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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  your 
  crop 
  first, 
  but 
  try 
  in 
  time. 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  infection 
  has 
  saved 
  me 
  this 
  year 
  

   at 
  least 
  $500 
  in 
  wheat, 
  corn, 
  and 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  402. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Nye, 
  Smith 
  Center, 
  Smith 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  27th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  damage." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  28th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  October 
  27th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  turned 
  loose 
  in 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  where 
  

   there 
  was 
  plenty 
  of 
  bugs, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  such 
  large 
  quantities 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   seen. 
  The 
  bugs 
  commenced 
  dying 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  day, 
  and 
  all 
  died 
  except 
  scatter- 
  

   ing 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  patch 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  working 
  on, 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   catch 
  the 
  disease. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  warm 
  and 
  rainy 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   six 
  days. 
  The 
  disease 
  seemed 
  to 
  spread 
  wherever 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  at 
  all 
  thick. 
  I 
  was 
  

   much 
  pleased 
  with 
  my 
  success." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  403. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Stbeveb, 
  Lebanon, 
  Smith 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  21st: 
  "Your 
  directions 
  were 
  followed 
  ex- 
  

   actly, 
  and 
  it 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  wonderful 
  success, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  bugs 
  left. 
  The 
  

   neighbors 
  also 
  got 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  directions 
  from 
  us, 
  and 
  are 
  entirely 
  rid 
  of 
  

   the 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   corn 
  and 
  $100 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  Remark 
  : 
  Correspondent 
  gives 
  names 
  of 
  eight 
  

   farmers 
  who 
  obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  with 
  favorable 
  results, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  

   many 
  others, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  18 
  miles 
  distant, 
  came 
  for 
  infection. 
  

  

  No. 
  404. 
  Sam. 
  P. 
  Fui/rz, 
  Concord, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  15th; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  20th: 
  "So 
  far 
  as 
  killing 
  bugs, 
  it 
  

   was 
  a 
  failure. 
  I 
  followed 
  directions 
  to 
  the 
  letter 
  for 
  two 
  weeks 
  and 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  

   effect 
  in 
  any 
  way. 
  If 
  any 
  bugs 
  died 
  on 
  my 
  place 
  this 
  season, 
  it 
  was 
  from 
  over- 
  

   production 
  and 
  not 
  your 
  disease." 
  

  

  No. 
  405. 
  C. 
  B. 
  McAllisteb, 
  Belle 
  Plaine, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   20th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  passing 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  million." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  17th: 
  "It 
  was 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  in 
  my 
  case. 
  I 
  followed 
  your 
  advice, 
  putting 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn. 
  On 
  the 
  

   fifth 
  day 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  On 
  the 
  sixth 
  day 
  we 
  found 
  some 
  dead 
  ones, 
  and 
  

   the 
  live 
  ones 
  were 
  very 
  lonely. 
  The 
  tenth 
  day 
  I 
  could 
  shake 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   off 
  one 
  hill 
  of 
  corn. 
  In 
  15 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  thankful 
  we 
  received 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  as 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  

   saved 
  us 
  1,600 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn. 
  If 
  I 
  had 
  sent 
  sooner, 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  406. 
  John 
  MoAedle, 
  Riverdale, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  22d: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  atmosphere 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  flying 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  28th 
  and 
  July 
  24th 
  ; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  8th 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  

   first 
  lot 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  July 
  

   30th. 
  August 
  2d 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  It 
  was 
  rainy 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  wet, 
  

   and 
  bugs 
  were 
  sluggish 
  and 
  not 
  moving 
  much. 
  August 
  7th 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  

   bugs; 
  August 
  10th, 
  dead 
  bugs 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  August 
  14th 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  

   bug 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  They 
  had 
  apparently 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  small 
  bunches, 
  and 
  died. 
  I 
  think 
  

   this 
  was 
  the 
  worst 
  field 
  for 
  bugs 
  in 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  I 
  gave 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  a 
  

   few 
  of 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  he 
  stated 
  that 
  after 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  his 
  fields. 
  I 
  placed 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  other 
  fields, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  note 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  407. 
  Wm. 
  Nelson, 
  Mulvane, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  January 
  19th: 
  " 
  Received 
  infected 
  bugs 
  — 
  about 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  — 
  well 
  pulverized, 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  fruit 
  jar 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  also 
  confined 
  

   about 
  a 
  half 
  gill 
  of 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  with 
  food. 
  July 
  6th 
  majority 
  of 
  bugs 
  very 
  sick* 
  

   many 
  dead. 
  On 
  6th 
  and 
  7th 
  deposited 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  edge 
  of 
  corn 
  field 
  bordering 
  

  

  