Show Dead Bar ar erries Spread No TO Stern To Grain Fields Results at the end of the eighth year of the cam aign against the common common barberry as summed up by Dr F E Kempto i in charge of the project for the Un Uh ted States Depart Depart- Department ment of Ag show that practically practically cally all of the Lushes sprouting sprouting- bushes a and d seedlings found in the 13 States have hive been destroyed By the use of salt saltor or kerosene it h has hai H been possible t to destroy stroy the bush bushes d beyond any possibility of future sprouting possibility I Under the direction of State leaders in the 13 States 66 field men and squad leaders started start d don on the present seasons season's work July July Julf 1 1 The men in Michigan Ohio and Mon Mon- Montana Montana tana are attempting to complete the preliminary survey survey in in those States A thorough survey is being carried on in Minnesota 1 Wisconsin North Dakota Sop South th Dakota Iowa lowa Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Indiana where m many many ny escaped bushes are being found id iii natural and plant plant- planted planted planted ed wooded areas J Many local areas o rusted j grain have hie been found during dur- dur ing ing during the tho season abd in practically every case near by barberry bushea bushes were found to be belthe the source of 1 infection ec- ec tion beLthe j No doubt many mallY common barberry bushes and seedlings still exist in the barberry eradication on area says Doctor Kempton and th tOn c e must be found and destroyed It is evident he says that barberry aidin eradication is a materia material aid id in the solution S the stem-rust stem lem lens problem Stem ors rus i has been controlled in the eastern group coup roup of oi the barberry States by iby remo al of the bushes and epidemics seem lo 0 be less severe gen gen- gen orally generally in the las last few years In many malty localities the elimination eUmina tion of barber- barber barberries ries barberries has ahead shead already so reduced stem rust losses that it i is again possible to grow grain wHere formerly it had been abando abandoned because of rust |