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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  find 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  almost 
  all 
  dead, 
  and 
  those 
  still 
  living 
  are 
  very 
  stupid 
  and 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  have 
  changed 
  their 
  color 
  to 
  a 
  dirty 
  brown. 
  Where 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  July, 
  to-day 
  there 
  are 
  none 
  to 
  speak 
  of, 
  and 
  dead 
  ones 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  stalk 
  and 
  blade 
  of 
  corn. 
  I 
  had 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  neighbors 
  examine 
  for 
  

   themselves, 
  and 
  they 
  all 
  claim 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  surely 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  disease 
  saved 
  me 
  

   250 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  90 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat. 
  My 
  brother's 
  field 
  adjoining 
  was 
  in- 
  

   fected, 
  and 
  his 
  results 
  were 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  mine." 
  Under 
  November 
  date: 
  " 
  The 
  

   saving 
  in 
  my 
  fields 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  amounted 
  to 
  250 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  

   90 
  bushels 
  of 
  wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  412. 
  A. 
  M. 
  Alldbedge, 
  Mahaska, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  In 
  application 
  of 
  May 
  

   29th, 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  wheat. 
  Infection 
  mailed 
  June 
  

   4th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th. 
  Mr. 
  Alldredge 
  placed 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection 
  in 
  his 
  corn 
  field 
  next 
  to 
  70 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat: 
  "The 
  old 
  bugs 
  left 
  the 
  wheat 
  and 
  

   crawled 
  north 
  — 
  they 
  crawled 
  — 
  didn't 
  fly. 
  In 
  the 
  corn 
  they 
  were 
  so 
  numerous 
  that 
  

   not 
  only 
  the 
  lower 
  blades 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  but 
  the 
  ground 
  around 
  the 
  stalks 
  were 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  their 
  whitened 
  bodies. 
  When 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  harvested, 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  

   left 
  it 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers, 
  but 
  didn't 
  get 
  any 
  distance 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  before 
  dying, 
  

   as 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  ground 
  were 
  so 
  thoroughly 
  infected." 
  

  

  No. 
  413. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Comstock, 
  Chepstow, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   18th: 
  "I 
  have 
  100 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  which 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  chinch-bugs." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  May 
  29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  25th: 
  "I 
  pro- 
  

   nounce 
  it 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  numbers 
  and 
  turned 
  white. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  

   bunch." 
  

  

  No. 
  414. 
  D. 
  P. 
  Hiokok, 
  Linn, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  20th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  1st: 
  "We 
  are 
  highly 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  success 
  

   we 
  have 
  had 
  with 
  the 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent. 
  In 
  four 
  days 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  

   Wherever 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  ones, 
  there 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  white." 
  Under 
  November 
  

   date: 
  "The 
  experiment 
  saved 
  me 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  two 
  fields 
  of 
  millet. 
  It 
  

   was 
  a 
  decided 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  415. 
  Wm. 
  Milleb, 
  Brantford, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  24th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  16th: 
  " 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  field, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  one 
  week 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  were 
  

   not 
  dead 
  were 
  badly 
  crippled, 
  so 
  they 
  made 
  but 
  little 
  progress 
  after 
  that. 
  There 
  

   was 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  got 
  into 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  

   wheat, 
  but 
  they 
  died 
  before 
  they 
  did 
  the 
  corn 
  any 
  damage. 
  Then 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   rye; 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  there 
  was 
  corn 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  there 
  was 
  millet, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   the 
  rye 
  was 
  ripe 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  millet. 
  Then 
  I 
  commenced 
  to 
  put 
  

   the 
  infection 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  millet, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  I 
  could 
  gather 
  a 
  large 
  

   tablespoonful 
  from 
  one 
  pile 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  

   millet 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me. 
  I 
  also 
  had 
  another 
  

   patch 
  of 
  millet 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  farm. 
  The 
  bugs 
  got 
  into 
  it, 
  and 
  I 
  put 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  field 
  in 
  that 
  field, 
  and 
  that 
  stopped 
  them, 
  and 
  now 
  I 
  

   cannot 
  find 
  a 
  live 
  bug 
  about 
  my 
  place. 
  My 
  neighbors 
  had 
  plenty 
  of 
  them 
  where 
  

   the 
  fungus 
  was 
  not 
  used. 
  I 
  know 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  thing 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  blessing 
  to 
  the 
  

   Western 
  farmers, 
  if 
  they 
  will 
  only 
  take 
  the 
  little 
  trouble 
  to 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  416. 
  Hon. 
  Wm. 
  Rodgeks, 
  Barnes, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   20th: 
  "I 
  have 
  discovered 
  thousands 
  of 
  young 
  chinch-bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  

   farms. 
  They 
  threaten 
  to 
  destroy 
  my 
  crop." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  reported 
  fail- 
  

   ure 
  to 
  field 
  agent 
  July 
  20th: 
  "Experimented 
  among 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  corn 
  hills. 
  My 
  

   experiment 
  with 
  your 
  bugs 
  proved 
  a 
  complete 
  failure." 
  

  

  No. 
  417. 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Linn, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experi- 
  

  

  