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  over 
  the 
  fence 
  from 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  went 
  into 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  millions. 
  When 
  my 
  

   neighbor 
  cut 
  his 
  wheat, 
  across 
  from 
  my 
  wheat, 
  I 
  went 
  over, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  came 
  

   out 
  of 
  my 
  wheat 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  field 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  a 
  dead 
  bug. 
  That 
  was 
  four 
  weeks 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  

   in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  wheat. 
  The 
  ground 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  dead 
  bugs. 
  I 
  

   think 
  the 
  bugs 
  died 
  in 
  greater 
  quantities 
  the 
  fifth 
  week. 
  So 
  you 
  can 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  did 
  not 
  begin 
  to 
  die 
  until 
  from 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  days 
  after 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  The 
  bugs 
  

   did 
  not 
  do 
  me 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  what 
  they 
  would 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  got 
  the 
  

   infection. 
  I 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  highly 
  pleased 
  with 
  my 
  trial 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  

   they 
  did 
  not 
  work 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  I 
  expected 
  they 
  would." 
  Reported 
  in 
  November: 
  "1 
  

   estimate 
  saving 
  in 
  my 
  fields 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  infected 
  bugs 
  at 
  200 
  bushels 
  corn, 
  250 
  bushels 
  

   barley, 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  crops 
  $125 
  worth." 
  

  

  No. 
  483. 
  John 
  Slatter, 
  Sun 
  Prairie, 
  Dane 
  county, 
  Wisconsin. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   June 
  23d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  15th: 
  "Immediately 
  upon 
  

   receipt 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  I 
  followed 
  directions 
  as 
  close 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  10 
  days 
  

   after 
  distributing 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  old 
  bugs 
  lying 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field, 
  dead, 
  but 
  

   the 
  young 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  disease 
  at 
  once. 
  The 
  bugs 
  in 
  adjoining 
  

   fields 
  began 
  to 
  die 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  good 
  

   in 
  winter 
  wheat 
  and 
  they 
  worked 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  quite 
  bad 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  week, 
  and 
  then 
  

   they 
  seemed 
  to 
  stop 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  them. 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  laughing-stock 
  of 
  the 
  

   community 
  for 
  a 
  while, 
  but 
  the 
  farmers 
  came 
  for 
  ten 
  miles 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  chinch- 
  

   bugs." 
  Under 
  later 
  date: 
  " 
  I 
  saved, 
  by 
  the 
  infection, 
  about 
  200 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  200 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  barley, 
  and 
  $200 
  worth 
  of 
  other 
  crops." 
  

  

  No. 
  484. 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Daniel, 
  Fox 
  Lake, 
  Dodge 
  county, 
  Wisconsin. 
  Applied 
  for 
  

   aid 
  July 
  22d: 
  "My 
  corn 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  all 
  destroyed 
  by 
  bugs." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  

   27th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  August 
  22d: 
  "For 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  

   say 
  anything 
  about 
  the 
  effect. 
  The 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  my 
  corn 
  when 
  I 
  put 
  out 
  

   the 
  infection, 
  but 
  now 
  I 
  see 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  There 
  came 
  a 
  great 
  drouth 
  

   for 
  five 
  weeks 
  — 
  not 
  a 
  drop 
  of 
  rain 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  it 
  helped 
  to 
  destroy 
  some 
  of 
  

   them. 
  Yet 
  I 
  see 
  that 
  they 
  work 
  more 
  in 
  my 
  neighbors' 
  fields." 
  Under 
  November 
  

   date, 
  reported 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  infection 
  saved 
  probably 
  1,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  

   my 
  fields, 
  and 
  $40 
  worth 
  of 
  millet." 
  

  

  No. 
  485. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Dakbow, 
  Brandon, 
  Fond 
  du 
  Lac 
  county, 
  Wisconsin. 
  Applied 
  for 
  

   aid 
  August 
  10th: 
  " 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  destroying 
  the 
  crops 
  in 
  this 
  section." 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  August 
  12th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  9th: 
  "After 
  put- 
  

   ting 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  corn 
  I 
  put 
  more 
  fresh 
  ones 
  in 
  bottle 
  with 
  those 
  you 
  sent, 
  

   putting 
  in 
  green 
  leaves. 
  I 
  kept 
  them 
  there 
  four 
  weeks, 
  but 
  found 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  

   corn 
  or 
  bottle." 
  

  

  No. 
  486. 
  Chas. 
  L. 
  Hill, 
  Rosendale, 
  Fond 
  du 
  Lac 
  county, 
  Wisconsin. 
  Infection 
  

   sent 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  i-eported 
  July 
  28th: 
  "The 
  experiment- 
  

   ing 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  success. 
  After 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  I 
  put 
  some 
  bugs 
  from 
  the 
  jar 
  into 
  

   the 
  field, 
  but 
  afterward 
  I 
  found 
  they 
  were 
  never 
  affected, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  live 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  

   jar 
  after 
  three 
  weeks. 
  The 
  chinch-bugs 
  are 
  now 
  at 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  are 
  worse 
  than 
  I 
  

   ever 
  saw 
  them 
  before. 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  obliged 
  for 
  your 
  trouble 
  and 
  will 
  try 
  again 
  next 
  

   year." 
  Infection 
  re-sent 
  July 
  30th 
  and 
  August 
  3d; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  December 
  14th: 
  "The 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  infection 
  in 
  

   the 
  corn 
  and 
  on 
  timothy 
  meadow. 
  On 
  the 
  corn 
  they 
  did 
  little 
  good, 
  for 
  the 
  infection 
  

   did 
  not 
  spread. 
  Those 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  timothy 
  worked 
  ravage 
  right 
  and 
  left. 
  In 
  two 
  

   weeks 
  almost 
  every 
  bug 
  within 
  20 
  rods 
  of 
  where 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  was 
  dead. 
  

   We 
  supposed 
  it 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  cholera, 
  as 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  

   bugs, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  show 
  quite 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  box, 
  as 
  only 
  the 
  shells 
  were 
  left." 
  

  

  