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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  erable 
  damage. 
  I 
  noticed 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  25th. 
  The 
  26th 
  found 
  quite 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  distributed 
  a 
  second 
  batch 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs; 
  bugs 
  now 
  

   dying 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  On 
  the 
  30th, 
  in 
  all 
  cracks 
  in 
  field 
  of 
  corn, 
  around 
  the 
  

   roots 
  of 
  dead 
  corn 
  stalks, 
  and 
  under 
  each 
  clod, 
  were 
  lying 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  Bugs 
  

   are 
  still 
  dying 
  in 
  small 
  quantities. 
  There 
  are 
  yet 
  a 
  few 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  but 
  

   doing 
  no 
  damage. 
  During 
  the 
  experiment, 
  bugs 
  in 
  field 
  were 
  moving 
  about 
  a 
  

   great 
  deal, 
  except 
  July 
  24th, 
  when 
  they 
  appeared 
  very 
  sluggish. 
  No 
  change 
  in 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  neighboring 
  fields. 
  The 
  nearest 
  cultivated 
  field 
  to 
  this 
  is 
  about 
  30 
  rods." 
  Under 
  

   later 
  date: 
  "I 
  find 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  even 
  estimate 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  damage 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   would 
  have 
  done 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  infection 
  was 
  received 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  were 
  moving 
  into 
  a 
  40-acre 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  for 
  about 
  20 
  rows 
  of 
  40 
  rods 
  in 
  

   length 
  the 
  stalks 
  were 
  thickly 
  covered; 
  but 
  after 
  using 
  the 
  infection 
  the 
  bugs 
  died 
  

   rapidly, 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  unhurt, 
  as 
  was 
  also 
  30 
  acres 
  of 
  oats 
  adjoining 
  the 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  440. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Catohpool, 
  New 
  Hartford, 
  Butler 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   June 
  6th, 
  stating 
  that 
  Hope 
  Alliance 
  No. 
  1912 
  had 
  instructed 
  him 
  to 
  send 
  for 
  infec- 
  

   tion. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  13th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  17th: 
  

   "The 
  bugs 
  had 
  attacked 
  my 
  wheat 
  from 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  and 
  had 
  completely 
  

   killed 
  it 
  for 
  three 
  rods 
  in 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  

   where 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  work. 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  difference 
  in 
  their 
  actions 
  for 
  about 
  five 
  

   days, 
  although 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  devastation 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  extend. 
  In 
  about 
  five 
  or 
  

   six 
  days 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  semi-dormant 
  state. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  

   effort 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  unless 
  we 
  touched 
  them, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  would 
  go 
  in 
  a 
  

   circle, 
  or, 
  perhaps, 
  turn 
  on 
  their 
  backs. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  old 
  bug 
  to 
  be 
  

   seen, 
  except 
  legs 
  and 
  wings. 
  My 
  wheat 
  matured 
  all 
  right, 
  and 
  it 
  tested 
  at 
  the 
  mill 
  

   at 
  59 
  pounds, 
  as 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  separator." 
  January 
  5, 
  1892: 
  "While 
  I 
  was 
  ex- 
  

   perimenting 
  one 
  man 
  said 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  give 
  me 
  5 
  cents 
  for 
  my 
  entire 
  crop, 
  but 
  

   when 
  I 
  took 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  from 
  that 
  patch 
  to 
  the 
  mill, 
  the 
  miller 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  

   best 
  wheat 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  for 
  two 
  years. 
  The 
  infection 
  saved 
  my 
  entire 
  crop 
  of 
  wheat 
  

   and 
  37 
  acres 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  441. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Maha, 
  North 
  McGregor, 
  Clayton 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  20th: 
  "Our 
  corn 
  crop 
  will 
  be 
  destroyed 
  soon 
  if 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  get 
  relief." 
  Infec- 
  

   tion 
  sent 
  August 
  8th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  September 
  5th: 
  "My 
  

   experiments 
  with 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  have 
  proved 
  unfavorable. 
  It 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  

   season; 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  me 
  until 
  August 
  18th, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  were 
  

   full 
  grown 
  by 
  that 
  time." 
  

  

  No. 
  442. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Binning, 
  Dyersville, 
  Dubuque 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  3d: 
  "I 
  have 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  barley 
  with 
  many 
  millions 
  of 
  bugs 
  in 
  it." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  July 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "Am 
  sorry 
  to 
  

   say 
  the 
  experiment 
  with 
  me 
  was 
  a 
  failure. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  dead 
  when 
  received, 
  but 
  

   I 
  followed 
  the 
  directions 
  you 
  sent, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  inoculate 
  any 
  others. 
  I 
  had 
  barley 
  

   that 
  was 
  infested 
  with 
  millions 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  hot 
  and 
  dry." 
  

  

  No. 
  443. 
  Feed. 
  Lukes, 
  Protivin, 
  Howard 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  

   experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  1st: 
  "I 
  put 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   wheat 
  and 
  some 
  in 
  corn, 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  directions. 
  In 
  three 
  weeks 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  

   one 
  live 
  bug 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  discovery 
  and 
  a 
  benefit 
  to 
  farmer." 
  Un- 
  

   der 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  saved 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  100 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats." 
  

  

  No. 
  444. 
  Mathias 
  Kinkoe, 
  Spillville, 
  Winneshiek 
  county, 
  Iowa. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  16th: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  rapidly 
  destroying 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  18th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "In 
  about 
  two 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  jar, 
  I 
  noticed 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  five 
  in 
  number, 
  enveloped 
  in 
  white 
  film, 
  but 
  

   rest 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  active 
  as 
  ever. 
  I 
  let 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  wheat 
  field 
  where 
  chinch-bugs 
  

  

  