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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OP 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  No. 
  380. 
  E. 
  Rowe, 
  Russell, 
  Russell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  23d: 
  "They 
  

   are 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  stubble 
  into 
  the 
  green 
  crop 
  thick." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  24th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  12th: 
  "When 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  into 
  the 
  

   field 
  the 
  bugs 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  increasing 
  fast. 
  They 
  had 
  taken 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  millet, 
  which 
  they 
  appeared 
  to 
  prefer 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  adjoining. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  

   dry 
  and 
  they 
  appeared 
  very 
  lively, 
  and 
  bid 
  fair 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  crop. 
  In 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  

   I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  now 
  there 
  are 
  not 
  many 
  left." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  

   about 
  15 
  bushels 
  of 
  African 
  millet 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn. 
  The 
  whole, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   the 
  least 
  doubt, 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  None 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  were 
  troubled 
  

   with 
  the 
  bugs, 
  it 
  not 
  being 
  a 
  chinch-bug 
  year 
  in 
  this 
  section." 
  

  

  No. 
  381. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Adams, 
  Gypsum, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  28th: 
  " 
  The 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  destroying 
  all 
  our 
  corn 
  and 
  have 
  hurt 
  the 
  wheat 
  a 
  good 
  deal." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  20th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  promptly 
  and 
  followed 
  directions. 
  It 
  made 
  a 
  clean 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   when 
  they 
  went 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn. 
  They 
  had 
  cleaned 
  out 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  10 
  

   acres 
  as 
  bare 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  hold 
  up 
  a 
  blade 
  of 
  

   corn 
  and 
  run 
  a 
  dessert 
  spoon 
  up 
  it 
  and 
  get 
  it 
  full 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  It 
  saved 
  me 
  a 
  good 
  

   crop 
  of 
  corn. 
  The 
  way 
  they 
  were 
  going 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  had 
  even 
  a 
  stalk 
  of 
  fodder 
  left." 
  

  

  No. 
  382. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Bell, 
  Salina, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  August 
  28th; 
  stated 
  

   that 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  Bugs 
  sent 
  September 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  

   doubtful, 
  obscured 
  by 
  disease 
  apparently 
  already 
  present. 
  Mr. 
  Bell 
  scattered 
  the 
  

   infection 
  three 
  days 
  after 
  receiving 
  it, 
  and 
  says 
  in 
  letter 
  of 
  October 
  2d 
  that 
  he 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  thousands 
  of 
  bugs 
  lying 
  dead 
  in 
  the 
  fields: 
  "After 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  examined 
  

   the 
  field 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  placed 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  and 
  found 
  living 
  and 
  dead 
  ones 
  all 
  

   over 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  caused 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  bugs, 
  but 
  can't 
  give 
  

   the 
  credit 
  to 
  your 
  bugs 
  as 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  before 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  infection." 
  

   Remark: 
  Infection 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  seven 
  different 
  parties 
  in 
  Salina 
  township 
  in 
  

   June 
  and 
  July, 
  which 
  would 
  explain 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  disease 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Bell's 
  field 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  1st. 
  

  

  No. 
  383. 
  F. 
  J. 
  Bruce, 
  Brookville, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  11th: 
  "I 
  

   am 
  overrun 
  with 
  bugs, 
  and 
  apply 
  to 
  you 
  for 
  remedy." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  26th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  25th: 
  " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  were 
  very 
  active 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  when 
  the 
  infected 
  ones 
  were 
  put 
  out. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  very 
  hot, 
  

   with 
  heavy 
  rains 
  at 
  intervals. 
  The 
  chinch-bugs 
  started 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  from 
  the 
  

   wheat, 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  way 
  to 
  destroy 
  my 
  corn. 
  When 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  out 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  very 
  active. 
  After 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  collect 
  in 
  

   groups, 
  and 
  seemed 
  to 
  crawl 
  under 
  leaves. 
  They 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  seven 
  days. 
  After 
  

   10 
  and 
  12 
  days 
  destruction 
  reigned 
  among 
  them. 
  We 
  continued 
  to 
  infect, 
  as 
  yon 
  

   directed, 
  and 
  we 
  supplied 
  our 
  neighbors 
  with 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  with 
  equal 
  success. 
  I 
  

   further 
  state 
  that 
  I 
  believe 
  your 
  chinch-bug 
  cure 
  is 
  a 
  complete 
  success, 
  and 
  had 
  I 
  sent 
  

   sooner 
  to 
  you 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  hundred 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  better 
  off." 
  

   Under 
  November 
  date: 
  "If 
  I 
  had 
  begun 
  my 
  experiment 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  I 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  400 
  or 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  better 
  off. 
  As 
  it 
  was, 
  I 
  saved 
  all 
  my 
  

   corn, 
  amounting 
  to 
  about 
  600 
  bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  384. 
  David 
  Hoyt, 
  Brookville, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  F. 
  J. 
  

   Bruce; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  23d: 
  "In 
  10 
  days 
  the 
  ground 
  

   was 
  almost 
  white 
  with 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  At 
  the 
  least 
  calculation, 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  

   were 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  385. 
  Frank 
  Jackson, 
  Gypsum 
  City, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  a 
  sure 
  

   remedy, 
  for 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  there 
  was 
  one 
  left 
  alive. 
  The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  

   2,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  grain, 
  at 
  least." 
  

  

  