Show treating eating cabbage seed Is favored two methods for preventing prevalent diseases black leg and rot prepared by the united states department of agriculture two methods for or of 0 cabbage seed fur for the prevention of the very prevalent di diseases senses black leg it R ani and black rut rot lire are recommended d by tile the united states department of agriculture as very essential and low priced insurance mercuric seed treatment Is by fur tile the simpler method and lias has practically no III effies on tile the seed its only limitation tation and hlll this Is often a serious one la is that blackleg fungus though greatly reduced la Is not entirely killed black rot Is almost completely controlled troll ed when seed la Is known to bo be entirely free from blackleg this method in Is au adequate equate but when tho the seed Is known to be infected with blackleg the tha hot water treatment must bo be used it will completely control tho the ba blackleg ack but will reduce somewhat the percentage of germination using mercuric Ch lorld I 1 mercuric chloria corrosive sublimate may be procured from nuy any drug store in readily soluble tablet form following directions on tho the package mako make up a I 1 to 1000 solution avoiding metal containers place tile the seed on the center of a square piece of course coarse cheesecloth of such buell size that when the edges aro are drawn together and tied the improvised sack back la Is not more than one third full immerse in the ds disinfectant agitating the seed vigorously so os as to remove remove the air and thoroughly wet the seed coats soak for 80 minutes remove rinse ringe in clean water and allow to drain several minutes open the sack on a table top spreading the cloth out tint flat spread the seed over the cloth in a shallow layer to facilitate drying I 1 hot water treatment for the hot water treatment prepare the seed in ft a cheesecloth sack os as described in the above method provide a large vessel containing water adjusted to exactly degrees fahrenheit a reliable thermometer and a stirring rod immerse the seed bag agitating the seed thoroughly and stirring the water slowly keep the water temperature pera ture approximately constant by adding steam or boiling water whenever I 1 the thermometer registers below degrees fahrenheit remove the seed bag for nn an instant as the water or steam la Is added soak for 80 minutes remove to cold water drain and spread out to dry as before try the hot water treatment on a sma small 11 sample of the seed and run a germination test to determine the percentage of injury before treating the entire lot iol |