Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-20
PROF. SNOW.
Report of the Great Insecticider
For August.
JOB LOTS OF INFECTED BUGS.
A Large Preponderanco OF Favorable Re-
ports Observation-Disclosures Needed
in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
Laboratory.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 19.-In his re-
port for August Prof. Snow says that
since the issuance of his July report
the demand for infected bugs has great
" lessened, but $50 lots of bugs have
been sent out during the month, max
ing a total to date of 1850 lots. At
present very few requests are being re-
ceived.
He says: Resides furnishing Kan
sas farmers with infected bugs, l have
sent packages on request to Texas, Mis-
souri,. Illinois, Indian territory, Wis
consin, Arkansas, Minnesota, Nebras-
la, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado and
Mississippi. have difficulty in getting
reports from the experimenters in these
states So far, l have received five
favorable reports from Missouri and
one unfavorable; from the Indian ter
ritory, four favorable and two unfavor-
able: Texas, four favorable, five unfav-
orable; from Illinois, two favorable,
three unfavorable; from Wisconsin,
two favorable, three unfavorable; from
Minnesota, one favorable, no unfavor-
able; from Iowa, no favorable and one
unfavorable.
''Of the reports received since the
middle of July about % per cent. are IA
vorable, good showing when the many
chances for unfavorable reports due
to extraordinary meteorological con-
ditions, errors in manipulation, lack of
careful and intelligent observation and
predetermined unfavorable results, as
Of oh
couraging, also, Is the fact that in
many instances where unfavorable re-
ports have been received, a second or
even third trial has resulted in sue
cess In not few of these cases the
reasons for the first unfavorable re-
suits were apparent and were not such
as would not mitigate against the value
of the remedy.
Field Agent Hickey has returned
from months trip through Riley, Clay,
Cloud Ottawa, Washington, Jewell,
Mitchell, Dickinson and Marion coun-
ties He visited 100 farmers to whom
infected bugs were sent. His report
gives a percentage of favorable expert
ments of almost 90.
THE work of investigation in the
laboratory has gone on steadily, and
some interesting results have been OBJ
tanned. From the beginning my prac-
teal experiments have been carried on
from the standpoint that the injecting
fungi and bacteria to be main
tanned in their full strength of
virulence, should be propagated
in their natural food medium,
the bugs Results previously had by
other experimenters in the way of IN
fecting the bugs from artificial culture
has not resulted successfully, and my
laboratory injecting has been from the
first carried on by keeping the infec-
ton alive and unchanged in and on
bugs.
with the appropriation at my dis
posai have fitted up a psychological
laboratory, with sterilizing ovens,
glassware, etc, and have obtained an
excellent optical outfit including a
Zeiss microscopic stand, Zeiss, Spencer
and Reichert detectives of high power
and Zeiss photomicrographic appar-
atus. The laboratory will be in excel
lent condition for next years work"
There seems to be two ''holy coats"
one at Treves and one at Argenteuil,
near Paris. Microscopic examination
favored the Treves coat.