﻿METEOROLOGICAL 
  CONDITIONS 
  AND 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
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  I 
  got 
  did 
  not 
  work 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  they 
  should, 
  for 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  cold 
  and 
  wet. 
  

   Think 
  it 
  was 
  too 
  cold 
  for 
  the 
  bugs 
  to 
  fly 
  around." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  228. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  July 
  15 
  says: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  playing 
  

   havoc 
  with 
  the 
  corn 
  near 
  the 
  wheat." 
  Writing 
  July 
  26, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  "I 
  tried 
  

   the 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  but 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  after 
  it 
  rained, 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  rain 
  for 
  four 
  days 
  in 
  

   succession; 
  consequently 
  I 
  lost 
  my 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  if 
  applied 
  properly, 
  

   and 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  dry 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  destroy 
  them 
  entirely." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  254. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  July 
  17 
  says: 
  "We 
  had 
  a 
  heavy 
  rain 
  Fri- 
  

   day 
  night, 
  June 
  17, 
  making 
  the 
  field 
  very 
  wet, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  released 
  the 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs 
  

   on 
  Saturday 
  morning 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  very 
  lively. 
  When 
  I 
  turned 
  out 
  

   the 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  bugs, 
  on 
  Monday 
  morning, 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  jar, 
  and 
  

   on 
  Thursday, 
  when 
  I 
  turned 
  out 
  the 
  third 
  lot, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  around 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  corn, 
  which 
  looked 
  like 
  mould. 
  On 
  close 
  examination 
  

   they 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  young 
  bugs 
  completely 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  fungus. 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  distributing 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  every 
  few 
  days 
  since, 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  spread 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  field; 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  mouldy 
  bugs 
  almost 
  every 
  day, 
  but 
  they 
  do 
  

   not 
  die 
  very 
  readily, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  left, 
  though 
  not 
  as 
  plentiful 
  

   as 
  a 
  week 
  ago." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  255. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  July 
  2 
  says: 
  "Send 
  as 
  many 
  infected 
  

   bugs 
  as 
  you 
  can 
  spare. 
  I 
  have 
  15 
  acres 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  bugs 
  are 
  in 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  

   million. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  half 
  grown. 
  This 
  explodes 
  the 
  theory 
  that 
  wet 
  weather 
  

   kills 
  the 
  young 
  bugs, 
  as 
  the 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  hatched 
  in 
  the 
  wet- 
  

   test 
  season 
  Kansas 
  ever 
  saw." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  312. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  October 
  25 
  says: 
  "The 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  

   out 
  as 
  per 
  printed 
  directions; 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  after 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  put 
  out 
  a 
  heavy 
  

   and 
  driving 
  rain 
  fell, 
  and 
  it 
  continued 
  to 
  rain 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  week 
  follow- 
  

   ing. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  visible 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  healthy 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  388. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  May 
  14 
  says: 
  "Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  doing 
  

   great 
  damage 
  in 
  this 
  section." 
  Writing 
  June 
  5, 
  correspondent 
  says: 
  "I 
  handled 
  the 
  

   infection 
  as 
  directed, 
  without 
  any 
  apparent 
  favorable 
  results. 
  However, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  

   have 
  been 
  a 
  fair 
  test, 
  for 
  it 
  commenced 
  to 
  rain 
  the 
  day 
  after 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  has 
  kept 
  it 
  up 
  with 
  but 
  short 
  cessations 
  ever 
  since." 
  Infected 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  again 
  sent 
  to 
  this 
  correspondent 
  on 
  June 
  15. 
  Reporting 
  November 
  13, 
  corre- 
  

   spondent 
  says: 
  "The 
  second 
  lot 
  gave 
  no 
  better 
  results 
  than 
  the 
  first; 
  but 
  heavy 
  rains 
  

   fell 
  within 
  24 
  hours 
  after 
  putting 
  out 
  infection, 
  and 
  it 
  continued 
  wet 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  

   so 
  that 
  these 
  experiments 
  also 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  fair 
  test. 
  No 
  dead 
  bugs 
  

   could 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  no 
  apparent 
  decrease 
  in 
  numbers." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  398., 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  October 
  10 
  says: 
  "We 
  had 
  80 
  acres 
  of 
  

   wheat 
  that 
  was 
  threatened 
  by 
  bugs. 
  We 
  used 
  the 
  infection 
  as 
  directed, 
  with 
  success. 
  

   When 
  we 
  cut 
  the 
  grain 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  bugs 
  in 
  it. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  into 
  our 
  corn. 
  

   Cannot 
  say 
  how 
  much 
  wheat 
  they 
  saved 
  us, 
  but 
  think 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  

   three 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  wet 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  In 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  

   neighbors' 
  fields 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  thick 
  at 
  harvest 
  time." 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  400. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  October 
  29 
  says: 
  "The 
  experiment 
  did 
  

   not 
  prove 
  favorable 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  rain, 
  as 
  it 
  rained 
  several 
  

   times 
  when 
  putting 
  bugs 
  out; 
  but 
  in 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  weeks 
  the 
  bugs 
  all 
  disap- 
  

   peared." 
  Remark: 
  Samples 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  killed 
  by 
  Empusa 
  accompanied 
  this 
  report, 
  

   the 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  evidently 
  being 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  disease. 
  

  

  Report 
  No. 
  460. 
  — 
  Correspondent 
  writing 
  October 
  24 
  reports 
  the 
  experiment 
  with 
  

   infected 
  bugs 
  as 
  successful. 
  He 
  says: 
  "Ten 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  planting 
  of 
  bugs 
  we 
  

  

  