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  corn 
  crop, 
  77 
  acres, 
  if 
  the 
  bugs 
  had 
  lived. 
  My 
  corn 
  is 
  making 
  60 
  to 
  70 
  bushels 
  to 
  

   the 
  acre. 
  The 
  bugs 
  came 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  do 
  much 
  good 
  to 
  the 
  wheat." 
  

  

  No. 
  430. 
  Hopkins 
  & 
  Chambeblin, 
  Virden, 
  Macoupin 
  county. 
  Illinois. 
  Applied 
  

   for 
  aid 
  April 
  30th: 
  "Fields 
  about 
  here 
  completely 
  covered 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  May 
  2d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  7th: 
  "Our 
  experiment 
  with 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  us 
  proved 
  satisfactory, 
  and 
  convinced 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   can 
  be 
  killed. 
  You 
  sent 
  us 
  only 
  six 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  start 
  with. 
  We 
  got 
  about 
  40 
  live 
  

   bugs 
  and 
  kept 
  them 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead. 
  Then 
  we 
  got 
  a 
  

   good-sized 
  lot 
  of 
  healthy 
  bugs, 
  and, 
  after 
  we 
  had 
  kept 
  them 
  confined 
  with 
  the 
  dead 
  

   ones, 
  we 
  scattered 
  them 
  over 
  a 
  25-acre 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  which 
  was 
  just 
  heading 
  out. 
  

   The 
  bugs 
  were 
  plenty 
  thick, 
  but 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  later 
  than 
  usual 
  this 
  year 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   filled 
  out 
  and 
  matured 
  before 
  the 
  bugs 
  damaged 
  it 
  very 
  materially. 
  The 
  corn 
  fields 
  

   along 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  stubble 
  suffered 
  from 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  bugs, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   here 
  we 
  noticed 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  corn 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  high. 
  There 
  

   was 
  any 
  amount 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  corn, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  

   field, 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  farm, 
  they 
  went 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  almost 
  ruined 
  

   it 
  for 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  30 
  rows 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  431. 
  James 
  Bbown, 
  Hillsboro, 
  Montgomery 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   in 
  July: 
  "The 
  ' 
  pesky 
  ? 
  things 
  are 
  all 
  over 
  my 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  20th. 
  Infection 
  re-sent 
  August 
  24th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  25th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  began 
  dying 
  in 
  about 
  

   two 
  weeks 
  or 
  less 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infection. 
  It 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  about 
  

   September 
  5th. 
  The 
  bugs 
  died 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  fields 
  about 
  September 
  20th. 
  

   I 
  could 
  find 
  dead 
  bugs 
  more 
  plentiful 
  and 
  earlier 
  near 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  

   The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  intensely 
  hot 
  during 
  the 
  trial. 
  I 
  discovered 
  a 
  few 
  

   bugs 
  that 
  were 
  partly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  substance." 
  Reported 
  under 
  later 
  date: 
  

   " 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  probably 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  432. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Scott, 
  Franklin, 
  Morgan 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   8th 
  and 
  August 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  September 
  10th: 
  " 
  We 
  have 
  

   been 
  cutting 
  the 
  corn 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  one 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  After 
  

   I 
  distributed 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  what 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  empty 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  bugs. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  look 
  white 
  like 
  those 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  you, 
  so 
  I 
  wrote 
  you 
  for 
  a 
  fresh 
  supply, 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  received 
  them 
  

   I 
  could 
  scarcely 
  find 
  enough 
  to 
  place 
  with 
  them 
  for 
  infection. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  

   dry 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  experiment. 
  The 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  stir 
  around 
  very 
  much. 
  

   They 
  went 
  from 
  a 
  20-acre 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  into 
  a 
  10-acre 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  

   spread 
  all 
  over 
  it. 
  They 
  were 
  a 
  thick 
  mass 
  on 
  some 
  stalks. 
  The 
  smaller 
  stalks 
  

   were 
  killed, 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  dried 
  up 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground 
  on 
  the 
  larger 
  

   stalks." 
  

  

  No. 
  433. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Suffebn, 
  Voorhies, 
  Piatt 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   29th: 
  "I 
  have 
  a 
  field 
  that 
  is 
  black 
  with 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  29th: 
  "Weather 
  very 
  dry 
  since 
  spreading 
  infec- 
  

   tion. 
  Bugs 
  commenced 
  dying 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  six 
  days, 
  and 
  twelfth 
  day 
  bugs 
  dead 
  on 
  

   10-acre 
  corn 
  field. 
  Saved 
  that 
  10-acre 
  field 
  for 
  me. 
  Great 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  434. 
  John 
  Preble, 
  New 
  Salem, 
  Pike 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  7th: 
  "The 
  weather 
  was 
  dry 
  and 
  

   warm 
  during 
  the 
  experiment. 
  I 
  watched 
  closely, 
  and 
  found 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  

   older 
  bugs 
  turning 
  white, 
  and 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  began 
  to 
  find 
  them 
  dead 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers. 
  In 
  about 
  eight 
  weeks 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  gone. 
  I 
  let 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  neighbors 
  

   take 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  heard 
  from, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  result. 
  I 
  

   watched 
  the 
  process 
  carefully, 
  and 
  noticed 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  an 
  adjoin- 
  

  

  