Show WAR ON WHEAT SMUT WIDENS Sales of Formaldehyde Demonstrate I Desire of Farmers to Drive Out Insidious Disease That farmers are tremendously In earnest in their desire to drive out r wheat smut Is shown by the big In increase ln- ln crease in the sales of formaldehyde which have been made in four states where the the United States department of agriculture In Jn operation co-operation with tho the extension departments of the tho state agricultural colleges has bas been carrying on campaigns of education f Illustration of Improvement Which I May Result From Treating Seed With Formaldehyde as Smut Often Otter I Stunts the Plants to demonstrate the proper use of ot formaldehyde formaldehyde form In treating wheat for this I disease Reports from these states I show that the Increase in Ia the sales sale I of formaldehyde for the current year varies from to to- per cent a as I compared with the sales of ot 1917 th the thelast thelast last year before the pr present sent campaign was inaugurated The four states in which this record has bus been made are Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Da Da- kota and Montana There Is every reason to believe that practically all of this increase represents supplies used in fighting smut |