﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  Ill 
  

  

  No. 
  386. 
  H. 
  N. 
  Shaw, 
  Gypsum, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  6th: 
  "The 
  

   chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  plentiful 
  here 
  and 
  active 
  and 
  destructive." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "Your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   are 
  good, 
  I 
  think, 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  after 
  I 
  used 
  them 
  my 
  field 
  was 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  bugs." 
  

   Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  got 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  more 
  corn 
  than 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  got 
  if 
  

   it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  387. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Shieb, 
  Kipp, 
  Saline 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  17th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  9th: 
  " 
  When 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  a 
  

   strip 
  of 
  corn 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  listed 
  in 
  wheat 
  ground 
  (the 
  wheat 
  having 
  been 
  killed 
  

   by 
  the 
  bug 
  and 
  fly) 
  was 
  suffering 
  very 
  badly 
  from 
  the 
  bugs. 
  The 
  small 
  stalks 
  were 
  

   fairly 
  black 
  with 
  the 
  bugs. 
  After 
  harvest, 
  when 
  I 
  had 
  time 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  corn, 
  I 
  

   found 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  not 
  gone 
  further 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  than 
  where 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  turned 
  loose. 
  There 
  were 
  very 
  few 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  I 
  found 
  were 
  

   sluggish 
  and 
  inactive. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  some 
  remains 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  I 
  

   think 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  successful, 
  as 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  spread 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  

   part 
  first 
  attacked 
  was 
  injured 
  by 
  them." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  saved 
  100 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  388. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Caldwell, 
  North 
  Wichita, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   14th: 
  "The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  great 
  damage 
  in 
  this 
  section." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   May 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  5th: 
  "I 
  handled 
  the 
  infection 
  

   as 
  directed, 
  without 
  any 
  apparent 
  favorable 
  results. 
  However, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  

   a 
  fair 
  test, 
  for 
  it 
  commenced 
  to 
  rain 
  the 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  distributed 
  bugs, 
  and 
  has 
  kept 
  

   it 
  up 
  with 
  but 
  short 
  cessation 
  ever 
  since." 
  Re-sent 
  infection 
  June 
  15th; 
  this 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  also 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  13th: 
  "The 
  second 
  lot 
  gave 
  no 
  better 
  

   results 
  than 
  the 
  first; 
  but 
  heavy 
  rains 
  followed 
  within 
  24 
  hours 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  

   infection, 
  and 
  it 
  continued 
  wet 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  experiment, 
  also, 
  could 
  

   not 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  fair 
  test. 
  No 
  dead 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  no 
  apparent 
  decrease 
  

   in 
  numbers.'''' 
  Remark 
  : 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  heavy 
  rains 
  did 
  not 
  affect 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  389. 
  Henky 
  Comstook, 
  Cheney, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  18th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  going 
  out 
  of 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  re-sent 
  June 
  

   27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  30th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  over 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  corn 
  fields 
  (none 
  in 
  the 
  others), 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  night 
  we 
  had 
  

   a 
  very 
  heavy 
  rainfall, 
  which, 
  of 
  itself, 
  destroyed 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  bugs, 
  and 
  doubtless 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  ones 
  as 
  well. 
  We 
  put 
  about 
  500 
  fresh 
  bugs 
  back 
  in 
  the 
  can 
  

   with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected, 
  and 
  kept 
  them 
  there 
  for 
  10 
  days 
  — 
  feeding 
  them 
  with 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  grass 
  — 
  and 
  then 
  found 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  We 
  distributed 
  

   the 
  sick 
  ones 
  throughout 
  the 
  corn 
  field. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  acre 
  in 
  a 
  

   strip 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  adjoining 
  wheat 
  stubble, 
  and 
  probably 
  damage 
  

   to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  one 
  acre 
  throughout 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  The 
  bugs, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  died, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  our 
  corn 
  was 
  saved. 
  Soon 
  after 
  bugs 
  in 
  other 
  corn 
  

   fields 
  on 
  other 
  farms 
  commenced 
  dying 
  and 
  stopping 
  their 
  work 
  of 
  destruction. 
  I 
  

   regard 
  it 
  as 
  no 
  longer 
  a 
  venture, 
  and 
  fully 
  believe 
  that 
  nothing 
  was 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  

   last 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  Legislature 
  that 
  resulted 
  in 
  as 
  much 
  good 
  to 
  the 
  farmer 
  as 
  the 
  

   appropriation 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  carrying 
  on 
  of 
  your 
  experiments. 
  I 
  would 
  say 
  further 
  

   that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  all 
  the 
  bugs, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  enough 
  left 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  perceivable 
  

   harm." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  8th: 
  "I 
  had 
  but 
  nine 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  adjoining 
  the 
  

   wheat, 
  that 
  was 
  damaged. 
  I 
  got 
  about 
  30 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  it 
  

   all 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  390. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Fees, 
  Wichita, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  11th 
  and 
  30th 
  ; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  27th: 
  "At 
  one 
  time 
  I 
  had 
  several 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  very 
  live 
  chinch-bugs 
  in 
  my 
  20-acre 
  corn 
  field. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  

  

  