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Show SMUT IN WHEAT.-' il I f! Lewis A Merrill, Agronomist Utah Dxticrliiient Station WtfJ The I'tah wheat nop of ItaW was con-slderabls con-slderabls reduced owing tn smut 111,111 Kl.sarvHll.iu and Inqulrv, the writer Is led tt, believe that tho Lose smut of wheat 1 pievnletil In nearly evers 1 tallti of the Plate and that cat smut and hnrles smut lire aim, sourcea of comilderable loss cu'w: or smut. Pi, nit Is a small phi, 11 vvhlrli feeds upon acne other idant aa a boat nnd grmtaftipiMi or Intlde nf It The plant Is iiindiiied finu a small hols corresponding corre-sponding lo Ihe seed of n lilghei pi mt In Ihe sell when the conditions nre f ivorable lo Ihe geiinlnntlnu nf wheal seed Ihla body called smut spore also gerinlhnles and sends Inlo the wheat or oat 1 lanl, when but 1 f, 11 elnss old, u, small tube which lueika up Into mi ineious branches, and glows up within the llssues of lite host pi nit fwheat. oats or birlev I I heae smut spoiea do not live over Ihe wlniei In Ihe ciound lilt are killed Ihtniiah Host or Inele ment weather 1 lie aiuilt iffeellng the crop lives during the winter as spores on the seed grain and begin Ihelr woik soon nfler Ihe seed la sown Ileitis: su minute the si, ail plant In Invisible In-visible lull HitlitH at the expense of the host plvnt until Ihe kernels nro forming Mien Ihe smut senda lis threads Inlo the aofl lilllkv fcrllna inhs Ihem of their nlllhtnoul and n crop of Ihoiiannila of bine k p,udci s ,rca are ripened These ponders si urea aio In own lo ua an snnll bul thes are nnls tho frull nf Ihe leal smut th.' plant growing within tho tissues nf the l H host plant till H 1 m:rMUNT -3 IS I rarmera used to think tint snakinB .,11 smitlts wheat In lime water would kill JfiiC H the ainiit K.tnis nnd under It lit for f.l, seel No elollht tills Jrenlmellt did Mil smut' good but it was not entluts' rf- il fnl he notber Irratment has been fjH that of bliiesliinlng, n solullnu being k used eonslsllug of slanit three laiunda ' (E HBfl or eiipiei sulphili' thine nil loll In five J iW giillons of water I'ho grain una In, , Mk in. laid In Ihla solution for nl least ' t three iiiltiules lit Hsafl Id nnl finoatlgillons have shown n F 1,1. Ill" I mil. li lump eirecllle and llllle ll ,,j SJI mnn . onienli nl li, use Hum either nf I J aBsfl Ihe almie methola T he formaldehydn . V trrnlmetit ronslala rlmids In adding mi. I f'J l,,in I or pint of f jrniil lehsde (sou,. ,g ; ( limes called rnrinallnl In lllls glllona A , WM of wnler and soikliig the seed In this Ji J t sohillon for ttienly mliiules Thu LJlB mill, should then be spread nut In dry, ji TIJ hill shovebd oie, a few tlmea In riclll ', "fl laic Hie tlrslng lt. eaa 1 i4fT1 HsH We iisuills put aliniit one luisnei or , iH.U seed In n hrgo burl ip sack nnl Im , A .-,)jW inrise the miIi mil contents lii tho ' I (Kj solullnu for Hie lequlieil lime ,'12 ( 1 lie solution na lined Is not polsonntia, , jJH KM "! and will not injure the sacks or cloth- iltij Wl sBsal Ing i .lining In eonlnct wllli It Tor V V. S luililehsdi Is a gas genernled by bum Hij di ( lug ahohol It la rea Ills soluble 111 jUti .'.S'l wnler which will hoi I 10 er c ( lit of It llcSrSifl mMM In solulloti It run be bought rrom ,Bg Jit inosi drug stores nl about tin cents per )' ',f ( . ,,111,1 lh. exi.ileneo of the I'tah lj3 A 1 x.erlmenl stntlnn lias been that seel m frF Irealed ultli formalin an suggested, folk mf HflH will iioli no grain enllrels free from 1 "S W- smut the trentinent bus come Into T! EA, unite gene, it uaa nnl vvlicn cmplnsed istf k HsH has Invariabls b'en effective liH HH |