﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
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  us 
  did 
  the 
  work. 
  It 
  took 
  between 
  8 
  and 
  10 
  days 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  work. 
  We 
  took 
  

   about 
  150 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  and 
  followed 
  your 
  directions 
  very 
  minutely, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  24 
  hours 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  crazy 
  bugs; 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  48 
  hours 
  we 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  (about 
  20 
  acres). 
  Ten 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  planting 
  of 
  bugs 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  rain 
  

   shower, 
  and 
  after 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  gone. 
  Our 
  man 
  gave 
  the 
  shower 
  the 
  credit 
  for 
  

   doing 
  the 
  work, 
  but 
  as 
  we 
  had 
  cold 
  rains 
  all 
  spring 
  and 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  stop 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   we 
  hardly 
  think 
  a 
  warm 
  shower 
  would 
  kill 
  them. 
  The 
  field 
  was 
  alive 
  with 
  young 
  

   bugs 
  when 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in, 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  gone; 
  so 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  

   hesitate 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  your 
  infected 
  bugs 
  did 
  the 
  work." 
  

  

  EXPERIMENTS 
  IN 
  OKLAHOMA 
  TEBBITOBY. 
  

  

  No. 
  461. 
  Geo. 
  Andeeson, 
  Edmond. 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  

   12th. 
  Bugs 
  sent 
  May 
  18th. 
  and 
  again 
  July 
  11th, 
  and 
  July 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  20th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  teaspoonful 
  on 
  my 
  sweet 
  

   corn, 
  so 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  will 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  all 
  right." 
  And 
  again, 
  October 
  29th: 
  "The 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  did 
  much 
  good. 
  It 
  killed 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  handful. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   thing 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  I 
  have 
  seen." 
  

  

  No. 
  462. 
  Robeet 
  C. 
  Bebby, 
  Guthrie, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   17th, 
  stating 
  that 
  the 
  corn 
  was 
  being 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  bugs. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   20th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  12th: 
  "I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  report 
  the 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  of 
  the 
  chinch-bug 
  experiment. 
  They 
  have 
  about 
  all 
  died 
  on 
  my 
  place, 
  which 
  

   they 
  commenced 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  days 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infection. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   wonder 
  to 
  every 
  one 
  that 
  has 
  seen 
  my 
  field." 
  

  

  No. 
  463. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Bybd, 
  Mathewson, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  2d. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  4th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  7th: 
  "Bugs 
  received 
  September 
  6th. 
  Placed 
  them 
  immediately 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  jar 
  

   with 
  moist 
  earth 
  and 
  food. 
  After 
  five 
  days 
  some 
  bugs 
  I 
  put 
  with 
  them 
  commenced 
  

   dying. 
  I 
  then 
  began 
  distributing 
  about 
  my 
  field, 
  and 
  amongst 
  my 
  neighbors, 
  in 
  

   corn 
  and 
  cane 
  fields. 
  Weather 
  was 
  dry 
  and 
  hot. 
  Disease 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  infectious 
  

   at 
  all 
  points. 
  Bugs 
  in 
  field 
  were 
  moving 
  lively 
  when 
  inoculated 
  ones 
  were 
  intro- 
  

   duced. 
  The 
  intention 
  was 
  to 
  destroy 
  bugs 
  in 
  anticipation 
  of 
  next 
  year's 
  crop. 
  In 
  

   all 
  cases 
  results 
  were 
  satisfactory, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  reports 
  from 
  17 
  parties." 
  

  

  No. 
  464. 
  S. 
  H. 
  Milleb, 
  Miller, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  24th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  spreading 
  rapidly 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  A 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  young 
  corn 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  them 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  one 
  foot 
  above 
  the 
  ground." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  

   27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  13th: 
  "I 
  consider 
  the 
  experiment 
  with 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  about 
  the 
  27th 
  ult. 
  highly 
  satisfactory. 
  I 
  associated 
  

   about 
  100 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  with 
  the 
  ones 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  for 
  48 
  hours, 
  and 
  then 
  turned 
  

   them 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  the 
  thickest. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  eight 
  days 
  

   I 
  found 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  small 
  red 
  bugs 
  had 
  disappeared 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  

   the 
  original 
  quantity 
  of 
  old 
  bugs 
  had 
  diminished 
  one-half. 
  In 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   field 
  where 
  I 
  turned 
  the 
  second 
  infected 
  lot 
  loose, 
  I 
  found 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  small 
  ones 
  

   gone 
  and 
  numerous 
  old 
  ones 
  dead." 
  

  

  No. 
  465. 
  M.S. 
  Fishback, 
  Mulhall, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  

   experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  " 
  I 
  regret 
  to 
  report 
  the 
  result 
  not 
  

   satisfactory. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infection 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  leaving 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   ground 
  for 
  the 
  corn 
  adjoining. 
  I 
  took 
  great 
  pains 
  to 
  put 
  a 
  few 
  infected 
  bugs 
  with 
  

   the 
  ones 
  that 
  had 
  gathered 
  upon 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  corn 
  at 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  feet 
  apart. 
  I 
  watched 
  

   closeiy 
  for 
  three 
  weeks, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  discover 
  any 
  favorable 
  results. 
  In 
  clearing 
  

   up 
  the 
  ground 
  now. 
  I 
  find 
  quantities 
  of 
  live 
  bugs." 
  

  

  No. 
  466. 
  James 
  K. 
  Hastings, 
  Mulhall, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  

   25th: 
  "My 
  corn 
  is 
  going." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  27th: 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

  

  