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  ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  24th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   rye 
  field, 
  in 
  different 
  places, 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  80 
  rods. 
  I 
  did 
  this 
  twice 
  — 
  five 
  days 
  

   apart. 
  The 
  object 
  was, 
  to 
  kill 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  rye 
  and 
  keep 
  them 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  corn. 
  They 
  

   were 
  quite 
  bad 
  in 
  the 
  rye, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  at 
  all; 
  disappeared 
  in 
  the 
  rye 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  since. 
  The 
  rye 
  and 
  corn 
  were 
  in 
  adjoining 
  

   fields, 
  with 
  nothing 
  between 
  them." 
  

  

  No. 
  418. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Caktek, 
  Fredonia, 
  Wilson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th. 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  20th: 
  "I 
  received 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  when 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  observed 
  they 
  were 
  

   dying 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  They 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  mould. 
  Conse- 
  

   quently 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  any 
  conclusion 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  experiment." 
  Re- 
  

   marks: 
  Infected 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Mariner, 
  of 
  Fredonia, 
  

   on 
  April 
  30th 
  and 
  May 
  5th, 
  and 
  disease 
  had 
  spread 
  to 
  other 
  fields, 
  as 
  reported 
  to 
  

   field 
  agent 
  Hickey. 
  This 
  would 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  disease 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Carter's 
  

   field. 
  

  

  No. 
  419. 
  L. 
  A. 
  Hamilton, 
  Fredonia, 
  Wilson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  28th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  injuring 
  the 
  crops 
  badly." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  April 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  July 
  8th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die, 
  and 
  they 
  died 
  so 
  fast 
  that 
  in 
  five 
  or 
  

   six 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  first 
  dead 
  ones 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  dead; 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  died 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  fungus, 
  although 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  that 
  had 
  a 
  growth 
  on 
  

   them. 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  young 
  bugs 
  get 
  infected 
  from 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  after 
  they 
  hatch. 
  

   I 
  have 
  examined 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fields, 
  and 
  in 
  every 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   introduced 
  there 
  were 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  and 
  I 
  also 
  examined 
  four 
  fields 
  where 
  there 
  had 
  

   not 
  been 
  any 
  infected 
  bugs 
  introduced, 
  and 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  dead 
  bug. 
  So 
  I 
  feel 
  safe 
  

   in 
  saying 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  success, 
  without 
  a 
  doubt." 
  

  

  No. 
  420. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Mabinek, 
  Fredonia, 
  Wilson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  25th: 
  

   "Have 
  any 
  amount 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  on 
  several 
  occasions. 
  May 
  12th: 
  "Found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  and 
  

   the 
  death 
  rate 
  is 
  increasing 
  every 
  day." 
  May 
  23d: 
  "I 
  had 
  13 
  or 
  14 
  acres 
  threatened 
  

   by 
  a 
  numerous 
  army 
  of 
  bugs. 
  Am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  my 
  wheat 
  

   to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  — 
  perhaps 
  five 
  to 
  eight 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  Also 
  had 
  seven 
  acres 
  of 
  

   oats 
  adjoining 
  the 
  wheat, 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  injured 
  in 
  the 
  least. 
  The 
  bugs 
  attacked 
  

   it 
  but 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  infection. 
  The 
  disease 
  prevented 
  the 
  bugs 
  from 
  getting 
  a 
  

   start 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  corn." 
  July 
  23d: 
  "Wet 
  weather 
  set 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  May» 
  

   which 
  did 
  not 
  let 
  me 
  have 
  a 
  fair 
  trial, 
  but 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  so 
  fast 
  

   that 
  by 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  June 
  very 
  few 
  old 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  Young 
  bugs 
  commenced 
  

   hatching 
  about 
  this 
  time, 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  long; 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  ever 
  

   reached 
  maturity." 
  November 
  9th: 
  "I 
  find 
  after 
  threshing 
  that 
  I 
  saved 
  about 
  eight 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  wheat 
  per 
  acre, 
  besides 
  timothy 
  sown 
  this 
  spring, 
  worth 
  about 
  $50. 
  Five 
  

   of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  used 
  the 
  infection 
  with 
  good 
  results." 
  

  

  No. 
  421. 
  J. 
  W. 
  G. 
  MoCobmick, 
  Piqua, 
  Woodson 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  April 
  

   30th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  5th, 
  and 
  

   May 
  9th; 
  reported 
  unfavorably 
  May 
  21st. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  15th: 
  "The 
  infected 
  bugs 
  proved 
  fatal 
  to 
  the 
  chinch- 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  wheat 
  within 
  a 
  week 
  after 
  their 
  introduction." 
  

  

  EXPEBIMENT 
  IN 
  AEKANSAS. 
  

  

  No. 
  422. 
  R. 
  H. 
  Mobbis, 
  Spring 
  Valley, 
  Washington 
  county, 
  Arkansas. 
  Made 
  

   application 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  30th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  and 
  if 
  something 
  is 
  not 
  

   speedily 
  done 
  the 
  crops 
  will 
  be 
  badly 
  injured." 
  Sent 
  infection 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  

   successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  " 
  Received 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  July 
  6th. 
  Went 
  on 
  

  

  