or 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  cause 
  we 
  have 
  lost 
  the 
  disease, 
  

   and 
  the 
  corn 
  is 
  black 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Second 
  lot 
  sent 
  July 
  23d: 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  August 
  10th: 
  "I 
  send 
  you 
  to-day 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  live 
  ones. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  in 
  our 
  field 
  are 
  mostly 
  dead 
  now. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  red 
  bugs 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   the 
  white." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "The 
  corn 
  joined 
  the 
  barley 
  (where 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   hatched 
  ) 
  for 
  320 
  rods. 
  I 
  presume 
  I 
  saved 
  from 
  300 
  to 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  

   from 
  $20 
  to 
  $30 
  worth 
  of 
  millet." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  excessive 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  

   bugs, 
  but 
  corn 
  was 
  "black 
  with 
  bugs" 
  afterwards. 
  

  

  No. 
  379. 
  A.J. 
  Davis, 
  Stockton, 
  Rooks 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  23d: 
  "I 
  

   find 
  numerous 
  chinch-bugs 
  both 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  in 
  my 
  oats, 
  and 
  I 
  fear 
  damage 
  to 
  my 
  

   corn 
  on 
  the 
  adjoining 
  field." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  

   reported 
  August 
  4th: 
  " 
  This 
  morning 
  being 
  the 
  eighth 
  day. 
  I 
  find 
  by 
  inspection 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  dead 
  bugs 
  as 
  per 
  sample 
  in 
  box 
  you 
  sent, 
  while 
  the 
  bugs 
  not 
  dead 
  are 
  slug- 
  

   gish 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  move 
  about 
  much." 
  

  

  