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  of 
  corn 
  were 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  experiment. 
  At 
  time 
  of 
  infection 
  prospects 
  were 
  very 
  

   poor, 
  but 
  the 
  crop 
  turned 
  out 
  all 
  0. 
  K." 
  

  

  EXPEEIMENTS 
  IN 
  MISSOUBI. 
  

  

  No. 
  450. 
  John 
  E. 
  Mundy, 
  Mexico, 
  Audrain 
  county, 
  Missouri. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   June 
  27th: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  young 
  corn 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  art 
  ruining.*' 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  ''After 
  I 
  experi- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  dead 
  ones, 
  and 
  they 
  all 
  disap- 
  

   peared 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  weeks." 
  

  

  No. 
  451. 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Watees, 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Columbia, 
  Boone 
  

   county, 
  Missouri. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  

   September 
  5th: 
  "I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  hand 
  you 
  with 
  this 
  a 
  partial 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  with 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  of 
  the 
  chinch-bug 
  received 
  from 
  your 
  

   laboratory. 
  Nos. 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  were 
  with 
  a 
  bacterial 
  disease 
  used 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  

   while 
  No. 
  4 
  was 
  with 
  the 
  fungus 
  disease, 
  Sporotrichum, 
  furnished 
  by 
  you 
  from 
  a 
  field 
  

   in 
  Chautauqua 
  county, 
  Kansas. 
  Other 
  reports 
  will 
  doubtless 
  come 
  in 
  later." 
  

  

  1. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Friesenberry, 
  of 
  Boone 
  county, 
  reports 
  results 
  with 
  bacterial 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  put 
  out 
  May 
  30th 
  in 
  wheat 
  field 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  old 
  and 
  some 
  young 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  threatening 
  destruction 
  of 
  crop: 
  "'At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  week 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  distributed, 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  began 
  dying. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  

   both 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  were 
  dying 
  rapidly. 
  None 
  worth 
  mentioning 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  now." 
  

  

  2. 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  T. 
  Howell, 
  of 
  Randolph 
  county, 
  reports 
  similar 
  results 
  from 
  bugs 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

  

  3. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Bedford, 
  of 
  Boone 
  county, 
  reports 
  no 
  perceptible 
  diminution 
  of 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  bugs 
  from 
  an 
  application 
  of 
  bacterial 
  disease 
  in 
  a 
  wheat 
  field, 
  May 
  

   21st. 
  

  

  4. 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  J. 
  Keller 
  reports: 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  happy 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  favorable 
  report 
  

   on 
  your 
  chinch-bug 
  experiment. 
  It 
  worked 
  like 
  a 
  charm, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  are 
  dead. 
  Some 
  damage 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  corn 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  July 
  16th." 
  

  

  Professor 
  Waters 
  wrote 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  December 
  18th 
  as 
  follows: 
  "A 
  report 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  for 
  one 
  locality 
  where 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  injuring 
  the 
  corn 
  rapidly 
  and 
  

   threatened 
  to 
  completely 
  destroy 
  it 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  a 
  local 
  paper, 
  written, 
  perhaps, 
  

   by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  who 
  made 
  the 
  experiment, 
  which 
  showed 
  the 
  greatest 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  possible. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  heard 
  from, 
  the 
  infection 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  unqualified 
  success." 
  

  

  No. 
  452. 
  C. 
  0. 
  Davidson, 
  Carrington, 
  Callaway 
  county, 
  Missouri. 
  Applied 
  for 
  

   aid 
  June 
  6th: 
  "We 
  are 
  bothered 
  very 
  badly 
  by 
  chinch-bugs 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  July 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "I 
  put 
  the 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  that 
  was 
  red 
  and 
  black 
  with 
  bugs, 
  say 
  one 
  

   ounce 
  of 
  bugs 
  to 
  each 
  corn 
  stalk. 
  We 
  watched 
  them 
  closely, 
  and 
  in 
  three 
  weeks 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  you 
  sent 
  them 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dead. 
  Not 
  one 
  ounce 
  of 
  live 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  field. 
  Nothing 
  could 
  be 
  better." 
  

  

  No. 
  453. 
  John 
  R. 
  Deakdobf, 
  Bachelor, 
  Callaway 
  county, 
  Missouri. 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  21st: 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  14 
  days 
  this 
  

   evening 
  since 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infection. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  to 
  look 
  several 
  times 
  but 
  this 
  

   morning 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  discovered 
  any 
  disease. 
  I 
  find 
  scattered 
  all 
  

   over 
  the 
  field 
  dead 
  bugs 
  which 
  have 
  turned 
  white 
  and 
  are 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   bugs. 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  sick 
  elsewhere 
  that 
  I 
  know 
  of." 
  

  

  No. 
  454. 
  Clinton 
  Bass, 
  Maple 
  Grove, 
  Jasper 
  county, 
  Missouri. 
  Stated 
  in 
  appli- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  July 
  1st 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  taking 
  his 
  corn, 
  having 
  abandoned 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  cut. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

  

  