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  scattered 
  between 
  corn 
  and 
  oats, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  dying, 
  and 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  10 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  it 
  made 
  27 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre, 
  or 
  

   270 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  397. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Wise, 
  Clearwater, 
  Sedgwick 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  leaving 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  going 
  into 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  25th: 
  " 
  I 
  treated 
  the 
  bugs 
  sent, 
  

   which 
  were 
  dead 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  fungus, 
  according 
  to 
  instructions, 
  and 
  

   placed 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  field 
  July 
  4th. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  warm 
  and 
  dry. 
  I 
  visited 
  

   the 
  field 
  some 
  time 
  after 
  and 
  found 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  dead. 
  The 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  bot- 
  

   tom 
  blades 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  live 
  ones, 
  mostly 
  old 
  bugs. 
  

   At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  cutting 
  corn 
  for 
  fodder, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

   Other 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  bugs. 
  I 
  afterwards 
  used 
  some 
  

   bugs 
  of 
  my 
  own 
  infecting 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  corn 
  two 
  miles 
  away, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  the 
  

   same. 
  In 
  both 
  cases 
  the 
  bugs 
  made 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  after 
  the 
  sick 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  introduced. 
  Everybody 
  down 
  here 
  thinks 
  it 
  a 
  success." 
  Also 
  under 
  date 
  

   of 
  November 
  2d: 
  "I 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  by 
  theuse 
  of 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  398. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Jamison, 
  Rossville, 
  Shawnee 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  7th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  Oetober 
  10th: 
  "We 
  had 
  80 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  that 
  was 
  

   threatened 
  by 
  bugs. 
  We 
  used 
  the 
  infection 
  as 
  directed 
  with 
  success. 
  When 
  we 
  cut 
  

   the 
  grain 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  bugs 
  in 
  it. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  into 
  our 
  corn. 
  Cannot 
  say 
  

   how 
  much 
  wheat 
  they 
  saved 
  us, 
  but 
  think 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  

   bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  wet 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  In 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  neighbors' 
  

   fields 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thick 
  at 
  harvest 
  time." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  killed 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  in 
  this 
  man's 
  field, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  rain 
  failed 
  to 
  kill 
  them 
  in 
  neighboring 
  un- 
  

   infected 
  fields. 
  

  

  No. 
  399. 
  Robebt 
  Sebbing, 
  Rossville, 
  Shawnee 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  11th: 
  

   " 
  I 
  have 
  them 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  by 
  the 
  millions." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  

   probably 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  wet 
  when 
  I 
  

   made 
  my 
  experiment. 
  The 
  bugs 
  would 
  begin 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  24 
  hours 
  in 
  the 
  jar. 
  and 
  in 
  

   48 
  hours 
  they 
  would 
  nearly 
  all 
  be 
  dead. 
  When 
  I 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  I 
  could 
  

   find 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  However, 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  me 
  very 
  little 
  damage, 
  but 
  think 
  the 
  wet 
  

   weather 
  was 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  feel 
  confident, 
  though, 
  that 
  you 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  track. 
  

   Three 
  years 
  ago 
  I 
  had 
  chinch-bugs 
  by 
  the 
  wagon 
  load 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  expect 
  

   to 
  harvest 
  anything, 
  but 
  one 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  mouldy-looking 
  specks 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  on 
  examination 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  They 
  continued 
  to 
  die, 
  

   until 
  at 
  harvest 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  hunt 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  quart 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  one 
  pile." 
  

  

  No. 
  400. 
  John 
  H. 
  Cline, 
  Ohio, 
  Smith 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  25th: 
  "The 
  

   bugs 
  have 
  left 
  the 
  wheat 
  fields 
  and 
  gone 
  to 
  the 
  broom 
  corn, 
  and 
  stalks 
  six 
  inches 
  high 
  

   are 
  black 
  with 
  them." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   October 
  29th: 
  "The 
  experiment 
  did 
  not 
  prove 
  favorable 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  rain, 
  as 
  it 
  rained 
  several 
  times 
  when 
  putting 
  bugs 
  out, 
  but 
  in 
  from 
  

   three 
  to 
  four 
  weeks 
  the 
  bugs 
  all 
  disappeared." 
  Remark: 
  Samples 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   killed 
  by 
  Empusa 
  accompanied 
  this 
  report. 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  two 
  

   tons 
  of 
  broom 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  401. 
  P. 
  C. 
  Gleen, 
  Lebanon, 
  Smith 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  of 
  W. 
  E. 
  

   Strever; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  12th: 
  "I 
  consider 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  chinch-bugs 
  a 
  success, 
  provided 
  the 
  farmers 
  make 
  it 
  so. 
  It 
  lies 
  entirely 
  with 
  

   them. 
  Three 
  or 
  four 
  farmers 
  cannot 
  save 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  by 
  using 
  them, 
  but 
  

   let 
  each 
  farmer 
  go 
  to 
  work, 
  put 
  out 
  his 
  diseased 
  chinch-bugs 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  pay 
  them 
  

   largely, 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  soon 
  have 
  no 
  bugs 
  to 
  dread. 
  Do 
  not 
  wait 
  till 
  they 
  have 
  taken 
  

  

  