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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  ported 
  July 
  28th: 
  " 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  skeptical 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  10 
  days 
  elapsed, 
  and 
  I 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  have 
  as 
  many 
  bugs 
  as 
  ever, 
  but 
  in 
  time 
  they 
  all 
  succumbed. 
  It 
  was 
  very 
  

   fortunate 
  for 
  these 
  people 
  of 
  Oklahoma 
  that 
  you 
  were 
  willing 
  to 
  send 
  the 
  disease 
  

   out 
  of 
  Kansas. 
  It 
  made 
  the 
  difference 
  for 
  many 
  of 
  us 
  of 
  a 
  crop. 
  In 
  general, 
  the 
  

   weather 
  was 
  hot 
  and 
  dry, 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  light 
  showers, 
  and 
  it 
  took 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  to 
  

   kill 
  them." 
  Report 
  further 
  November 
  9th: 
  "I 
  saved 
  probably 
  300 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  

   by 
  the 
  infection. 
  You 
  sent 
  me 
  two 
  boxes; 
  a 
  neighbor, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Finnell, 
  used 
  the 
  

   other, 
  and 
  saved 
  perhaps 
  100 
  bushels." 
  

  

  No. 
  467. 
  E. 
  West, 
  Mulhall, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  3d; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  27th: 
  "I 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  that 
  your 
  bugs 
  did 
  

   any 
  good. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  dry, 
  and 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  difference 
  in 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  infected 
  ones." 
  

  

  No. 
  468. 
  W. 
  K. 
  Geeene, 
  Oklahoma 
  City, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Mr. 
  Greene 
  sent 
  

   for 
  infection 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Oklahoma 
  County 
  Farmers' 
  Alliance- 
  

   Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  1st; 
  experiments 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  12th: 
  "I 
  am 
  

   sorry 
  that 
  I 
  cannot 
  give 
  details, 
  though 
  I 
  know 
  the 
  infection 
  was 
  generally 
  success- 
  

   ful. 
  Every 
  one 
  who 
  scattered 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  in 
  their 
  field, 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  interviewed, 
  

   Teports 
  that 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying 
  in 
  from 
  three 
  days 
  to 
  one 
  week. 
  In 
  adjoining 
  fields 
  

   they 
  began 
  dying 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later. 
  Several 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  were 
  planted 
  on 
  wheat 
  

   stubble, 
  which 
  did 
  well 
  where 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  diseased; 
  while 
  several 
  miles 
  from 
  here, 
  

   where 
  no 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  scattered, 
  the 
  corn 
  planted 
  on 
  wheat-stubble 
  land 
  

   was 
  destroyed, 
  or 
  very 
  nearly 
  so. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  dry. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  shower 
  about 
  

   the 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  arrived, 
  but 
  very 
  little 
  since 
  then. 
  We 
  are 
  quite 
  jubilant 
  over 
  the 
  

   success 
  of 
  the 
  trial." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  December 
  4th: 
  "I 
  shall 
  estimate 
  my 
  own 
  saving 
  

   at 
  $200, 
  which 
  I 
  think 
  conservative." 
  

  

  No. 
  469. 
  Mbs. 
  Lizzie 
  A. 
  Rookwood, 
  Oklahoma 
  City, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Ap- 
  

   plied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  13th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  are 
  devouring 
  our 
  corn." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   14th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  26th: 
  "In 
  course 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   began 
  to 
  perceptibly 
  decrease, 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  farmers 
  contiguous 
  still 
  had 
  bugs, 
  we 
  con- 
  

   cluded 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  much 
  benefited 
  by 
  your 
  scientific 
  application, 
  and 
  said, 
  'Hurrah 
  

   for 
  Science 
  ! 
  ' 
  " 
  Reported 
  in 
  November: 
  " 
  The 
  experiment 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  500 
  bush- 
  

   els 
  of 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  470. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Lamb, 
  Stillwater, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  20th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  in 
  great 
  numbers." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  22d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  

   reported 
  October 
  23d: 
  "I 
  placed 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  on 
  six 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field. 
  

   It 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  wet 
  all 
  summer, 
  and 
  rained 
  in 
  15 
  hours 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  my 
  bugs. 
  I 
  

   found 
  in 
  two 
  to 
  four 
  weeks 
  my 
  bugs 
  were 
  done 
  for. 
  The 
  corn 
  fell 
  down 
  worthless, 
  

   and 
  clusters 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  the 
  blades. 
  I 
  also 
  found 
  some 
  white- 
  

   coated, 
  bloated, 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  adhering 
  to 
  small 
  blades 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  on 
  weeds 
  near 
  the 
  

   corn 
  hills 
  where 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed. 
  The 
  bugs 
  for 
  three 
  generations 
  were 
  

   surely 
  destroyed. 
  I 
  can 
  assure 
  you 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  success 
  in 
  destroying 
  

   bugs. 
  The 
  infection 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  applied 
  earlier 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  best 
  results." 
  

   Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  very 
  wet 
  weather 
  of 
  early 
  summer 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  471. 
  Jesse 
  Sheeves, 
  Stillwater, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  8th: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  all 
  died 
  in 
  my 
  

   field, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  adjoining 
  fields; 
  and 
  for 
  miles 
  around 
  it 
  worked 
  like 
  a 
  charm." 
  

  

  No. 
  472. 
  Haebt 
  Connob, 
  Thurston, 
  Oklahoma 
  Territory. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  1st. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  September 
  7th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  No- 
  

   vember 
  4th: 
  "I 
  turned 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  loose 
  the 
  third 
  day. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  

   numerous 
  in 
  our 
  late 
  corn- 
  -sometimes 
  a 
  cup 
  full 
  to 
  one 
  stalk; 
  they 
  were 
  also 
  active. 
  

   The 
  weather 
  was 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  during 
  the 
  time. 
  In 
  about 
  a 
  week's 
  time 
  we 
  could 
  find 
  

  

  