New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22
pporgSsOR SyOU'S DIsCOTERY

S,nclc handed and alone the East has for years
carried on the war against Agricultural iil''o,S'
Especially has it fallen 10 the ollclai ch'''ho''-
cisrs of this Stale and OF New-dersey ana ~ i"'
Tribune 10 hold tine raycnous outdoor ruI"l n'@'
in cheek Duriug all this time the Sre'l "'9u
has stood idly by. Its young women h'F'' VI
coursc been indu,triously killing iaguars, but ~"
iagumr does not inlcst growing crops Not OILY
has fine West been wanting IN good work, ou' s'c
has actually been active III bad, and has furhi9h''
many Of the most destructive insects KNOWN ~
practical eutomolOgists, ~ witness the '"'oi".'
potato-bug. which now every spring Sis Oh "'
fences waiting for the potatoes o" come up !"
Connection, q, calmly a. it docs in the state
where il originated. But at la,t II wonl" see"
that tlc West has awakened 10 a sense OF It's re-
sponsbity IN the matter, and . making an '"'''
g. do if, duty. In Lawrence. klns .. diSp .tth
recently printed in The Tribune, Information con
corning am important discovery was brought We
tool certain tina, the reader will Re interested IN
,c,v detail, in addition to tnose furnished ~
the telegraph.
T,c o,>roycrv under consideration WAS made
h, p,ofc,>,r SNOW. chancellor Of the Kansas state
University. and IS IN regard to inc killing 81
,hipclhn.s The chinch-bug Is small insect
which attacks wheat primarily, though Il mas
mo- Object on 10 oats harley. and 50 forth, ant turns
~ attention H. corn ld'rr IN the season. and has
even been known t. descend 10 grass when ever
thing Csc failed Nothing las ever been found
that would check IT, uYaeoS Bat last summer
Professor Nnu,, turned hi> attention u the snh-
c,t and soon discovered tie existence OF disease
anon. the chinch-bu-s resembling cholera. y"
bg, once infected ever recovered Evcn the
Professor himself could not save then DuHns
the summer he had large colony of them IN MS
laboratory with rel woollcl ra-s rel around their
throats. ana with their -top,arhS full Of Jamaica
lIneCr. but every one of them dled. me lct'l'r
MAJ a,; WHY. with ,lrh % dcadl- disease among
them 1t has not spread ia the past and eNier-
minated them 10 tbs there is no satisfactory
answer Yet /, certainly mas not spread. but has e-
istcd m isolated commuult.c, only. The Pro-
lessor susprc,, that I'll, WHY insects have been
IN the habit of qunrantining against the disease
hut m. i. not certain. In any ease, his idea Is
10 spread the disease artlnclally, withdraw
all medical assistance from III" bugs ana
l.a,e them 10 their fate. III, experiments show
That thls can b.. done Daring the sumner IN
frrtcd bug, were iet o"sr in busnicstet hrId
yltn dlsa>j rous res Its 10 the resident hUS' III
twcnt -four hours the Professor found 80" p"E'
- each square foot oi -round ana ever "'e
doubled up Nltn cholera. Twelve hours I%'et
tl., we're all dead. and the oNurr u the ned
called nm M, nci.Abor> and they broke th" neck
oil au original package and celebrated. '"'
Professor saved large quantities of the dead hiG'
and new j. sending item turruIhout IT, conh'H
ia farmer, to he used next simmer IA cominHHi-
eating the disease to the living Tie r'' mat
II 3, necessary - catch each mig ana h'i"- i'
into contact with the dead one, the Professor N'} -
=, er.oncou, II j., -. Necessary ~ start the
disease ia ID felt ana 1t spreads rapidly. few