﻿METEOROLOGICAL 
  CONDITIONS 
  AND 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
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  into 
  my 
  oats 
  and 
  corn 
  from 
  adjacent 
  fields. 
  They 
  are 
  multiplying 
  very 
  rapidly 
  in 
  

   spite 
  of 
  the 
  wet 
  weather." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  34. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  June 
  26 
  says: 
  "In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  wet 
  weather 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  have 
  gone 
  from 
  the 
  wheat 
  to 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  are 
  taking 
  it 
  clean 
  the 
  entire 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  39. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  October 
  14 
  says: 
  "The 
  weather 
  had 
  been 
  

   dry 
  and 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  thick 
  and 
  active 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  time; 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  putting 
  

   out 
  the 
  bugs 
  the 
  weather 
  had 
  become 
  wet, 
  yet 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  just 
  as 
  thick 
  though 
  

   less 
  active. 
  The 
  bugs 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  ever 
  until 
  after 
  harvest 
  and 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  have 
  wings 
  and 
  fly 
  away." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  42. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  June 
  12 
  says: 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  raining 
  a 
  great 
  

   deal. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  while 
  it 
  was 
  raining, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  dying 
  fast 
  

   now. 
  The 
  red 
  ones 
  are 
  dying." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  47. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  December 
  18 
  says: 
  "I 
  received 
  the 
  bugs 
  

   June 
  1. 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  until 
  July 
  2 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  hard 
  rains 
  and 
  

   floods 
  of 
  water. 
  On 
  bank 
  land, 
  where 
  the 
  land 
  was 
  black, 
  gummy, 
  and 
  cold, 
  there 
  

   were 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  corn 
  was 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  chinch-bugs." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  52. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  November 
  20 
  says: 
  "The 
  wet 
  weather 
  

   started 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  labored 
  under 
  extreme 
  diffi- 
  

   culty; 
  but 
  I 
  stuck 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  was 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  result. 
  I 
  had 
  four 
  fields 
  infested 
  by 
  

   the 
  chinch-bug; 
  one 
  of 
  oats, 
  10 
  acres, 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  bugs 
  before 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  

   infection. 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  on 
  a 
  20-acre 
  corn 
  field, 
  and 
  gathered 
  about 
  20 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  corn 
  per 
  acre. 
  On 
  a 
  five-acre 
  field, 
  where 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  the 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  

   because 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  wet, 
  I 
  gathered 
  about 
  10 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  bugs 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  it 
  all 
  summer." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  60. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  May 
  16 
  says: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  getting 
  numer- 
  

   ous." 
  Writing 
  October 
  18, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  "I 
  received 
  no 
  benefit 
  from 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  gave 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  to 
  my 
  neighbor, 
  who 
  also 
  had 
  no 
  

   success. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  cold 
  and 
  rainy." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  96. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  June 
  2 
  says: 
  "My 
  wheat 
  is 
  done 
  for 
  if 
  I 
  

   do 
  not 
  get 
  help 
  soon." 
  Writing 
  October 
  26, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  "I 
  followed 
  di- 
  

   rections, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  results, 
  but 
  know 
  not 
  why, 
  unless 
  the 
  

   rains 
  interfered." 
  • 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  105. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  May 
  14 
  says: 
  "Bugs 
  are 
  at 
  work 
  very 
  

   lively 
  in 
  my 
  wheat, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  arrested 
  they 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  hatch 
  enough 
  

   young 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  entire 
  field." 
  Writing 
  October 
  19, 
  correspondent 
  reports 
  at 
  

   length 
  concerning 
  his 
  experiments: 
  "During 
  May 
  there 
  was 
  considerable 
  rain, 
  but 
  

   the 
  bugs 
  did 
  not 
  die. 
  During 
  June 
  there 
  was 
  considerable 
  rain 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  did 
  

   die." 
  Infected 
  bugs 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  my 
  laboratory 
  to 
  this 
  correspondent 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  on 
  May 
  16 
  and 
  again 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  May 
  rains 
  were 
  

   "heavy." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  110. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  April 
  30 
  says: 
  "They 
  are 
  swarming 
  in 
  

   our 
  corn 
  fields." 
  Writing 
  October 
  26, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  "Infected 
  bugs 
  sent 
  me 
  

   were 
  received. 
  I 
  followed 
  instructions, 
  but 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  No 
  

   bugs 
  died 
  nor 
  seemed 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  disease. 
  However, 
  a 
  rain 
  storm 
  

   occurred 
  on 
  the 
  21st, 
  which 
  possibly 
  interfered 
  with 
  the 
  experiment." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  118. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  June 
  13 
  says: 
  "There 
  are 
  lots 
  of 
  young 
  

   bugs 
  in 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  upon 
  the 
  corn. 
  I 
  supposed 
  they 
  would 
  all 
  

   be 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  rains, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  not." 
  Writing 
  October 
  18, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  

   u 
  In 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  the 
  bugs 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  as 
  much 
  

  

  