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Show Seed Diseases of ofCorn oCorn _ Corn ThreateningTreating Threatening ThreateningTreating Treating Will Retard Decay DecayMolds DecayMolds DecayMolds Molds After Planting PlantingPathologist , Pathologist Says . by the tho United States stl1tes Dt"partmcrt Dtpartmcrt Departmert Departmcrlof Dt"partmcrtof Departmertof " Prepared Prcpnred of AgrlcullurfWNU Agriculture-WNU Agriculture WNU ARrlcullure Agrlcullurf ' -WNU WNU - WNU ServIceDIsInfecting ServiceDisinfecting Service ServiceDisinfecting Disinfecting seed corn to lessen de- de deC'lY decay de decay - - cay C'lY ClY ' after planting-thus planting thus planting - thus obtainmt obtaining obtainingmore obtainingmore : more uniform stands btands of stronger btronger plants plantsand plantsand plantsand and eventually higher Yields-Is Yields Is yields - - is espe espe- especlallY especially especially - - cially clallY recommended tor for some Gorn Corn CornBelt CornBelt Delt Belt states tills this year year e'lr elr ' . There Is a ashortage ashortage hort1ge shortage of good seed corn-v corn v corn-shich corn shich cornshichmeans corn - . whichmeans hlcb hlcbmeans means that thnt more farmers111 farmers w \ will \\111 111 ill has have ha\e ha e \ a toplant toplant to toplant plant inferior mferior seedTleatlng seedTreating seed seedTieating Tieating Tleatlng Treating seed corn will wl11 not bnn bran brmJ brmJdead bnndead , ; dead hel keinelb kernels neh , back b1cl " to life hfe but , will sill \ 111 re retartl retard retard tartl tard decay molds mo1ds , particularly partlcul1rly when whenw whens planting , anll and anllthus andthus andthus s , \ % ct et , cold w v . weather eathcr eather follows folluws thus Insure insnre better stands under these theseconditions theseconditions thoseconditions conditions , savs saS says ; ) K It J Uaskell Dasl"ell Daslell Ilaskell " , c'Iten cIten eaten c'ItenSlOn eatension cxtension ' ; : SlOn sion pathologist p'1lhologist p1lhologist pithologist ' . Seed Scedticalment heatment treatment has been becn found useful usefulIn usefulin usefulIn Indiana In- In Indiana In Indiana Illinois IlIlnols and - Minnesota , In 10 Iowa Iona " a , diana In Iowa , sec seven se\en se en \ en seats ; ) veais ealS of tests testsw testswith w \ \ lth Ith fnrm farm seed 8ltO\\ 8ltO shoe showed 8ltOed \ \ ed an nn aver'1ge aver1ge average aver'1geIncroase averageincrease averageincrease ' Incroase increase In yield 5 leld of 38 3 J 8 bushels an 'lcre lcre icre 'lcrefrom icrefrom ' acrefrom from treatment . In Illinois I111nois and In Indlfina Indeana Indiana dlfina deana similai slmilal similar . Increases have been ob obtamed obtamed obtamed tamed Seed treatments rreatments give gl\'e gl 'e e \ ' Jarger larger JargerIncrea largerincreases largerIncrcabcs Increa increases es with poor seed secd than with withhigh withhigh withhigh high quality seed that isIrtu'1lIy Is virtually \Irtu'1lIy Irtu'1lIy Irtu1lIy strtually ' \ ' dlsea.e dlsease dis dls disease ease ea.e eae : . freeInterIor freeInterior free freeInterior Interior seed corn may be old or it itma Itmay Itmay ma may ) ' have havc been e exposed posed to the w v . e'1tlter e1tlter either ' eather.Ears eatherEars . Cars Dars may have hale ha ' e moldy tips or the thebutts thebutts thebutts , butts may be discolored or shreddel shreddelindicating shreddejIndicating Indlcatmg indicating a diseased condition Some Someof Someof Someof of the old seed corn has hns germInated germinatedas as low as 50 per cent , \ with lth 25 to 50 50per 50per 50per per cent of It diseased At the In Indlana Indiana Indiana dlana diana experiment station where onhere 5,000 5000 5,000ears 5,000ears 5,000ears 5000ears , ears from 7 75 : ; counties ha have base , e been test test- tested tested tested - ed , the germination has a\ a as averaged acraged \ craged eraged 978 978but , but about 44 per cent of the corn cornsl10wed cornshowed cornshowed sl10wed showed the presence of molds . "The The " organic mercury dusts for treat treatIng treating treatIng Ing seed corn sell for approximately approximately$150 approximately150 $150 150 $ a pound , " sa says sas ; ) s Mr . Hiskeli H iskell ISI"ell ISIell " "A A "Apound "Apound Apound " . pound will wlll treat eight bushels of seed seed'l'hs seedThis seedThis 'l'hs lhs This ' ' [ Is usuay usually ) ] enough to plant GO 50 GOacres 50acres 50acres acres , so that tlie the cost of the dust dustwill dustwill dustwill will be about tliree three cents centl an acre If Ifthe Ifthe Ifthe the yield Is Increased only one bushel bushelper bushelper bushelper per acre , the treatment will pay for forItself foritself foritself Itself man many times Umes These dusts dnsts m1Y may m1Ybe maybe maybe be obtained obtlIned : from druggists , seeds seeds- seedsmen seedsmen seedsmen - men , hal hay haidware d\\ d dw dare \ are dealers deaJen . and farm sup- sup supply supply sup supply - ply stores " Various dences-such dences such devices-such devices devices - - such as a barrel barrelchurn barrelchurn barrelchurn churn or similar mL'Ier-Can mL'Ier mLIer Can miser-can miser mixer ' ; : - can be used usedto usedto usedto to coat the : . seed .eed eed corn with mercury mercurydust mercurydust mercurydust dust . . Many any farmers use an old milk milkcan milkcan milkcan can The object Is to get a good goodcoating goodcoating goodcoating coating of dust on the seed Ilxing Mixing Mixingthe Mixingthe Ilxingthe the dust and grain with a shovells shovel Is Dot not Dotsa notsatisfactory notsatisfactoiy sa satisfactory tlsfactol y . . Before the seed Is treated rre'lted rrelted ' , moldy moldynnd moldyand moldyand nnd and damaged ears C'1rs C1rs sirs ' an and kernels hernels 8houltl should 8houltlbe shouldbe shouldbe be culled culJed and the usual germmatIon germination germmatIontests germinationtests germinationtests tests made More detailed information Informationon on testing testmg and treating treatmg seed may be beobtained beobtained beobtained obtained from county agents and state stateagrIcultural stateagricultural stateagricultural agrIcultural colleges colJeges . |