Barton County democrat., 1910-04-15
The University Of Kansas WIN
Send Out Chinchbug Fungus.
It Will also Garry on Ex-s
1911 Y-.A.... A.a
tended Investigat lions.

tended Investigations. :
By. Prof. F. H. Billings, Univer-
sity of KanSa, Lawrence.
Because of the many requests
fol chinchbug fungus received e
the University last year, and the
danger of a most destructive out
break of the bugs this coming
summer, the University at Law
renee is preparing to. propagate
and send out fungus such as DR..
Snow distributed in the early 90s
1t is also planned to make a care
tu' investigation of the merits OF
this method of fighting chiAch-
bugs. Two members of the Uni
versity faculty, one from the de- :
partment of entomology and one
from the department of botany,
have been assigned to this work.
The University is very anxious to +.
ascertain how generally the fun
gus is present in the fields befoge.
artificial distribution begns. With
this end in view all farmers or
ally others interested, are asked
t, render assistance by making
thte following observations and
experiments before sending to the
University for fungus. :.
l. Search your field, looking
especially under small clOds dead
leaves and sticks, for the whit@-
ed dead bodies of chinchbugs..
2. Scald three or four glasR
fruit jars and place in each some
earth taken from different parta
of a chinchbug infested field. The
earth in the bottom of each jar
should be about an inch deep, an6
should be moistened but not
made muddy. Strew some pieces
Of wheat or corn leaves over the
bottom and then put in enough
bugs so that they will be pretty
thick but will not be piled up one
over another. Screw or fasten'
the tops Of thte jars on tightly
and set them in shady place for
a week or longer, or until the fun
gus either develops on some Of,
bugs, or until you are satisfied
it probably never will. Z"
3. If you find any fungus COW
cred bugs either in your field or
In the infection jars IN which ySu
have tried to obtain the fungus,
spontaneously, send a post card
with your name and address to
the University of Kansas at Law
lence, care of hinchbug lnvestiga-
tiOn, and you will be sent a tiny
flat box in which you are asked
TO place some of hte diseased hug.
you have found or obtained in the
Jars, that they may be sent to
the University for examination.
Any farmer wishing infected
bugs from the University with di
rectiOnS for prOpagating the fun,
gus at home for distribution in
his fields, is asked to send his
name and address to the UniverA
Sity of Kansas. He is also re-
queSted to mail a small baking
powder can Of living chinch-bugs
together with some green wheat
or corn leaves from his fields, in
order that the infection boxes ct
the University may be kept sup
: piled with bugs for fungus prOpa-
CATION to be used in further dis
4 tribution. The diseased bugs sent
{ in return for living bugs may ap-
pear to be few in comparison, but
It must be remembered that many
Of the living bugs escape, die, or
|, fail to become infected. The mum
I ber sent out, however, is always
sufficient to start the fungus m
q the Infection boxes if only the di-
, rectiOns sent with the diseased
+ bugs are carefully followed. Com
: municatiOns, packages, etc., sent
). to the University should be ad;
( dressed: University of Kansas
+ Lawrence, Kansas, Care Of Chincl
v bug Investigation"
Joe Kliesen, who lives mile
"A 1911 &c Ao.,.,, Lea Al olJ foS,nSIrI