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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  ing 
  farm; 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  white 
  ones, 
  nor 
  did 
  I 
  find 
  them 
  dead 
  by 
  hundreds 
  as 
  they 
  

   were 
  on 
  my 
  place. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  find 
  them 
  in 
  corn 
  now, 
  as 
  I 
  certainly 
  would 
  had 
  I 
  

   let 
  them 
  go 
  on 
  to 
  breed 
  again." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "In 
  my 
  40-acre 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  at 
  

   least 
  five 
  acres 
  — 
  200 
  bushels 
  — 
  were 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  435. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Hogeboom, 
  Lebanon, 
  St. 
  Clair 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   June 
  8th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  here 
  in 
  great 
  numbers." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  15th: 
  "I 
  put 
  infection 
  in 
  one 
  spot 
  and 
  marked 
  

   the 
  spot, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  bugs 
  where 
  before 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  

   great 
  many. 
  In 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  any 
  infection 
  they 
  hurt 
  

   the 
  grain, 
  while 
  where 
  I 
  placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  the 
  grain 
  was 
  all 
  right. 
  There 
  

   were 
  plenty 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields 
  when 
  mine 
  were 
  gone. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  

   many 
  dead 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  infection 
  saved 
  me 
  200 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  barley." 
  

  

  No. 
  436. 
  James 
  Rugh, 
  Winchester, 
  Scott 
  county, 
  Illinois. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   7th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  18th: 
  "I 
  deposited 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  in 
  two 
  corn 
  fields 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  plentiful, 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  three 
  times, 
  

   and 
  watched 
  for 
  the 
  results. 
  As 
  the 
  season 
  advanced 
  the 
  bugs 
  scattered 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  

   fields, 
  and 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  until 
  corn 
  cutting 
  time 
  and 
  were 
  lively." 
  

  

  EXPEBIMENT8 
  IN 
  THE 
  INDIAN 
  TEBBITOEY. 
  

  

  No. 
  437. 
  Quigg 
  <fc 
  Bebingeb, 
  Purcell, 
  Chickasaw 
  Nation, 
  Indian 
  Territory. 
  Ap- 
  

   plied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  22d: 
  " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  do 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  

   in 
  this 
  section." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  2, 
  1892: 
  "The 
  small 
  bottle 
  of 
  infected 
  chinch-bugs 
  which 
  you 
  mailed 
  us 
  was 
  

   received 
  in 
  due 
  time 
  and 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  worthy 
  farmer. 
  One 
  side 
  of 
  his 
  corn 
  was 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bugs, 
  which 
  were 
  increasing 
  and 
  destroying 
  the 
  corn 
  

   very 
  rapidly 
  until 
  your 
  remedy 
  was 
  applied 
  as 
  directed. 
  In 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  had 
  entirely 
  disappeared, 
  the 
  ground 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  their 
  dead 
  shells. 
  In 
  

   the 
  language 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Sweeney, 
  who 
  tried 
  the 
  experiment, 
  'It 
  just 
  shucked 
  them.' 
  

   The 
  experiment 
  was 
  an 
  entire 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  438. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Swinney, 
  Purcell, 
  Chickasaw 
  Nation, 
  Indian 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  

   for 
  aid 
  June 
  29th: 
  " 
  Bugs 
  are 
  very 
  bad 
  on 
  our 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  15th: 
  "I 
  scattered 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   over 
  my 
  farm, 
  which 
  contains 
  about 
  1,000 
  acres. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  on 
  my 
  

   corn 
  in 
  places 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  stalk 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  falling 
  down 
  very 
  badly. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  or 
  two 
  weeks 
  there 
  

   was 
  not 
  a 
  bug 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  my 
  farm. 
  I 
  feel 
  perfectly 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  you 
  

   sent 
  me 
  were 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  destroying 
  them. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  I 
  had 
  many 
  bugs 
  until 
  

   I 
  cut 
  my 
  wheat, 
  but 
  after 
  wheat 
  was 
  cut 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  by 
  the 
  million. 
  I 
  

   know 
  of 
  parties 
  who 
  got 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  and 
  have 
  talked 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  it 
  

   is 
  ' 
  bosh.' 
  I 
  asked 
  them 
  if 
  they 
  followed 
  your 
  directions 
  and 
  they 
  said 
  no, 
  that 
  they 
  

   never 
  had 
  much 
  faith 
  in 
  it 
  anyway. 
  When 
  they 
  got 
  the 
  bugs 
  from 
  you 
  they 
  put 
  

   bugs 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  the 
  bottle 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  

   bottle 
  and 
  they 
  knew 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  kill 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  so 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fection 
  out 
  and 
  had 
  bugs 
  until 
  frost, 
  and 
  my 
  farm 
  was 
  rid 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  

   you 
  sent 
  me 
  the 
  infection." 
  

  

  expebiments 
  in 
  iowa. 
  

  

  No. 
  439. 
  D. 
  D. 
  Ronan, 
  Waukon, 
  Alamakee 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  

   13th: 
  " 
  The 
  chinch-bug 
  is 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  here. 
  We 
  fear 
  total 
  loss 
  of 
  late 
  spring 
  

   grain 
  and 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  14th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  

   8th: 
  "The 
  infection 
  sent 
  me 
  has 
  saved 
  me 
  at 
  least 
  eight 
  acres 
  of 
  good 
  corn. 
  July 
  

   23d 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  corn 
  field, 
  where 
  bugs 
  were 
  doing 
  consid- 
  

  

  