﻿REPORTS 
  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  127 
  

  

  scarcely 
  any 
  live 
  bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  "I 
  had 
  but 
  nine 
  acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  saved 
  

   about 
  35 
  bushels 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  infection." 
  

  

  No. 
  473. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Zinneokeb, 
  Honey 
  Grove, 
  Fannin 
  county, 
  Texas. 
  Sent 
  infection 
  

   May 
  4th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  May 
  26th. 
  Re-sent 
  bugs 
  June 
  2d; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  again 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  10th: 
  "The 
  next 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  

   bugs 
  out 
  a 
  very 
  hard 
  rain 
  fell. 
  I 
  watched 
  closely 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  any 
  results. 
  

   About 
  three 
  weeks 
  after 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  near 
  where 
  I 
  put 
  infection. 
  The 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  field 
  multiplied 
  greatly, 
  and 
  after 
  corn 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  were 
  too 
  dry 
  they 
  

   went 
  to 
  crab-grass 
  and 
  purslane. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  test 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  fair 
  one, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  dashing 
  rain 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  bugs." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  very 
  hard 
  

   rain 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  474. 
  Thomas 
  R. 
  Oeenbaun, 
  Hillsboro, 
  Hill 
  county, 
  Texas. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   October 
  6th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  2d: 
  "I 
  turned 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs 
  out 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  as 
  plentiful 
  as 
  ants 
  in 
  an 
  ant 
  hill, 
  and 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  any 
  effect 
  from 
  it. 
  The 
  bugs 
  are 
  still 
  alive 
  and 
  as 
  active 
  and 
  numerous 
  

   as 
  ever." 
  

  

  No. 
  475. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Reeves, 
  Lone 
  Oak, 
  Hunt 
  county, 
  Texas. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  August 
  

   12th: 
  "I 
  have 
  a 
  fine 
  crop 
  of 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  August 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  28th: 
  "I 
  experimented 
  with 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  you 
  

   directed. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  in 
  my 
  field. 
  

   They 
  also 
  died 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields. 
  In 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  they 
  

   all 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  dead; 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  my 
  field 
  this 
  week 
  and 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  ever. 
  They 
  must 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  farm, 
  or 
  a 
  new 
  crop 
  

   from 
  the 
  eggs." 
  Remark: 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  bugs 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  inroads 
  from 
  neighboring 
  

   fields. 
  

  

  No. 
  476. 
  T. 
  M. 
  Palmek, 
  Peede, 
  Kauffman 
  county, 
  Texas. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  May 
  

   29th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  5th: 
  "I 
  marked 
  four 
  hills 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  

   placed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  thereon. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  warm, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   third 
  day 
  I 
  found 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  four 
  dead 
  bugs 
  at 
  one 
  hill, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  those 
  not 
  dead 
  

   seemed 
  quite 
  stupid. 
  After 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  first 
  lot, 
  I 
  replenished 
  my 
  jar 
  with 
  

   healthy 
  bugs, 
  and 
  after 
  48 
  hours 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  They 
  had 
  a 
  better 
  effect 
  than 
  the 
  

   first 
  lot. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  dead 
  bugs; 
  but 
  what 
  was 
  better, 
  I 
  found 
  no 
  live 
  ones 
  

   on 
  the 
  corn 
  upon 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  placed 
  them. 
  Two 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  second 
  

   lot 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  restless, 
  crawling 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  

   direction. 
  Since 
  then 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  putting 
  the 
  infection 
  out 
  regularly. 
  I 
  can 
  now 
  

   say 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  have 
  died 
  and 
  left 
  until 
  my 
  field 
  is 
  about 
  clear 
  of 
  them. 
  One 
  of 
  

   my 
  neighbors, 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Graham, 
  has 
  been 
  using 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  corn, 
  and 
  his 
  experi- 
  

   ence 
  tends 
  to 
  confirm 
  mine, 
  he 
  being 
  almost 
  free 
  from 
  them 
  at 
  this 
  writing. 
  I 
  will 
  

   state 
  furthermore, 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  any 
  bugs 
  dying 
  except 
  where 
  the 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  placed. 
  In 
  Mr. 
  Lockley's 
  field, 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  me, 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  

   holding 
  high 
  carnival; 
  they 
  have 
  killed 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  corn 
  dead." 
  

  

  No. 
  477. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Bell, 
  Tehuacana, 
  Limestone 
  county, 
  Texas. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  

   July 
  2d. 
  Stated 
  that 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  threatened 
  to 
  ruin 
  his 
  corn. 
  Bugs 
  sent 
  July 
  

   5th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  18th: 
  "Those 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  

   where 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  the 
  infection 
  were 
  soon 
  free 
  from 
  live 
  bugs, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  bugs 
  continued 
  to 
  flourish 
  for 
  16 
  or 
  18 
  days, 
  when 
  they 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  die 
  and 
  died 
  off 
  rapidly. 
  No 
  unusual 
  mortality 
  is 
  perceptible 
  among 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields. 
  I 
  am 
  thoroughly 
  persuaded 
  of 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  your 
  

   system 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  chinch-bug." 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  2d: 
  "The 
  diseased 
  

   bugs 
  saved 
  me 
  about 
  400 
  bushels 
  (or 
  50 
  per 
  cent.) 
  of 
  my 
  corn." 
  

  

  