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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  115 
  

  

  on 
  wheat 
  field 
  thus: 
  Every 
  twenty-fifth 
  hill 
  I 
  carefully 
  inserted 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   shoe 
  of 
  the 
  stalk; 
  topped 
  the 
  said 
  hills, 
  the 
  better 
  to 
  take 
  observations. 
  Within 
  10 
  

   days 
  from 
  introduction 
  of 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  our 
  entomological 
  guests 
  had 
  practically 
  

   disappeared. 
  A 
  moderate 
  shower 
  falling 
  meanwhile 
  may 
  have 
  facilitated 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  destruction. 
  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  neighboring 
  farmers 
  also 
  applied 
  the 
  test 
  with 
  

   results 
  quite 
  satisfactory." 
  

  

  No. 
  408. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Peok, 
  Wellington, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  15th: 
  "When 
  I 
  ordered 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  

   the 
  old 
  bugs 
  were 
  quite 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  the 
  little 
  red 
  fellows 
  were 
  present 
  by 
  

   the 
  thousands. 
  Before 
  your 
  bugs 
  came 
  the 
  rains 
  set 
  in, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  received 
  your 
  

   bugs 
  I 
  got, 
  perhaps, 
  200 
  bugs 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  put 
  with 
  them. 
  I 
  kept 
  them 
  in 
  three 
  

   or 
  four 
  days 
  until 
  the 
  weather 
  got 
  warm 
  and 
  fair, 
  and 
  then 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  The 
  corn 
  

   in 
  some 
  places 
  was 
  nearly 
  black 
  for 
  some 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  hot 
  day, 
  

   ( 
  just 
  the 
  kind 
  when 
  chinch-bugs 
  like 
  to 
  work) 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  put 
  out 
  as 
  noon. 
  I 
  

   marked 
  the 
  hills 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  and 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  

   and 
  then 
  shook 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  fell 
  among 
  the 
  infected 
  ones. 
  I 
  thought 
  that 
  

   a 
  good 
  way 
  to 
  scatter 
  the 
  disease. 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  place 
  often, 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  fair. 
  On 
  the 
  sixth 
  day, 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  left 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  

   by 
  the 
  hundreds 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  black. 
  The 
  dead 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  were 
  all 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  mould. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  understand 
  this. 
  That 
  night 
  it 
  began 
  raining 
  

   again, 
  and 
  State 
  creek 
  got 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  banks 
  and 
  swept 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  live 
  bugs 
  all 
  away." 
  

   Remark: 
  The 
  white 
  fungus 
  does 
  not 
  ordinarily 
  develop 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  a 
  chinch- 
  

   bug 
  until 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  after 
  death. 
  

  

  No. 
  409. 
  Abe 
  Smith, 
  Mulvane, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  24th: 
  

   " 
  The 
  bugs 
  have 
  taken 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  killed 
  it 
  entirely 
  in 
  spots." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  May 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  June 
  11th: 
  " 
  It 
  worked 
  like 
  a 
  charm. 
  

   It 
  saved 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  corn. 
  The 
  infection 
  spread 
  to 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  and 
  saved 
  

   many 
  fields 
  of 
  corn. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  tell 
  how 
  much 
  good 
  resulted 
  from 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection. 
  It 
  started 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  The 
  farmers 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  do 
  not 
  make 
  fun 
  of 
  

   the 
  chinch-bug 
  remedy 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  when 
  I 
  began 
  my 
  trial." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  The 
  

   use 
  of 
  infection 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat, 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  on 
  my 
  farm, 
  

   and 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  corn 
  on 
  farm 
  adjoining 
  — 
  at 
  least 
  4,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  worth 
  33| 
  

   cents 
  per 
  bushel." 
  

  

  No. 
  410. 
  H. 
  N. 
  White, 
  Portland, 
  Sumner 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  9th: 
  

   "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  very 
  bad 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  29th: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  May, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  

   young 
  bugs 
  were 
  beginning 
  to 
  hatch, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  wet 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  so 
  the 
  disease 
  

   spread 
  very 
  slowly 
  for 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  all 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  and 
  

   the 
  young 
  bugs 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  they 
  hatched 
  disappeared 
  before 
  they 
  were 
  half-grown. 
  

   It 
  was 
  a 
  sure 
  success. 
  It 
  destroyed 
  the 
  bugs 
  out 
  of 
  140 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  for 
  me. 
  I 
  

   also 
  gave 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  hatching 
  and 
  

   destroying 
  his 
  corn 
  very 
  fast. 
  He 
  spread 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  di- 
  

   rections 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  gone, 
  and 
  his 
  corn 
  began 
  to 
  grow 
  and 
  

   did 
  well." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  about 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection." 
  

  

  No. 
  411. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Fields, 
  Alma, 
  Wabaunsee 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  22d: 
  "I 
  

   have 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  working 
  on, 
  and 
  will 
  doubtless 
  destroy." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  July 
  24th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  4th: 
  "Monday, 
  

   July 
  27th, 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  bugs 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  thickest. 
  

   I 
  caught 
  a 
  fresh 
  supply 
  of 
  bugs 
  each 
  morning 
  for 
  five 
  mornings, 
  and 
  on 
  Sunday 
  

   morning, 
  August 
  2d, 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  and 
  this 
  morning, 
  August 
  4th, 
  I 
  

  

  