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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH- 
  BUG. 
  

  

  the 
  infection 
  a 
  splendid 
  success. 
  It 
  certainly 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent." 
  

   Under 
  a 
  later 
  date, 
  Mr. 
  Fees 
  estimates 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  corn 
  saved 
  at 
  400 
  bushels. 
  

  

  No. 
  391. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Fosteb, 
  Cheney, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  

   re-sent 
  July 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  11th: 
  "I 
  have 
  tried 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  and 
  pronounce 
  them 
  a 
  perfect 
  success. 
  July 
  5th 
  I 
  put 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  my 
  fields. 
  The 
  7th, 
  I 
  took 
  some 
  to 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  farm. 
  The 
  11th, 
  I 
  

   gathered 
  dead 
  bugs 
  from 
  where 
  I 
  last 
  put 
  the 
  infection. 
  About 
  a 
  rod 
  ahead 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead 
  ones, 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  live 
  ones 
  are 
  coming 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  bunches. 
  I 
  cannot 
  tell 
  

   whether 
  my 
  bugs 
  are 
  infecting 
  other 
  fields 
  or 
  not, 
  for 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  my 
  neighbors 
  

   heard 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  infected 
  bugs 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  see 
  and 
  get 
  some. 
  All 
  that 
  have 
  seen 
  

   them 
  pronounce 
  it 
  a 
  success." 
  Further 
  report, 
  October 
  26th: 
  "I 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  

   experiment 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  grand 
  suceess. 
  Wherever 
  a 
  bug 
  was 
  

   dropped, 
  for 
  several 
  feet 
  around 
  the 
  bugs 
  would 
  pile 
  up 
  or 
  form 
  in 
  bunches, 
  and 
  in 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  would 
  begin 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  would 
  do 
  no 
  damage 
  after 
  beginning 
  to 
  

   bunch. 
  I 
  claim 
  the 
  experiment 
  has 
  largely 
  saved 
  my 
  crop 
  this 
  year. 
  All 
  my 
  neigh- 
  

   bors 
  who 
  tried 
  the 
  experiment 
  think 
  it 
  a 
  grand 
  success. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  

   found 
  his 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  dying 
  from 
  infected 
  bugs 
  flying 
  from 
  my 
  field 
  at 
  nearly 
  a 
  

   mile, 
  with 
  wind 
  in 
  favor." 
  Mr. 
  Foster 
  further 
  reports, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  6th, 
  

   a 
  saving 
  of 
  over 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  $60 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops 
  through 
  his 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sporotrichum. 
  He 
  gives 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  six 
  neighbors 
  who 
  obtained 
  the 
  infec- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  his 
  field 
  and 
  used 
  it 
  successfully. 
  

  

  No. 
  392. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Golden, 
  Bayneville, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  29th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  a 
  de- 
  

   cided 
  success 
  for 
  me. 
  I 
  went 
  according 
  to 
  directions, 
  and 
  inside 
  of 
  three 
  weeks 
  it 
  

   had 
  done 
  its 
  work. 
  It 
  killed 
  young 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  old, 
  and 
  now 
  I 
  seldom 
  see 
  a 
  bug." 
  

  

  No. 
  393. 
  J. 
  Guyeb, 
  Furley, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  29th: 
  "I 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  

   acted 
  like 
  a 
  charm. 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  every 
  24 
  hours 
  for 
  one 
  week, 
  

   and 
  found 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  before 
  the 
  week 
  was 
  out. 
  I 
  claim 
  it 
  

   was 
  a 
  perfect 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  394. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Moban, 
  Cheney, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  D. 
  

   A. 
  Foster; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  25th: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   bugs 
  around 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  wheat 
  fields 
  on 
  two 
  

   sides, 
  and 
  were 
  destroying 
  it 
  as 
  they 
  advanced. 
  The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  any 
  further 
  

   into 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  all 
  disappeared 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  395. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Schwabtz, 
  Derby, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  16th: 
  " 
  I 
  saved 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  

   by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs. 
  I 
  had 
  six 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  my 
  

   place 
  and 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  on 
  the 
  west; 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  I 
  had 
  10 
  acres 
  of 
  oats. 
  The 
  

   wheat 
  and 
  oats 
  were 
  alive 
  with 
  bugs, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  cut 
  my 
  oats 
  ( 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  before 
  

   they 
  were 
  ripe, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  bugs), 
  they 
  went 
  on 
  the 
  corn. 
  The 
  stalks 
  were 
  

   black. 
  By 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  they 
  had 
  killed 
  half 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  they 
  

   stopped 
  in 
  three 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  infection. 
  I 
  am 
  confident 
  that 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  tried 
  

   it 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  saved 
  me 
  $100." 
  

  

  No. 
  396. 
  Samuel 
  Watebfall, 
  Furley, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  

   Wm. 
  Saunders; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  11th: 
  " 
  My 
  wheat 
  was 
  

   killed 
  by 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  and 
  chinch-bugs. 
  I 
  plowed 
  the 
  wheat 
  under 
  and 
  planted 
  the 
  

   corn 
  the 
  14th 
  day 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  corn 
  got 
  about 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  inches 
  

   high 
  I 
  saw 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  killing 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  

   oats 
  adjoining 
  it. 
  I 
  then 
  went 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Saunders 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  

  

  