Show eradication OF CORN SMUT only fh thod Is to cut off smutty end and burn them thern no treatment of seed setd by 0 M ALLYN illinois experiment station there ie Is no treatment ot of seed corn for nut smut the spores which causo cause smut in corn live over from ono one year until the next in manure roll soil refuse etc in the summer eu oamer under favorable conditions alm spores which may haro have wintered in the soil oil or way have eon hauled to te ue field in the manure find lodgment on th thi tender parta parts of 0 the corn com pir rit usually by the action 0 of o the wind and start to grow the source of the Is 1 not the seed corn therefore treatment will do no good the only method of eradication ie is to cut off the smutty talks stalks and bum them thie this of course Is impractical |