Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-27 | Page 3 | Appeals to Delegates to Fight Cron Disease

APPEALS TO DELEGATES I ITO TO fiGHT CORN CORM DISEASE By Associated Press PEORIA Ill Sept 27 DelegatEs Delegates to the International farm congress in I session here heard an appeal from Eugene Funk lunk Bloomington president of the National association association tion to to give their assistance in In Inducing inducing inducing in- in congress to make an appropriation appropriation appropriation to combat fusar um a corn disease which Mr Funk Punk said threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened serious damage to the tho corn crop Other speakers of the evening were James Smith president of the national Irrigation congress and Dr Henry J. J Waters president resident of the Kansas Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- Agricultural cultural coIle college e. e President Frank M. M Byrne appointed I a n. committee of three from the farm congress to confer with representatives representatives representatives I tives of the national irrigation atlon congress congress congress con con- gress with a view to the two organizations This committee will report today The merger Is generally generally gen gen- emily favored and it Is expected that some action will be taken at this meeting meeting- r