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Show Black Stem Rust of Wheat Is Being Fought in Ohio Efforts of crews on the payroll of the Public Works administration have brought Ohio one step closer to its goal of eliminating black stem rust of wheat. Workers, under the direction of Harry Atwood, state leader in charge of common barberry eradication, destroyed de-stroyed 19,615 of the bushes responsible responsi-ble for the spread of the disease; since August, 1933. Spores that cause black stem rust are formed on the common barberry, a plant distinct from the Japanese species used in ornamental plantings, Practically all of the bushes destroyed de-stroyed were plants that had grown from seed scattered by bird's that feed on barberry fruits. Such plants are the most difficult to' find. |